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v21_3339 - PROBUS Aurelianus

PROBUS Aurelianus XF
XF
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Aurelianus
Date: 281
Mint name / Town : Italie, Ticinum (Pavie)
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Emission: 9e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Patine marron foncé. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers
Catalogue references :
C.618 (6f.) - RIC.527  - Maravielle-  - RC.-  - MRK.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : VIRTVS PROBI INVICTI AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, radié et cuirassé de Probus à gauche, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste posée sur l'épaule et un bouclier (E1).
Obverse translation : "Virtus Probi Invicti Augusti", (La Virilité de Probus l’invincible auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : SECVRIT PERP/ -|I// VIXXI.
Reverse description : Securitas (La Sécurité) debout de face, les jambes croisées, tournée à gauche, portant son bras droit à sa tête et s'appuyant de son bras gauche sur une colonne.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Perpetua", (la Sécurité perpétuelle).

Commentary

Sans argenture. Au droit, la titulature est tout à fait inhabituelle, associée à un buste militaire. Sur cet exemplaire, le bouclier semble décoré de peau de bête.

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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