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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6503627, member: 51347"]Great Probi, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] ! Very nice examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>No Serdica mint here, but when you posted that Probus / Horseback, you got me to look up mine...</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, I will lie, and call it a Serdica just to qualify...</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I really like my coin with a SPLIT-HORSE and a THUNDERBOLT in ex! cool to me</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1259895[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marcus Aurelius Probus, AD 276-282</p><p>Billon Antoninianus, 21mm, 2.3g, 6h; </p><p>Rome mint, 6th emission, AD 281.</p><p>Obv.: PROBVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: ADVENTVS AVG; Probus riding horse left, raising hand and holding scepter; to left, bound captive seated left under foreleg, head right // R thunderbolt Z (7th officina).</p><p>Reference: RIC Vb Probus 158, p. 35</p><p>Comments: Marcus Aurelius Probus believed that soldiers should never be idle in times of peace, putting them to work planting vineyards, etc. This may have led to his demise. One source records his assassination at the hands of disgruntled troops forced to drain marshes (Historia Augusta, Vita Probi, 20:2-3). One lesson quite a few Roman emperors never seemed to learn: don’t tick off your military. </p><p><i>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 6503627, member: 51347"]Great Probi, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] ! Very nice examples. No Serdica mint here, but when you posted that Probus / Horseback, you got me to look up mine... Ok, I will lie, and call it a Serdica just to qualify... But, I really like my coin with a SPLIT-HORSE and a THUNDERBOLT in ex! cool to me [ATTACH=full]1259895[/ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius Probus, AD 276-282 Billon Antoninianus, 21mm, 2.3g, 6h; Rome mint, 6th emission, AD 281. Obv.: PROBVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right. Rev.: ADVENTVS AVG; Probus riding horse left, raising hand and holding scepter; to left, bound captive seated left under foreleg, head right // R thunderbolt Z (7th officina). Reference: RIC Vb Probus 158, p. 35 Comments: Marcus Aurelius Probus believed that soldiers should never be idle in times of peace, putting them to work planting vineyards, etc. This may have led to his demise. One source records his assassination at the hands of disgruntled troops forced to drain marshes (Historia Augusta, Vita Probi, 20:2-3). One lesson quite a few Roman emperors never seemed to learn: don’t tick off your military. [I]Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER][/I][/QUOTE]
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