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ID number: BIRBI-R2230 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Probus; Antioch Denomination: Antoninianus Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 276-282 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.20 Weight (g): 3.88 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2445. Presented by Mr H. H. Scullard, 1946. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Probus, wearing radiate crown and beard, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Female, draped and diademed, standing facing r., presenting laurel wreath in r. to emperor, in military attire, standing facing l., holding globe in r. and sceptre in l.; EΔ in field, to bottom in between figures.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C M UVR PROBVS P F HVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: RISTITVT OR-BIS (The Restorer of the World). In Exergue: XXI
Bibliography: RIC V 925
Notes: In accordance with RIC, the XXI in the exergue of the reverse and the EΔ in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Antioch.
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