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ID number: BIRBI-R2224 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Kyzikos Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Silver and base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 4.06 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 841. W. Gilbert, 1924. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, wearing cuirass and imperial mantle, holding sceptre, formed by pellets, surmounted by eagle, facing l. Reverse: Sol, naked but cloaked and radiate, riding frontally but facing l. in spread quadriga, raising r. and holding whip in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M HVR PROBVS P HVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Augustus). Reverse: S-O-LI I-N-VIC-T-O (The Invincible Sol). In Exergue: Q
Bibliography: RIC V 911 var.
Notes: Traces of silver. In accordance with RIC, the Q in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark (officina) indicating Kyzikos. As opposed to the RIC type, this coin does not include the F in the obverse legend and the mintmark is not included in the range of this type.
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