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 |
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![]() Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
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).
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.
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):
(*) 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):
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Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
? | "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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