Augustus, A.D. 276-282
Billon Antoninianus
Rome mint, A.D. 281
Obv: IMP PROB-VS P F AVG
Rev: IOVI CONS PROB AVG - Jupiter, standing, facing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and scepter in left.
R[thunderbolt]B in exergue.
RIC 173
22x20mm, 3.8g.
Probus was another one of Rome’s great generals, continuing the process–begun by Gallienus and Claudius II, continued by Aurelian–of restoring the fractured empire. He secured the German frontier and made peace with Persia, but his policy of pursuing peace over conquest unsettled his soldiers, who eventually mutinied and killed him.
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