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 |
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![]() Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
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).
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).
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:
(*) 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 | |||||||||
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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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