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LOT 3342
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. Near Extremely Fine.(3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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