Aureus - Probus ORIENS AVG; Sol

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	276-282
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Weight	5.8 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 292945
References	RIC V.2# 589d 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.589 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Probus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Sol, radiate, standing left, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ORIENS AVG
-/-//SIS

Translation:
Oriens Augusti.
The rising sun of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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