Details
LOT 3051
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Rome mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing Imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle with left hand / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated in hexastyle temple holding Victory in right hand and sceptre with left; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239 & 1104; MPR 484. Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Much silvering remains.(3.68gr, 23mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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