Antoninianus - Probus SALVS AVG; Salus

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	3.9 g
Diameter	22.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 293781
References	RIC V.2# 744f 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.744 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 M AVR PROBVS AVG

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

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand serpent rising from altar and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVS AVG
-/-//XXIV

Translation:
Salus Augusti.
Health of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

Mass varies: 3.41–4.3 g;
Diameter varies: 22–23 mm;

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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