PROBUS with aegis receiving globe from Jupiter 276AD Ancient Roman Coin i52085

Item: i52085

 Authentic Ancient Coin of:

Probus
–
Roman Emperor
: 276-282
A.D. –

Bronze Antoninianus 22mm (3.36 grams) Serdica mint 
276-282 A.D.

Reference: RIC V-II Serdica 856 var (obv legend and bust
type).
 IMP CM AVR PROBVS PF AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right;
seen from front, fold of aegis on front shoulder.
 RESTITVTOR ORBIS, Emperor in military garb, standing right, holding
sceptre,
receiving globe from Jupiter. MS in lower centre,
mintmark KAA

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Authenticity.

Royal/Imperial symbols of power

Ruling dynasties often exploit pomp and ceremony with
the use of
regalia
:
crowns
,
robes
,
orb (globe) and sceptres
,
some of which are reflections of formerly practical
objects. The use of language mechanisms also support
this differentiation with subjects talking of “the
crown” and/or of “the

throne

In

Roman mythologyy

,

Jupiter
or

Jove was the

king of the gods

, and the god of

sky and

thunder
. He

is

the equivalent of Zeus

in the

Greek pantheon

. He was called Iuppiter (or Diespiter)

Optimus Maximus (“Father God the Best and Greatest”). As the patron deity of

ancient

Rome
, he ruled over laws and social order. He was the chief god of the

Capitoline Triad

, with sister/wife

Juno

. Jupiter is also the father of the god

Mars

with Juno. Therefore, Jupiter is the grandfather of

Romulus and Remus

, the legendary founders of Rome. Jupiter was venerated in

ancient Roman religion

, and is still venerated in

Roman Neopaganism

. He is a son of

Saturn

, along with brothers

Neptune

and

Pluto

.

He is also the brother/husband of

Ceres

(daughter of Saturn and mother of

Proserpina
),

brother of Veritas

(daughter of Saturn), and father of

Mercury

.

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 Etymology

Iuppiter originated as a

vocative compound

of the

Old Latin

vocative *Iou and pater (“father”) and came to replace the Old

Latin

nominative case

*Ious. Jove

is a less common

English

formation based on Iov-, the stem of oblique cases of the

Latin name.

Linguistic

studies identify the form *Iou-pater as deriving from the

Indo-European

vocative compound *Dyēu-pəter (nominative: *Dyēus-pətēr

meaning “O Father Sky-god”).

Older forms of the deity’s name in Rome were Djeus-pater

(“day/sky-father”), then Diéspiter. Djeus is the etymological

equivalent of

ancient Greece’s

Zeus and of the

Teutonics’

gen. Ziewes. The Indo-European deity is thus the god from which Zeus and the

Indo-Aryan

Vedic

Dyaus Pita are derived.

The name of the god was also adopted as the name of the planet

Jupiter, and

was the original namesake of Latin forms of the

weekday now known in English as

Thursday^[6]

but originally called Iovis Dies in

Latin, giving rise to Deus in

Portuguese, jeudi in

French, jueves in

Spanish, joi in

Romanian, giovedì in

Italian, dijous in

Catalan, Xoves in

Galego, Joibe in

Furlan.

Marcus

Aurelius Probus

(c. August 19,

232–September/October, 282) was a

Roman Emperor

(276–282).

A native of

Sirmium

(now

Sremska Mitrovica

,

Serbia

), in

Pannonia

, at an early age he entered the army, where

he distinguished himself under the Emperors

Valerian

,

Aurelian

and

Tacitus

. He was appointed governor of the East by

Tacitus, at whose death he was immediately proclaimed

his successor by the soldiers (276).

Florianus

, who had claimed to succeed his

half-brother Tacitus, was put to death by his own troops

after an indecisive campaign. Probus moved to the West,

defeated the Goths acquiring the title of Gothicus

(280), and saw his position ratified by the

Senate

.

The reign of Probus was mainly spent

in successful wars by which he re-established the

security of all the frontiers. The most important of

these operations were directed to clearing

Gaul

of German invaders (Franks,

Longiones

,

Alamanni

and

Burgundians

), allowing Probus to adopt the titles of

Gothicus Maximus and Germanicus Maximus.

One of his principles was never to allow the soldiers to

be idle, and to employ them in time of peace on useful

works, such as the planting of vineyards in Gaul,

Pannonia and other districts, in order to restart the

economy in these devastated lands.

In 279–280, Probus was, according to

Zosimus

, in

Raetia

,

Illyricum

and

Lycia

, where he fought the

Vandals

. In the same years, Probus’ generals

defeated the

Blemmyes

in

Egypt

; Probus ordered the reconstruction of bridges

and canals along the Nile, where the production of grain

for the Empire was centered.

In 280–281, Probus had also put down

three usurpers,

Julius Saturninus

,

Proculus

and

Bonosus

. The extent of these revolts is not clear,

but there are clues that they were not just local

problems.

In 281, the emperor was in Rome, where he celebrated his

triumph

.

Probus was eager to start his eastern

campaign, delayed by the revolts in the west. He left

Rome in 282, moving first towards Sirmium, his birth

city, when the news that

Marcus Aurelius Carus

, commander of the

Praetorian Guard

, had been proclaimed emperor

reached him. Probus sent some troops against the new

usurper, but when those troops changed sides and

supported Carus, Probus’s soldiers then assassinated him

(September/October 282).