Antoninianus - Probus MARTI VICTORI AVG; Mars

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	3.0 g
Diameter	23.0 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 293333
References	RIC V.2# 89f 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.89 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

Mars, helmeted, standing left, holding laurel-branch in right hand and spear in left hand; to left, behind him, shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MARTI VICTORI AVG
-/-//II

Translation:
Marti Victori Augusti.
To Mars, the victorious of the emperor (Augustus).

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)												"II" in exergue;

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