PROBUS
AD 276-282
AE Antoninianus. 4.0g, 24.2mm
MINTED: Antioch mint, AD 276-282
REF: RIC 266
OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left, holding sceptre; A • between, XXI in exergue.

Grade/Notes:
Very Fine/Almost Very Fine. Much silvering remaining. Minor flan crack.
 
Historical Notes:
Born in Sirmium (present-day Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia), Probus was a career soldier who rose to become the 47th Emperor of the Roman Empire.  He spent much of his 6-year reign putting down usurpers and campaigning against the Goths, Alamanni, Vandals and other Germanic tribes.  He successfully strengthened the Empire against its enemies, but was murdered in 282 by some of his own soldiers who were unhappy at being given the menial task of draining marshes.