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Antoninianus - Probus Draped, right; P M TR P COS P P

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 277
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.8 g
Diameter 24 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
292963
References RIC V.2# 607a
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.607
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus.

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

Reverse

Probus, standing left, between two ensigns, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
P M TR P COS P P
In exergue XXI followed by officina mark.

Unabridged legend: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul, Pater Patriae.

Translation: High priest, holder of tribunician power, consul, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

The original RIC text lists RIC 607 mistakenly as minted by the Siscia mint, while in fact it was minted by the Rome mint, by the 1st (XXIA), 2nd (XXIB), 3rd (XXIΓ), 4th (XXIΔ) and 5th (XXIЄ) officina. See Guillemain (*) #60-69 and Pink (**), p. 55. RIC lists four bust types (bust types according to Pierre Bastiens grouping of bust types; see illustrated: probvs.net):

  1. Radiate, draped, right (A bust, Guillemain #66 (XXIΔ), probuscoins -, Numista #292963;
  2. Radiate, draped and cuirassed, right (A2 bust, Guillemain #61 (XXIB), #63 (XXIΓ), #65 (XXIΔ), #69 (XXIЄ), example: probuscoins #3256, Numista #293601);
  3. Radiate, cuirassed, right (B bust, Guillemain #60 (XXIB), 62 (XXIΓ), 64 (XXIΔ), 67 (XXIЄ), example: probuscoins #3769, Numista #293602);
  4. Helmeted, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand (E1 bust, Guillemain -, probuscoins -, Numista #293603).

(*) Jean Guillemain, La Monetazione di Probo a Roma (276-282), Ripostiglio della Venèra-Nuovo Catalogo Illustrato Vol III/1, 2009).

(**) Karl Pink, Der Aufbau der römischen Münzprägung in der Kaiserzeit VI/I, Wien, 1949, p. 55.

According to both Pink and Guillemain, RIC 607 was minted in the year 277, according to Pink as part of the 1th emission and according to Guillemain as part of the 1st series of the 2nd phase.

The officina's of Rome did not use the exergue/officina mark 'KAT' or 'XXIT', which therefore are mistakenly listed by RIC.

There are also two known variants that are in fact minted by the Siscia mint (exergue/officina mark: -/-//XXIQ):

  1. [var] Radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand, from behind (F8 bust, Guillemain -, example: probuscoins #1400, not in Numista);
  2. [var] Radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand (bust H2, Guillemain -, example: probuscoins #1417, Numista not in Numista).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
 ?  "KAT" in exergue;
 ?  "XXIT" in exergue;
ND (277)  "XXIA" in exergue (1st officina);
ND (277)  "XXIB" in exergue (2nd officina);
ND (277)  "XXIΓ" in exergue (3rd officina);
ND (277)  "XXIΔ" in exergue (4th officina);
ND (277)  "XXIϵ" in exergue (5th officina);

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