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<p>[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 4606051, member: 10613"]two recentish acquisitions</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140983[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Probus</p><p>A.D. 276- 282</p><p>Ӕ Antoninianus</p><p>21mm 4.2g</p><p>IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>CLEMENTIA TEMP; Emperor standing right, holding scepter with eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter; Γ • in center.</p><p>In ex. XXI</p><p>RIC Vii Antioch 920</p><p><br /></p><p>Though attributed to Antioch in RIC, this coin has more recently been attributed, mainly based on style, to an unknown mint, struck A.D. 280- 281, when the governor of Syria, Saturninus, revolted against Probus.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the article by Sylviane Estiot</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1140985[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Diocletian</p><p>A.D. 303</p><p>27x29mm 9.3g</p><p>IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head right.</p><p>SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands.</p><p>In ex. A</p><p>RIC VI Carthage 31a</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin celebrates the defeat of the Quinquegentiani (People of the Five Tribes), who were a confederation of Berbers in North Africa. They were under Roman rule, but rebelled in A.D. 289 and were successful for a few years until Maximianus Herculius launched a series of devastating attacks starting in A.D. 297 and finishing in A.D. 298, after which, the Quinquegentiani were never heard of again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Victor_Clark, post: 4606051, member: 10613"]two recentish acquisitions [ATTACH=full]1140983[/ATTACH] Probus A.D. 276- 282 Ӕ Antoninianus 21mm 4.2g IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. CLEMENTIA TEMP; Emperor standing right, holding scepter with eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter; Γ • in center. In ex. XXI RIC Vii Antioch 920 Though attributed to Antioch in RIC, this coin has more recently been attributed, mainly based on style, to an unknown mint, struck A.D. 280- 281, when the governor of Syria, Saturninus, revolted against Probus. See the article by Sylviane Estiot [URL]https://www.academia.edu/29744478/L_Empereur_et_l_usurpateur_un_4e_atelier_oriental_sous_Probus[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1140985[/ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 303 27x29mm 9.3g IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG; Laureate head right. SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART; Carthage standing facing, head left, holding fruits in both hands. In ex. A RIC VI Carthage 31a This coin celebrates the defeat of the Quinquegentiani (People of the Five Tribes), who were a confederation of Berbers in North Africa. They were under Roman rule, but rebelled in A.D. 289 and were successful for a few years until Maximianus Herculius launched a series of devastating attacks starting in A.D. 297 and finishing in A.D. 298, after which, the Quinquegentiani were never heard of again.[/QUOTE]
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