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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 26514103, member: 104887&quot;]Hi All,</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1690075[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">PROBUS (ca Apr 276 - ca Sep 282 CE)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Year 08 (Aug/Sep 282 CE)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Billon tetradrachm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Probus head, laureate seen from the front facing right. Legend: AKMAΥΡΠΡOBOCCЄ<b>. </b>Dotted border.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev: Eagle wings open facing right, holding wreath in beak. In left field: L; In right field: H. Dotted border.</p><p><br /></p><p>Refs: Emmett- 3982.08; Geissen-3158; DAttari-5559 var; Milne-4659; SNG Copenhagen-944; BMC-2438; Mionnet-Supplement 626; see Vogt I 218f;</p><p><br /></p><p>COMMENTS: Rare Year. Probus died in the Autumn of 282 AD about two months after the start of renal year 8.</p><p><br /></p><p>After the reign of Tacitus no further Greek Imperial coinage was issued except those from the mint of Alexandria, which continued its output of small billon coins for a further two decades. The billon tetradrachms of M Aurelius Probus were produced in vast quantities and are amongst the commonest of all ancient coins surviving.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>- Broucheion</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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