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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Recovery of the Empire| > |Probus| > RA65437
Probus, Summer 276 - September 282 A.D.
|Probus|, |Probus,| |Summer| |276| |-| |September| |282| |A.D.|, After Probus left 400,000 barbarians dead in the fields of Germany and Gaul, all the tribes of the north were terrified to peace. He then marched east, defeating the Blemmyes with tremendous slaughter. Knowing he was next, the Persian king sued for peace and attempted to buy Probus' favor with splendid presents. Probus was dining upon the most common food when the ambassadors were introduced. Without even casting his eyes upon them, he said that if their master did not give proper satisfaction to Rome, he would lay Persia as desolate and as naked as the crown of his head. As he spoke the Emperor took off his cap and showed the baldness of his head to the ambassadors. His conditions were gladly accepted. Thus Probus earned the title Restitutor Orbis or "Restorer of the World."
RA65437. Billon antoninianus, Hunter IV 336C (also 5th officina); RIC V-2 925; Cohen VI 509; Pink VI p. 40, 2nd emission; SRCV III 12021, Choice EF, 5th officina, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, weight 4.239g, maximum diameter 22.6mm, die axis 0o, 280 A.D.; obverse IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse RESTITVT ORBIS (to the restorer of the world), woman standing right presenting wreath to Probus standing left holding globe in right hand, scepter in left hand, E center, XXI in exergue; SOLD




  






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Huvelin, H. "L'atelier d'Antioche sous Claude II" in NAC XIX (1990), pp. 251-271.
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