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LOT 3170
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Coin stored in square coin capsule.(4.04gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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