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ID number:  BIRBI-R2216
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:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.30
Weight (g):  4.70
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 2437. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown, wearing cuirass and imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Emperor, in military attire, seated facing l. on horse galloping over enemy at feet, holding spear in r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IɾɿP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: VIRTVS PR-OBI HUC (The Courage of Probus Augustus). In Exergue: XXIS

Bibliography:  RIC V 818

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the XXIS in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Siscia.

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
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1899
1981-09-14
Siscia
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