
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
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|---|---|
| Emperor |
Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
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| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 278-280 |
| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 3.6 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 406938 |
| References | RIC V.2# 706g 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/) |
Bust of Probus, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Probus Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Supreme commander, Caesar Probus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor.
Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and sceptre in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
PAX AVG
In exergue XXI followed by officina mark or in exergue XXI and officina mark in right field.
Unabridged legend: Pax Augusti.
Translation: Peace of the emperor.
RIC 706 was minted by the 1st to 6th officina of the Siscia mint. The original RIC text mentions multiple different variations/different bust types, listed below (bust types according to Pierre Bastiens grouping of bust types; see illustrated: probvs.net). The sixth variation (the F5 bust) could also be considered as a variant because RIC only mentions with spear and shield, not with only a spear. Alföldi lists five of the six variants (Andreas Alföldi, Vorarbeiten zu einem Corpus der in Siscia geprägten römischen Kaisermünzen. Heft V. Verzeichnis der Antoniniane des Kaisers Probus, Budapest, 1939):
Alföldi also mentions the existence of an A2 bust variant: radiate, draped and cuirassed, right (Alföldi 041.014-015).
According to Pink, RIC 706 was part of the 4th emission (year 278, mint-/exergue mark style: -/-//XXIP) and 7th emission (year 280, mint-/exergue mark style: -/P//XXI) (Karl Pink, Der Aufbau der römischen Münzprägung in der Kaiserzeit VI/I, Wien, 1949, p. 41).
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (278) | "XXIP" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (278) | "XXIQ" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (278) | "XXIS" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (278) | "XXIT" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (278) | "XXIV" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (278) | "XXIVI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (280) | "P" in right field; "XXI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (280) | "Q" in right field; "XXI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (280) | "S" in right field; "XXI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (280) | "T" in right field; "XXI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (280) | "V" in right field; "XXI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
| ND (280) | "VI" in right field; "XXI" in exergue | ||||||||||||||
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