Antoninianus - Probus RESTITVTOR EXERCITI

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	3.7 g
Diameter	22 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 293266
References	RIC V.2# 909a 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.909 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG

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

Reverse

Probus, standing left, holding sceptre, receiving globe from soldier, standing right, holding spear.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
RESTITVTOR EXERCITI
V//XXI

Translation:
Restitutor Exerciti.
Restorer of the army.

Mint

Cyzicus, modern-day Kapıdağ Peninsula, Turkey

Comments

Mass varies: 3.294–4.06 g;
Diameter varies: 21.45–22.8 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (276-282)												"P" in field; "MCXXI" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"Q" in field; "MCXXI" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"S" in field; "MCXXI" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"T" in field; "MCXXI" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"V" in field; "MCXXI" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"V" in field; "XXI" in exergue;

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