Antoninianus - Probus FIDES MILIT; Fides

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
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 292717
References	RIC V.2# 369 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.369 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C PROBVS AVG CONS II

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Probus Augustus Consul Secundum.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Probus, emperor (Augustus), consul for the second time.

Reverse

Fides, draped, standing left, holding sceptre in right hand and ensign in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FIDES MILIT
-/-//VIXXT

Translation:
Fides Militum.
Loyalty of the soldiers.

Mint

Ticinum, modern-day Pavia, Italy

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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