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LOT 3740
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 277-278. Ticinum mint. 6th officina.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding signum in each hand; VIXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 364; probuscoins.fr 333. Good Very Fine.(4.08gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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