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Antoninianus - Probus helmeted, left, spear, shield; VICTORIAE AVG; Victory

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (276-282)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 276-279
Value Antoninianus (1)
Currency Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition Srebro
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
293841
References RIC V.2# 797 (b)
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.797
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Popiersie Probusa, w hełmie, w promienistej koronie, w puklerzu, w lewo, trzymającego włócznię w prawej ręce i tarczę w lewej.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering: IMP C PROBVS AVG

Reverse

Zwycięstwo, uskrzydlone, udrapowane, w bigosie, galopujące w prawo lub w lewo.Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
VICTORIAE AVG
-/-//XXIT

Mint

Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

(en) About RIC 797
The original RIC text mentions 4 different variations/different bust types (bust types according to Pierre Bastiens grouping of bust types) and there are also two variants known:
[1] radiate, cuirassed, right (bust type B), Numista N# 293153 Photo;
[2] helmeted, radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand (bust type E1) (Alföldi 089.003), Numista N# 293841 Photo (this coin);
[3] radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding scepter surmounted by eagle in right hand (bust type H2) (Probuscoins.fr #3331 and #4161) (Alföldi 089.001-002), Numista N# 293842 Photo;
[4] radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand (bust type F) (Alföldi 089.002u), Numista N# 293843 Photo;
[5] [var] radiate, cuirassed, left, holding spear in right hand (bust type F5);
[6] [var] radiate, cuirassed, left (bust type B2) (example: Probuscoins.fr #91).

Only the 2nd, 3rd and 4th variation are also listed by Alföldi (Andreas Alföldi, Vorarbeiten zu einem Corpus der in Siscia geprägten römischen Kaisermünzen. Heft V. Verzeichnis der Antoniniane des Kaisers Probus, Budapest, 1939, 88).

The emission/year
Probuscoins.fr and Probvs.net list RIC 795, RIC 796, RIC 797 (only on Probuscoins.fr) and RIC 798 as part of the 4th emission of Siscia (year 277), it seems with reference to Karl Pink, Der Aufbau der römischen Münzprägung in der Kaiserzeit VI/I, Wien, 1949. However, Pink does not mention the biga (two-horse chariot) for Siscia at all. He does mention the quadriga (four-horse chariot), with VICTORIAE AVG. According to Pink, the way the exergue marks in these RIC entries are depicted (for example 'XXIP' for the 1st officina) is common for the 4th emission, but also in the 5th (year 278) and 6th emission (year 279). Therefore, it seems also possible that RIC 797 was part of the 5th or 6th emission, which is then also true for RIC 795, RIC 796 and RIC 798.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (276-279)  (en) "XXIQ" in exergue (4th officina);
ND (276-279)  (en) "XXIT" in exergue (3rd officina);
ND (276-279)  (en) "XXIV" in exergue (5th officina);
ND (276-279)  (en) "XXIVI" in exergue (6th officina);

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