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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4535608, member: 75937&quot;]Tameanko (p. 161) writes, &quot;The emperor Probus, AD 276-282, struck an enormous series of antoniniani showing a hexastyle temple with the legend ROMA AETER. This temple may be a representation of Hadrian&#039;s temple to Roma and Venus, with four central columns removed to show the statue of a seated Roma in the center.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123080[/ATTACH] </p><p>Probus, AD 276-282.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 3.79 g, 22.1 mm.</p><p>Rome, AD 277-280.</p><p>Obv: IMP PROBVS P F AVG, Bust of Probus, radiate, wearing imperial mantle, left, holding scepter surmounted by eagle in right hand.</p><p>Rev: ROMAE AETER, Hexastyle temple, Roma seated in center, holding Victory in right hand and scepter in left hand; in exergue, R -&gt;&lt;- A.</p><p>Refs: RIC 183; Cohen 533; RCV 12027 var.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: Left-facing bust on an antoninianus.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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