Details
LOT 3696
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint.
4th officina. PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, holding Victory and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239. Extremely Fine.(4.17gr, 22mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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