Probus — Antoninianus, PROVIDENTIA AVG, Lugdunum

Struck at Lugdunum in AD 277 or 278, while Probus was clearing Gaul of the tribes that had crossed the Rhine after Aurelian's death. A Mint State example from the fourth officina, with essentially full detail and dark glossy surfaces.

The reverse reads PROVIDENTIA AVG, the foresight of the emperor. Providentia stands left holding a globe and cornucopiae, with IIII in the exergue for the fourth workshop.

Attribution: RIC V Lugdunum 46

Mint: Lugdunum (IIII)

Weight: 4.43 g

Diameter: 22.1 mm

Catalogued in the NumisLens cabinet — NL-E1773-4AMY4