E-auction 146-84735 - brm_230252 - PROBUS Aurelianus
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| Estimate : | 225 € |
| Price : | 126 € |
| Maximum bid : | 155 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 February 2016 14:21:00 |
| bidders : | 11 bidders |
Type : Aurelianus
Date: début 278
Mint name / Town : Ticinum
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers sur la légende. Très beau buste de haut relief où tous les détails de la robe consulaire sont visibles. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine marron foncé, légèrement piquée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IM-P C PROBVS AVG CO[N]S II.
Obverse description : Buste consulaire de Probus radié à gauche vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant le scipio de la main droite (H2).
Obverse translation : "Imperator Caesar Probus Augustus Consul Secundus", (Empereur César Probus Auguste Consul pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRT-VS - AVG/ -|-// PXXT.
Reverse description : Mars casqué et nu marchant à gauche, le manteau flottant sur l’épaule, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un trophée de la main gauche reposant sur l’épaule.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augusti”, (La Vertu de l'Auguste).
Commentary
Robe consulaire constituée de la toga picta et de la toga palmata richement décorée. Le buste est orné d’une couronne et l’épaulière est richement décorée. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ourages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire du deuxième consulat pour l’atelier de Ticinum.
Historical background
PROBUS
(06-07/276-09/282)
Probus was born on August 19, 232 in Sirmium. He led a brilliant military career during the reigns between Valerian I and Tacitus. Commander of the army of the East on the death of Tacitus, he was immediately proclaimed emperor and easily triumphed over Florian, who was assassinated. The situation is serious. The Rhine-Danubian limes gave way under the pressure of the Germanic invasions. Probus restores peace in Gaul, in Germania then in Rhaetia where he inflicts a severe defeat on the Germanic peoples, in Thrace where he crushes the Sarmatians and the Scythians, in Asia Minor which he cleans of looters and Pamphylian pirates, finally in Africa where he ends the incursions of the Blemmyes. In 280, he signed peace with Vahram II, Sassanid monarch. He must face the usurpations of Saturnin, Bonose and Proculus. Probus, having triumphed over all his adversaries, returned to Rome in 281 and celebrated his victories. Before preparing a new expedition against the Sassanids, he fell under the blows of his own soldiers at Sirmium in 282.
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