No. 94289530

Ancient Roman, Empire Bronze Coin pendant - Imperator Probus (No Reserve Price)
No. 94289530

Ancient Roman, Empire Bronze Coin pendant - Imperator Probus (No Reserve Price)
Roman Empire. Sterling silver pendant with a 22 mm bronze antoninianus of Emperor Probus (276-282 A.D.).
First coin minted at the mint of Antioquia 276 A.D.
Antoninianus pendant of Emperor Probus, continuity and dedication in the recovery of the empire.
Obverse: Radiate bust of the emperor Probus wearing a draped tunic looking to the East. Legend: soldier IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG
Reverso: On the right, standing, Probo, holding a scepter with an eagle tip, receiving a globe of Jupiter, on the left, holding a staff, crescendo (ᴗ) or T or crown (Ω) or star (*) or nothing in the lower middle field, XXI or KA in the exergue. Legend: CLEMENTIA TEMP * XXI
"Here lies Emperor Probus, who is truly virtuous, conqueror of all the barbarian peoples, conqueror also of the tyrants."
The career soldier Marcus Aurelius Probus, born in Sirmium (232 AD), one of the limits of Roman territory, was proclaimed emperor (276-282 AD) by the legionaries due to the success achieved under Valerian, Gallienus, Claudius II, and Aurelian as well as his continuous dedication to restoring the security of the Empire's borders where he had been raised.
That means he was the ideal sovereign for the restoration of the empire after the military anarchy of the third century and his dedication had a positive social and economic outcome by ordering:
I. to drain swamps to guarantee agricultural land and allow Hispanics, Gauls, in addition to Britons, to own vineyards and produce wine;
II. emit a large amount of currency quickly and with diversity:
with the initials of each one in the mints and the reintegration of the unconquered sun;
including the greatest variety of portraits from the territory (with a crown of rays or laurel with the marks XXI and KA) and on the reverses of gold and aurelinian coins engraved with heroic deeds featuring splendid helmets, shields, and spears in various combinations;
III. restore bridges, build temples, courtyards and basilicas in Egypt, etc.
Moreover, to show you what Probus was like in a campaign in barbarian lands, his soldiers captured a horse that they calculated could cover 160 km daily for just over a week, and of course they offered it to him, but he rejected it, saying that the steed was more suitable for someone interested in retreat, and he ordered it to be raffled among his troops.
However, in the year 282, and with peace already established, Probus arrived at his native Sirmium and to gain agricultural land for his inhabitants he ordered thousands of legionaries:
To drain a swamp.
Build a giant pit.
Divert it with a channel.
But these, exhausted, burned by the heat, and with the war over, mutinied and finished him off.
Despite everything, they built him a great tomb of stone and rocks with an honorary epitaph:
"Here lies Emperor Probus, who is truly virtuous, conqueror of all the barbarian peoples, also a conqueror of tyrants."
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