Antoninianus - Probus ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma

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
Weight 3.3 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
293778
References RIC V.2# 739,
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.739
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Hexastyle temple, Roma seated in centre, facing left, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left hand; beside her, shield.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ROMAE AETERNAE
-/-//XXIP

Translation:
Romae Aeternae.
Everlasting Rome.

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (276-282)  "XXIP" in exergue;
ND (276-282)  "XXIQ" in exergue;
ND (276-282)  "XXIS" in exergue;
ND (276-282)  "XXIT" in exergue;
ND (276-282)  "XXIV" in exergue;
ND (276-282)  "XXIVI" in exergue;

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