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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R2247
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):  2.30
Weight (g):  5.27
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 1321. W. S. Lincoln, 1931.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Carus, wearing radiate crown and beard, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Spes, draped, standing facing l., holding flower in r. and raising robe with l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IMP CARVS P F HVG (Imperator Carus Pius Felix Augustus). Reverse: SPES PVBLICH (Hope of the Public). In Exergue: SXXI

Bibliography:  RIC V 82

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

3 Related People

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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Carus
Roman

283
Ticinum



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