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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 8205970, member: 84905&quot;]In my view, the imagery on Probus&#039; coins marks a (if not &quot;the&quot;) high point of Roman numismatic art. Probus issued or introduced many different and innovative bust types, legend variations and reverses that have never before or after been seen on Roman coins. Had he been deified, he would have made for a great protector saint of coin collectors <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My new coin above likely celebrates his victories over the Goths at the lower Danube (Moesia and Thrace), which he seemed to have achieved in AD 277.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia and De Imperatoribus Romanis (<a href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/probus.htm#N_10_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.roman-emperors.org/probus.htm#N_10_" rel="nofollow">Roman Emperors - DIR probus (roman-emperors.org)</a> say that Probus was awared the title Gothicus Maximus in 277, even wrongly claiming that this title is attested on coins. However, if he really held the title, it is strange that he never issued any coins mentioning a VICTORIA GOTHICA, as his three predecessors and his successor have done.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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