Virtus Probi (1)

Obv. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust of emperor left, holding shield and carrying spear over shoulder;
Rev. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, emperor on horseback riding left, spearing fallen enemy, XXI P in exergue
Probus Antoninanus, 21 mm, 3,42 gr.
Refs

Historia Augusta, 10: "um his igitur tot ac tantis virtutibus eniteret, Tacito absumpto fataliter ac Floriano imperium arripiente omnes orientales exercitus eundem imperatorem fecerunt."

"And so, resplendent by reason of these many great virtues, when Tacitus had been removed by the decree of Fate and Florian was seizing the rule, he was created emperor by all the troops of the East"

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