Antoninianus - Probus SPES 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	4.4 g
Diameter	23.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 293362
References	RIC V.2# 127c 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.127 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, 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

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

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SPES AVG
C/-//-

Translation:
Spes Augusti.
Hope of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

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

Comments

Mass varies: 3.9–4.92 g;
Diameter varies: 23–24 mm;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (276-282)												"(rev.C)" in field;
ND (276-282)												"C" in field;
ND (276-282)												"C" in right field;

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