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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4677593, member: 93702&quot;]I have seen references to Probus&#039; Triumph in 281AD in a few places:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><b>In 281 Probus was in Rome to celebrate his victories. Although the Historia Augusta goes into great detail to describe the events of Probus’s triumph and celebrations of his victories in respect to the number of animals and prisoners involved, there may be some truth to its description because Zosimus states there was a uprising which at this time required a force of soldiers to suppress. On a more substantial note, Probus completed the wall around Rome which had been begun by Aurelian.</b></span></font> (<a href="https://probvs.net/probvs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://probvs.net/probvs/" rel="nofollow">https://probvs.net/probvs/</a>)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>&quot;<b><font size="3">281AD: Emperor Probus returns to Rome, where he celebrates his triumph over the Vandals and the usurpers (Bonosus, Julius Saturninus and Proculus). </font></b>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/281" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/281" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/281</a>)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><b><font size="3">After a lavish triumph at Rome near the end of 281, where hundreds of lions, leopards and bears were killed in the Colosseum, Probus set off for the east to campaign against the Persians. (Forvm Ancient Coins: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/coins/r5/r20310.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/coins/r5/r20310.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/historia/coins/r5/r20310.htm</a>)</font></b></i></p><p><i><b><font size="3"><br /></font></b></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1151993[/ATTACH]</p><p><i><font size="3"><font size="3">The Monetary System of the Romans: A description of the Roman coinage from early times to the reform of Anastasius&nbsp;&nbsp; - <a href="https://www.google.ca/search?tbo=p&amp;tbm=bks&amp;q=inauthor:%22Ian+J.+Sellars%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.ca/search?tbo=p&amp;tbm=bks&amp;q=inauthor:%22Ian+J.+Sellars%22" rel="nofollow">Ian J. Sellars</a></font></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>My coin is: Issue 6 Mintmark - //R thunderbolt A to //R thunderbolt Z - Dated to 281 AD... so I was wondering if this was struck<i> to </i>celebrate this Triumph. Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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