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Antoninianus with bust of Probus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 279
Mint: Siscia
Medium/Technique
Billon
Dimensions
Diameter: 22 mm. Weight: 3.89 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Everett Fund
Accession Number88.502
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Probus, radiate and curiassed left, holding spear over right shoulder.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
Reverse: Sol standing in a quadriga, left, with right hand raised, holding whip in left hand
SOLI INVICTO Below XXIP
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
Reverse: Sol standing in a quadriga, left, with right hand raised, holding whip in left hand
SOLI INVICTO Below XXIP
ProvenanceDecember, 1885, discovered by Don Mariano Lazzari at Cerveteri, Italy and sold, through Pietro Pennelli, to Rodolfo Lanciani (b. 1845 – d. 1929), Rome; 1888, sold by Lanciani to the MFA for $491.89 [purchase price for MFA accession nos. 88.345 – 88.530]. (Accession Date: January 1, 1888)
NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.
NOTE: See Helen Nagy, "Etruscan Votive Terracottas from Cerveteri in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: A Glimpse into the History of the Collection," Etruscan Studies 11 (2008), pp. 101-119.