Symbols/Control marks on coins of Probus
The meaning of some of these marks is not clear at eastern mints.
Crescent At Antioch, emission mark (?) for some coins of 2nd emission.(?) At Rome, emission mark (4 ?). • Dot Punctuation sometimes used to separate parts of titulature e.g. IMP C PROBVS •P• F•AVG Frequent at Lugdunum, sometimes found on coins of Ticinum. Rarely on coins of Ticinum a terminal dot in obverse legend. _____________________________________ At Antioch also found on aurei A• (Antioch + series mark?). At Cyzicus very infrequently a "separator" beween value mark XXI and officina mark. At Serdica, in some series a "separator" between value mark KA and officina mark. At Siscia, a "separator" between value mark XXI and officina mark on coins At Tripolis a terminal dot in reverse legend (series mark?).
At Antioch on coins of 2nd emission, with KA.
At Rome, emission mark (6)
At Rome, emission mark (5). |
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