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LOT 3748
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; XXIP in exergue. RIC V.2 905 var. (bust not cuirassed). Good Very Fine.(4.43gr, 23mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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