51. Dedication to Claudius Gothicus or Probus

Description:
The reverse face of 62, q.v., turned side to top (w: 0.30 x h: 0.34).  
Text:
Inscribed on the face. 
Letters:
Third century capitals: 0.065-0.055. 
Date:
A.D. 268-270 or A.D. 276-282 (either Claudius Gothicus or Probus).  
Findspot:
Sabratha: Capitolium, found in the vaults; see note on 1. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Findspot  
Bibliography:
Bartoccini, Quaderni di Archeologia della Libia, Roma (Ministero dell'Africa Italiana), vol. I, 1950 I:52. This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
[·· ? ··] restitutor[i orbis ·· ? ··]
[Imp(eratori) Caesa]ri M(arco) Aureli[o ·· ? ··]
[Pio Feli]ci inuicto A[ug](usto) [·· ? ··]
[·· 7-8··] Gothico [·· ? ··]
[·· ? ··]RESTITVTOR[·········· ? ··]
[··········]RIMAVRELI[···· ? ··]
[·········]CIINVICTOA[···][·· ? ··]
[·· 7-8··]GOTHICO[·· ? ··]
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
restitutor
<supplied reason="lost" >
i
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
orbis
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="2" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
<expan>
<abbr>
Imp
</abbr>
<ex>
eratori
</ex>
</expan>
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Caesa
</supplied>
ri
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arco
</ex>
</expan>
Aureli
<supplied reason="lost" >
o
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="3" />
<supplied reason="lost" >
Pio
</supplied>
<supplied reason="lost" >
Feli
</supplied>
ci
inuicto
<expan>
<abbr>
A
<supplied reason="lost" >
ug
</supplied>
</abbr>
<ex>
usto
</ex>
</expan>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="7" unit="character" extentmax="8" />
Gothico
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" />
</ab>

Either Claudius Gothicus, Augustus 268-270, or Probus, Augustus 276-282.

Translation:

[·· ? ··] to [the] restorer of the world [·· ? ··] Emperor] Caesar Marcus Aurelius [·· ? ··], Pius,] Felix, unconquered, Augustus, [·· ? ··] conqueror of the Goths[·· ? ··]

Commentary:

No comment.

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 800 Leica)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. DS 800 Leica)
Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 217)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (Sopr. CS 217)

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