Antoninianus - Probus PROV PROBI AVG NOSTRI; Providentia

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
Type Standard circulation coin
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#
293762
References RIC V.2# 729f,
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.729
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP PROBVS INV AVG

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

Reverse

Providentia, draped, standing left, holding baton in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; at her feet, globe.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PROV PROBI AVG NOSTRI
-/-//-

Translation:
Providentia Probi Augusti Nostri.
Foresight of our emperor (Augustus) Probus.

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (276-282) 
ND (276-282)  "ς" in right field; "XXI" in exergue;

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