Description
Country or authority: Roman Empire
Year or date range: AD 276–282
Denomination: Antoninianus
Composition: Billon
Ruler or portrait: Probus
Mint or mintmark: Rome; exergue provisionally R (wreath) Γ
Catalogue references: RIC V.2, Probus, Rome 200
Obverse description: Radiate bust left, wearing an imperial mantle and holding an eagle-tipped sceptre. Readable legend fragment: […]PROBV[…]; the opening and final titles are indistinct.
Reverse description: Legend: [SOL]I INVIC–TO, with the opening indistinct. Radiate Sol driving a four-horse chariot left, raising his right hand and holding a whip and apparent globe in his left. Exergue appears R (wreath) Γ; no separate field marks are clearly readable.
