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LOT 2995
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol, head to left, raising hand and holding whip, in spread quadriga facing; CM XXIV in two lines below. RIC V 911; probuscoins.fr 2791. Near Extremely Fine.(4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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