Probus was a soldier-emperor who drove Germanic invaders out of Gaul and restored the frontiers during a time of crisis. The reverse shows Jupiter handing him the globe, a sign that the gods gave him power over the world, and the legend praises the ‘clemency of the times’. He was killed by his own troops in 282.
Castings, Coins, KM
KM-112 Emperor Probus Clementia Temporum Antoninianus (Variant)
$7.25
Gold overlay casting pendant of a second casting of the Probus CLEMENTIA TEMP antoninianus. Obverse: radiate bust facing right, IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG. Reverse: the emperor receiving a globe from Jupiter, XXI-type mint mark below. Inscriptions explained: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG is short for ‘Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus’, ‘Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus, the Augustus’ (Probus, emperor AD 276-282). CLEMENTIA TEMP is short for ‘Clementia Temporum’, ‘the mildness (peace) of the times’. XXI marks coins of a set standard, usually read as 20 parts bronze to 1 part silver (the exact meaning is debated).
