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ID number: BIRBI-R2210 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Siscia Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.25 Weight (g): 3.97 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 1903. Ex Rev. E. A. Sydenham Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Providentia, draped, standing facing l., holding baton in r. and cornucopia in l.; globe at feet, to l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus). Reverse: PROVIDENTIH ΛVG (Imperial Peace). In Exergue: XXIA
Bibliography: RIC V 726
Notes: Traces of silvering. In accordance with RIC, the XXIA in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Siscia.
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