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Antoninianus - Probus Cuirassed, left; SALVS AVG; Salus

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 278-280
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.6 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
293789
References RIC V.2# 748d
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.748
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Probus, radiate, cuirassed, left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP PROBVS P F AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus.

Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Probus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing right, feeding serpent held in arms.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
SALVS AVG
XXI in exergue followed by officina mark, or with officina mark in field.

Unabridged legend: Salus Augusti.

Translation: Health of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

According to RIC, RIC 748 was minted by the first (XXIP) to the seventh (XXIVII) officina of the Siscia mint. The original RIC text mentions 6 different variations/different bust types (bust types according to Pierre Bastiens grouping of bust types; see illustrated: probvs.net), and there are also multiple variants known:

  1. radiate, cuirassed, right (B bust, Alföldi (*) 065.016-031 (example: probuscoins.fr #425), Numista #296616);
  2. helmeted, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand (E1 bust, Alföldi 065.044-050 (example: probuscoins.fr #424), Numista #296617);
  3. radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand (H2 bust, Alföldi 065.004-012 (example: probuscoins.fr #4980), Numista #296619);
  4. radiate, cuirassed, left (B1 bust, Alföldi 065.032-036 (example: probuscoins.fr #1934), Numista #293789);
  5. radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand (F1 bust, Alföldi 065.040 (example: probuscoins.fr #1932), Numista #293787);
  6. radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear (F5, Alföldi 065.037-039 (example: probuscoins.fr #2557), Numista #293790);
  7. [var] radiate, draped, right (A bust, Alföldi 065.015 (no example on probuscoins.fr), Numista #293104);
  8. [var] radiate, wearing imperial mantle, right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle in right hand (H4 bust, Alföldi 065.013-014 (example: probuscoins.fr #444), Numista #293788);
  9. [var] radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand, from behind (F8 bust, Alföldi 065.041-042 (example: probuscoins.fr #3202), not in Numista);
  10. [var] helmeted, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand, from behind (E2 bust, Alföldi 065.043 (example: probuscoins.fr #2555), not in Numista);
  11. [var] radiate, cuirassed, right, holding spear (F9, Alföldi - (example: probuscoins.fr #3998), not in Numista);
  12. [var] radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left (H bust, Alföldi 065.003 (example: probuscoins.fr #1936), not in Numista).

(*) Andreas Alföldi, Vorarbeiten zu einem Corpus der in Siscia geprägten römischen Kaisermünzen. Heft V. Verzeichnis der Antoniniane des Kaisers Probus, Budapest, 1939.

According to Pink, RIC 748, with its obverse legend nr. 8 ('IMP PROBVS PF AVG'), reverse legend 'SALVS AVG', depicting 'Salus, draped, standing right, feeding serpent held in arms', is part of the 5th (exergue-/officina mark style: -/-//XXIS) and the 7th emission (-/S//XXI), which was respectively in the year 278 and 280 (Karl Pink, Der Aufbau der römischen Münzprägung in der Kaiserzeit VI/I, Wien, 1949, p. 52).

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (278)  "XXIP" in exergue (officina 1);
ND (278)  "XXIS" in exergue (officina 2);
ND (278)  "XXIV" in exergue (officina 5);
ND (280)  "P" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 1);
ND (280)  "Q" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 4);
ND (280)  "S" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 2);
ND (280)  "T" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 3);
ND (280)  "V" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 5);
ND (280)  "VI" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 6);
ND (280)  "VII" in right field; "XXI" in exergue (officina 7);

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