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IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding signum in each hand; VIXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 364; probuscoins.fr 333. 4.08gr, 23mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.

IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle to right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC 661 var. (bust); probuscoins.fr 4140. 3.86gr, 23mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Very rare.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; ς between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.

IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing aegis / ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding to left, with right hand raised, holding sceptre in left; captive at foot to left, R(thunderbolt)Z in exergue. RIC 155. 3.73gr, 22mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

[IMP C] PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 3.58gr, 22mm, 12h.

Near Extremely Fine. Much of the original silvering remaining.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding two standards; III in exergue. RIC V.2 80. 3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.

Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT ORBIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to Emperor standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 925; Cohen 509. 4.71gr, 24mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Large flan.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; XXIP in exergue. RIC V.2 905 var. (bust not cuirassed). 4.43gr, 23mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 386 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Lugdunum); for reverse cf. RIC V.2 861 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Serdica). 4.19gr, 27mm, 12h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (obverse of Antoninianus of Tacitus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC 920 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). 4.16gr, 27mm, 6h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.

Condition as seen.

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.