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RIC 222 of Probus

Probus AE Antoninianus. IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate & cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA GERM, Trophy between two captives; in exergue, RuA.

Lot No.1926. Excellent portrait and detail on the cuirass.

$ 35.

Marcus Aurelius Probus was a great general who rebelled against Florian successfully in 276 AD. He fought and pacified the entire empire, but met his end when he enraged his troops - now with nobody left to fight - by having them plant vinyards and do other non-military work, and was murdered by them in 282 AD.