Details
LOT 3050
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and inverted spear in his left; behind, shield set on ground; II in exergue. RIC V.2 42; Cohen 365. Good Very Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.(4.17gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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