Aureus - Probus SECVRITAS SAECVLI; Securitas
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 | 6 g |
| Diameter | 21.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 293598 |
| References | RIC V.2# 594d 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.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
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
Securitas, draped, standing or seated left, holding sceptre in right hand and raising left hand to head.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SECVRITAS SAECVLI
-/-//SIS
Translation:
Securitas Saeculi.
Security of the ages.
Mint
Siscia, modern-day Sisak, CroatiaComments
Mass varies: 5.65–6.42 g;
Diameter varies: 20.5–22 mm;
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 20.5–22 mm;
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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