v26_0432 - PROBUS Aurelianus
MONNAIES 26 (2006)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 137.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 137.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 280
Mint name / Town : Syrie, Antioche
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,97 g.
Officine: 2e
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire parfaitement centré, ayant conservé toute sa fraîcheur de frappe
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Duke of Argyll vendu par Baldwin dans les années 70 (avec son étiquette)
Obverse
Obverse legend : IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Probus à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A2).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Marcus Aurelius Probus Pius Felix Augustus”, (L’empereur césar Marc Aurèle Probus pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CLEMENTIA T-EMP/ B// XXI.
Reverse description : L'empereur debout à droite, recevant une victoriola de la main droite de Jupiter qui tient un sceptre de sa main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Clementia Temporum”, (La Clémence des temps).
Commentary
A conservé une grande partie de son argenture. Cet exemplaire illustre bien le style syrien. L’arcade sourcilière et le profil sont traités de manière rigide.
Retains much of its silver plating. This example illustrates the Syrian style well. The brow bone and profile are treated rigidly.
Retains much of its silver plating. This example illustrates the Syrian style well. The brow bone and profile are treated rigidly.
Historical background
PROBUS
(06-07/276-09/282)
Probus was born on August 19, 232 in Sirmium. He led a brilliant military career during the reigns between Valerian I and Tacitus. Commander of the army of the East on the death of Tacitus, he was immediately proclaimed emperor and easily triumphed over Florian, who was assassinated. The situation is serious. The Rhine-Danubian limes gave way under the pressure of the Germanic invasions. Probus restores peace in Gaul, in Germania then in Rhaetia where he inflicts a severe defeat on the Germanic peoples, in Thrace where he crushes the Sarmatians and the Scythians, in Asia Minor which he cleans of looters and Pamphylian pirates, finally in Africa where he ends the incursions of the Blemmyes. In 280, he signed peace with Vahram II, Sassanid monarch. He must face the usurpations of Saturnin, Bonose and Proculus. Probus, having triumphed over all his adversaries, returned to Rome in 281 and celebrated his victories. Before preparing a new expedition against the Sassanids, he fell under the blows of his own soldiers at Sirmium in 282.
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