Antoninianus - Probus SPES PROBI AVG; Spes

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	276-282
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	4.0 g
Diameter	22.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 292602
References	RIC V.2# 100 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.pro.100 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG

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

Reverse

Spes, draped, walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising robe with left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SPES PROBI AVG
-/-//III

Translation:
Spes Probi Augusti.
Hope of emperor (Augustus) Probus.

Mint

Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (276-282)												"III" in exergue;

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