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Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Probus

276-281

Roman; minted in Siscia

Roman Empire

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the radiate head of Emperor Probus racing to the right. The back (reverse) shows Probus receiving a globe from the god Jupiter.

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium