MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 278
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,50 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 5e
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et ovale avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait et légende tout à fait exceptionnels. Usure plus prononcée au revers. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Gorny 176, n° 2517 et de la collection Daniel Compas “antoniniani et aureliani exceptionnels”
Obverse
Obverse legend : VIR-TVS PROBI INVICTI AVG.
Obverse description : Grand buste héroique de Probus radié à gauche, nu vu de de trois quarts en arrière, tenant de la main droite une haste pointée en avant et un bouclier sur l’épaule gauche, tenu par un baudrier (F19).
Obverse translation : “Virtus Probi Invictissimi Augusti”, (La Virilité deProbus invincible auguste".
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSE-RVAT AVG/ -|-// VXXT.
Reverse description : Sol (Le Soleil) debout de face, regardant à gauche, tenant un globe de la main gauche et levant la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Conservatori Augusti”, (Au protecteur de l’auguste).
Commentary
Buste et légende tout à fait exceptionnels. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Le baudrier qui retient le bouclier semble décoré. Le bouclier est très particulier et semble fait de peaux de bêtes et n’est pas rond. Ce type d’aureliani semble de la plus grande rareté et Sylviane Estiot n’a recensé que cinq exemplaires avec le nôtre.
The bust and legend are quite exceptional. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The baldric holding the shield appears to be decorated. The shield is very unusual and appears to be made of animal skins and is not round. This type of aureliani appears to be extremely rare, and Sylviane Estiot has only identified five examples, including ours.
The bust and legend are quite exceptional. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The baldric holding the shield appears to be decorated. The shield is very unusual and appears to be made of animal skins and is not round. This type of aureliani appears to be extremely rare, and Sylviane Estiot has only identified five examples, including ours.
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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