conformation please

Probus (276-282 AD). AE silvered Antoninianus Antioch (Antakya).

Probus Antoninianus, Antioch

Reference.
RIC V, 2, 920.

Obv. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG,
radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP / B•,
emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre.
Ex. XXI.

4.52 gr
21 mm

 

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I think the reference is correct except that looks like B dot rather than A dot.

 

Almost. RIC Vb 922 has the emperor receiving Victory instead of globe. The globe version is 920 (see page 119).

 

Ah, JA is correct of course, but it still looks like a B dot.

 

Yeah, it looks like B dot to me as well. It doesn't change the reference though. 920 covers mint marks A-dot to H-dot.

 

ah ok mintmark it is. B.
very much appreciated

 

Dare we start a "boring" thread of emperorreceivingsomethingfromJupiter coins?

Maximian...

 

A larger Maximian ant from a few years earlier than the reduced folles. I got this coin at the Gettysburg show last year for $10, simply because I liked the color and texture...

 

One of my favorite coins of Diocletian has a double-struck reverse...

 

*groan* They may be even more boring than the Genius standing ones!

But well....




Diocletian. Heraclea mint.



Maximianus. Heraclea mint.



Aurelian. Serdica mint.



Tacitus. Double radiate, Antioch mint.

 

Those are lovely, Z. Well, except for the Tacitus - that one's rather gnarly, lol.

 

I love the thousand dots on Aurelian's breastplate. That is beautifully unusual.

 

Another Diocletian, a $5 win on eBay. The reverse is a bit over-cleaned, but it'll darken up over time. Very nice color and strike on the obverse...



That's all for me. Someone interested in collecting varieties of this reverse type could amass quite a few coins for very little money. I don't know anyone who loves them that much, however.

 

Diocletian

 

MAXIMIANUS

 

Can't argue about the extreme gnarliness of the Tacitus, but it's probably the most interesting one of the lot.

It's one of the rare radiates issued only by Tacitus that are denominated 'XI' rather than 'XXI'. It's proposed that one of these was worth twice the ordinary 'XXI' radiates on the basis that they contained twice the amount of silver.

Warren Esty's The Alloy of the 'XI' Coins of Tacitus (with N. Equall and R.J. Smith) chemically analysed the silver content of six of these 'XI' types to support that theory. And as this coin is one of those six used in the study, for me it's definitely worth at least twice as much as the other boring ones I posted up there .

 

AURELIAN

 

I assumed there was something much deeper going on than eye-appeal. Thanks for the explanation!

 

TACITUS