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AR19 - Probus L Ζ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 281-282 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Emperor Probus facing right, depicted from the front in the Alexandrian provincial style. The emperor's effigy is rendered with characteristic late Roman portraiture, showing the laureate wreath crowning the head and the cuirass visible at the shoulder. The encircling Greek legend reads Α Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΠΡΟΒΟϹ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor by his titles as Augustus. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Nike, the goddess of victory, advancing to the right in flowing drapery, holding a victor's wreath in her extended right hand and a tall palm frond in her left. The figure is rendered in the characteristic Alexandrian tetradrachm style, with broad wings spread behind the striding deity. The regnal date legend L Ζ (year 7, corresponding to 281-282 AD) appears in the field. |
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