Antoninianus - Probus ADVENTVS AVG

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
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 293633
References	RIC V.2# 628h 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.628 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP PROBVS AVG

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

Reverse

Probus, riding left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left hand; sometimes at his feet, captive.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ADVENTVS AVG
-/-//XXIP

Translation:
Adventus Augusti.
Adventus (Roman welcoming ceremony) of the emperor.

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (276-282)												"XXIP" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"XXIQ" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"XXIS" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"XXIT" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"XXIV" in exergue;
ND (276-282)												"XXIVI" in exergue;

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