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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2762016, member: 19463&quot;]As I recall it is recorded that Probus made a speech to the troops saying they had done such a wonderful job securing the empire that the day would soon come when Rome would not need an army.&nbsp; Draining the swamps is bad enough but telling your soldiers that they will all be unemployed is not a good idea when every one of them is armed to the teeth and well aware of how to change emperors.&nbsp; Remember this was the period when few rulers were dying of old age.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of all our coin issuers, Probus has the greatest variety of obverse types or suits of armor.&nbsp; The man was a clothes hog.&nbsp; While he also has some decent reverses, you have to love all those variations of portraits.&nbsp; There are many rare, rare ones but some very common fancy ones, too.&nbsp; Few will ever have the one with horse head</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3108081" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3108081" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3108081</a></p><p><br /></p><p>but we can all have some fancy military and consular attire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]635003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]635004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]635005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]635006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]635007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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