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.

Probus antoninianus RIC 788v, Alföldi 84.-
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.
Divergent wreath ties.

REV.: SPES AVG   Cesures: SPE_S AVG

Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe.

Mintmark:  // XXIVI

Weight: 3.60 g.
Weight: 21-22 mm.
Die axis: 6 h.

Image provided courtesy of Barnaba Skibniewski.



Chronology: Pink's 7th emission of Siscia, 280 CE.

Probus antoninianus RIC 788, Alföldi 84.-
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.
Divergent wreath ties.

REV.: SPES AVG   Cesures: SPE_S AVG

Spes walking left, holding flower and raising robe.

Mintmark: -|V // XXI

Weight: ?
Weight: ?
Die axis: ?

Image provided courtesy of Plamen Arsoff.



Probus antoninianus RIC 788v, Alföldi 84.1
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.
Die axis: ?
Diameter: ?

Image provided courtesy of Philippe Gysen


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