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Antoninianus - Probus PROVIDENT AVG; Providentia

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Issuer RomeRoman 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 4.2 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
293760
References RIC V.2# 723
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.723
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)
, Cohen# 425
Description historique des monnaies frappées sous l'Empire Romain. Paris, France (13 volumes).

Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG

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

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left hand.
Value mark in exergue; officina letter in right field or following the value mark.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PROVIDENT AVG
XXIS

Translation:
Providentia Augusti.
Foresight of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (276-282) P 1st officina - letter in exergue
ND (276-282) S 2nd officina - letter in exergue
ND (276-282) S 2nd officina - letter in right field
ND (276-282) V 5th officina - letter in right field
ND (276-282) VI 6th officina - letter in exergue
ND (276-282) VI 6th officina - letter in right field

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