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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Probus| > RA60453
Probus, Summer 276 - September 282 A.D.; EQVITI Series II of Ticinum, Q, SXXI
|Probus|, |Probus,| |Summer| |276| |-| |September| |282| |A.D.;| |EQVITI| |Series| |II| |of| |Ticinum,| |Q,| |SXXI|, Ticinum mint EQVITI series II - click AEQVITI to read the NumisWiki article, Coins of Probus with Coded Markings of EQVITI Embedded in the mint mark. The Q on the reverse is the second letter of the codeword EQVITI, referring to the cavalry. The S in the exergue indicates the second officina (mint workshop). Each officina was assigned letter of the codeword EQVITI corresponding to their officina number. With six coins, one coin from each of the six officina, you can spell out the "secret" codeword.
RA60453. Billon antoninianus, RIC V-2 489H, Cohen VI 481, Hunter IV -, SRCV III -, Choice VF, full circle centering, much silvering remaining, weak strike areas, Ticinum (Pavia, Italy) mint, weight 3.468g, maximum diameter 25.0mm, die axis 0o, 281 A.D.; obverse IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle with Medusa on chest, eagle-tipped scepter in right; reverse PROVIDENT AVG (the foresight of the Emperor), Providentia standing slightly left, head left, globe in right hand, transverse scepter in left hand, Q in left field, SXXI in exergue; SOLD










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