Antoninianus - Probus ADVENTVS PROBI 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# 293886
References	RIC V.2# 836h 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.836 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 C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG

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

Reverse

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

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ADVENTVS PROBI AVG
-/-//KAΓ

Translation:
Adventus Probi Augusti.
Adventus (Roman welcoming ceremony) of emperor (Augustus) Probus.

Mint

Serdica, Thrace, modern-day Sophia, Bulgaria

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Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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

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