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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4695805, member: 99456&quot;]Among my coins of Probus, this is my favorite, portrait style, legends, good surfaces, the patina of a coin aged gracefully, the slightest wear, weight (3.7g) and texture in hand.&nbsp; From the last year of his reign and 9th emission.&nbsp; Probus was assassinated ~Sept-Oct 282 in Sirmium after celebrating a triumph in Rome in 281.&nbsp; Probus had been born in Sirmium in 232 AD - so he was roughly 50 years-old when he died.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154188[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Probus </b>(276-282 AD), silvered AE Antoninianus, Lugdunum, 282</p><p><b>Obv: </b>IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust to right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> TEMPOR FELICIT, Felicitas standing front, head to right, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, B in field left.</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Bastien <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=588" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=588" rel="nofollow">387</a>; RIC II <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.129" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.129" rel="nofollow">129</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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