Watch List notes:

The Roman Empire
Probus, 276 – 282

Antoninianus, Lugdunum 276, AR 4.38 g. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG Radiate and cuirassed bust r. Rev. PROVIDENTIA AVG Providentia standing l., holding baton in r. hand and sceptre in l.; at foot, globe. In exergue, III. C 497. RIC 47. Virtually as struck and almost Fdc

I chose a portrait of Probus with some remaining individuality. Most of his coinage shows a more generic portrait with multiple attributes of power: a shield, a helmet, spears and swords, scepters, and alike. With the Illyrian general emperors, such attributes were more important than individual features. AMP.