Note: RIC only records one variety, citing it from the
Ashmolean, with officina V.
Alföldi lists coins exclusively from officina VI, but in five
varieties.
Alföldi table.
Chronology: Pink's 5th emission of Siscia, 278 CE.
RIC 788 variant; cf. Alföldi
type 84, n° 5 (without error); Siscia. Bust type F,
(B). Denomination:
Antoninianus. Obverse titulature error: missing O in PROBVS. |
OBV.: IMP PRBVS P F AVG
[sic]
Radiate, cuirassed bust right. REV.: SPES AVG Cesures: SPE_S AVG Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe. Mintmark: // XXIVI Weight: 3.60 g. Image provided courtesy of Barnaba Skibniewski. |
RIC 788; cf. Alföldi
type 84, n° 4 (officina VI); Siscia. Bust type F,
(B). Denomination:
Antoninianus. |
OBV.: IMP PROBVS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right. REV.: SPES AVG Cesures: SPE_S AVG Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe. Mintmark: -|V // XXI Weight: ? Image provided courtesy of Plamen Arsoff. |
RIC 788 variant; Alföldi
type 84, n° 1; Siscia. Bust type C, (A2). Denomination:
Antoninianus. Not listed for this bust type, and officina, in RIC. |
OBV.: IMP PROBVS P F AVG
Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back. REV.: SPES AVG Cesures: SPE_S AVG Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe. Mintmark: -|VI // XXI Weight: 4.05 g. Image provided courtesy of Philippe Gysen |