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Alexandria AD 278-279 billon tetradrachm 6.94 g 1.81 cm 1.76 cm 1h

obverse: hd Probus r laureate, draped and cuirassed bust A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CEB
reverse: Eirene stg l holding olive branch and sceptre L Δ
(RCV III 12124), Milne 4575
Schulman auction 271 (Nov 1980) lot 2789 (22/22)

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 Δ regnal year 4 = AD 278/279

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