RIC V Probus 890
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 276–AD 282
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Cyzicus (ancient mint)
Aureus in gold struck at Cyzicus under Probus, AD 276–AD 282, catalogued as RIC V Probus 890. Obverse: Bust of Probus, laureate, draped, right. Reverse: Probus, riding left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left hand, preceded by Victory, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Cyzicus
- Issuing authority
- Probus
Design
- Obverse type
- Bust of Probus, laureate, draped, right
- Reverse type
- Probus, riding left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left hand, preceded by Victory, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
- Reverse legend
- ADVENTVS AVG
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.890
- Catalogue reference
- RIC V Probus 890
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.5.pro.890
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet