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Alexandria AD 281-282 billon tetradrachm 8.1 g 1.95 cm 1.95 cm 12h

obverse: hd Probus r laureate, draped and cuirassed bust A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CEB
reverse: eagle stg r with wreath in beak L Z
(GIC4773, RCV III 12137), Dattari-5555, Emmett-3984, Milne-4640
Schulman auction 271 (Nov 1980) lot 2789 (20/22) 

Marcus Aurelius Probus c 232 (Sirmium - Illyria, Sremska Mitrovica - Servia) 276-282 (killed by soldiers near Sirmium)
276 After the death of Tacitus proclaimed emperor by his troops in Syria and Egypt.
Florianus half-brother of Tacitus assumed the imperial power supported by his army and the majority of the provinces.
Confrontation in Asia Minor. Florianus was murdered.
282 Killed by soldiers near Sirmium.

L Z regnal year 7 = AD 281/282

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