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LOT 2994
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 278. Ticinum mint. 5th officina.
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-topped sceptre / HERCVLI PACIF, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin; VXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 375; probuscoins.fr 288. Good Very Fine.(3.83gr, 22mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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