Antoninianus - Florianus PROVIDEN DEOR; Providentia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Florian (Marcus Annius Florianus) (276)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	276
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	4.9 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 291542
References	RIC V.1# 112 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.fl.112 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Florian, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right or bust of Florian, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Florianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Florianus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing right, holding ensign in each hand, facing Sol, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PROVIDEN DEOR
*//KAB

Translation:
Providentia Deorum.
Foresight of the gods.

Mint

Serdica, Thrace, modern-day Sophia, Bulgaria

Comments

Example of this type:
Institute of Classics/University of Graz

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (276)												"*" in left field; "KAB" in exergue;
ND (276)												"*" in left field; "KAΓ" in exergue;

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