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LOT 3250
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 6th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG CONS III, radiate bust to left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SECVRIT PERP, Securitas standing facing, head to left, legs crossed, placing her right hand on head and leaning her left elbow on column; I in right field, VIXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 528 var. (I in left field); probuscoins.fr 1966. Extremely Fine. Very rare variant.(4.59gr, 23mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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