Probus emissions of Lugdunum, according to Pierre Bastien.
Tempo di lettura 5 min
During the reign of Probus, the mint in Lugdunum operated from four officinae.
Emissions of antoniniani in Lugdunum, according to
Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon : de la reóuverture de l'atelier par Aurélien à la mort de Carin (fin 274-mi-285).
Wetteren, Éditions Numismatique romaine, 1976. 287 p., 65 leaves of plates : ill.
Some data from Laurent Schmitt.
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Em.
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Date
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Mintmarks
I, II, III, IIII and A, B, C, D represent 4 officinae.
-- represents coins without officina mark.
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Reverses Officinae |
1st
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X 276
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| TEMPORVM FELICITAS |
I |
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| VIRTVS AVGVSTI |
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II |
III |
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| PROVIDENTIA AVG |
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III |
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VIRTVS AVGVSTI
(with captive) |
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IIII |
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2nd
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XI - XII 276
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| AETERNITATI AVG |
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-- |
| CONCORDIA MILIT |
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-- |
TEMPORVM FELICITAS
(reuses a Tacitus reverse die) |
A | ✶ |
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ORIENS AVG
(two captives) |
I |
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SECVRITAS ORBIS
Same as above but
with Laetitia (error). |
I |
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| MARS VICTOR |
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II |
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| MARTI PACIFERO |
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II |
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| FIDES MILITVM |
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III |
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ORIENS AVG
(one captive) |
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III |
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| PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI |
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III |
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| PROVIDENTIA AVG |
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III |
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| LAETITIA AVGVSTI |
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IIII |
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| LAETITIA AVG |
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IIII |
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3rd
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I - IV 277
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
- |
| TEMPORVM FELICITAS |
I |
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| FIDES MILITVM |
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II |
III |
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| MARS VICTOR |
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II |
III |
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| LAETITIA AVGVSTI |
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IIII |
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| The mint suspends operation for a short time. |
4th
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VI - XII 277
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| ABVNDANTIA AVG |
I |
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IIII |
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| ADVENTVS PROBI AVG |
I |
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IIII |
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| SECVRITAS ORBIS |
I |
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| TEMPORVM FELICITAS |
I |
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| TEMPOR FELICI |
I |
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| FIDES MILITVM |
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II |
III |
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| MARS VICTOR |
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II |
III |
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| LAETITIA AVGVSTI |
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IIII |
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| Probus arrives at Lugdunum in the beginning of summer of 277. |
5th
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XII 277 - III 278
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| SOLI INVICTO |
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-- |
| ADVENTVS PROBI AVG |
I |
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III |
IIII |
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| TEMPOR FELICI |
I |
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| MARS VICTOR |
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II |
III |
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| FIDES MILITVM |
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III |
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| ABVNDANTIA AVG |
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IIII |
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| VIRTVS AVG |
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IIII |
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| The mint suspends operation for a short time. |
6th
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IV 278 - 279
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| MARS VICTOR |
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-- |
| SECVRITAS ORBIS |
I |
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| TEMPOR FELICI |
I |
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MARS VICTOR
FIDES VICTOR (sic) |
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II |
III |
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| FIDES MILITVM |
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III |
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| ABVNDANTIA AVG |
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IIII |
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| VIRTVS AVG |
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IIII |
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| At the end of the sixth emission, the workshop closes for at least eighteen months. |
7th
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VII - VIII 281
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| MARS VICTOR |
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-- |
COMITI PROBI AVG
COMITI PORBI AVG (sic)
COMITI PRIBI AVG (sic)
with Minerva |
I |
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| MARTI VICTORI AVG |
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II |
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| SPES PROBI AVG |
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III |
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COMITI PROBI AVG
with Hercules |
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IIII |
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| Probus passes through Lugdunum on his way to Rome, at the end of summer of 281. |
8th
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IX - XII 281
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| COMES AVG |
I |
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| FELICIT TEMP |
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II |
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-- |
| TEMPOR FELICIT |
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II |
III |
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| PIAETAS AVG |
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III |
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| PIETAS AVG |
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III |
IIII |
-- |
| PAX AVG |
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IIII |
-- |
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9th
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I - VIII 282
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
-- |
| COMES AVG |
A |
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| VIRTVS AVG |
A |
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| PAX AVG |
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B |
C |
D |
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| TEMPOR FELICIT |
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B |
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| SALVS AVG |
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B |
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D |
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| SPES AVG |
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C |
D |
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| PIAETAS AVG |
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C |
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| PIETAS AVG |
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C |
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Includes examples with retrograde: B, C, D and B in exergue rather than
typically in field. |
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