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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2246
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Carus; Ticinum
Denomination:  Antoninianus
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Lombardy, Pavia
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  282-283
Metal:  Billon
Diameter (cm):  2.20
Weight (g):  4.06
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1322. W. S. Lincoln, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Carus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Pax, draped, standing facing l., holding olive-branch in r. and ensign in l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CHRVS P F HVC (Imperator Carus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: PHX E-X-E-RCITI (Peace within the Army). In Exergue: PXXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 75

Notes:  In accordance with RIC, the PXXI in the exergue of the reverse is a mintmark indicating Ticinum.

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Carus
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
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