Details
LOT 3698
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint.
2nd officina. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONS PROB AVG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)B in exergue. RIC V.2 173; probuscoins.fr 1067. Near Extremely Fine.(5.08gr, 24mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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