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LOT 3503
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Serdica mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, XXIS, Probus on horse galloping left, preparing to hurl spear at fallen enemy to lower left. RIC 818. Good Very Fine.(5.08gr, 24mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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