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LOT 3738
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antiochia mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; Є between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. Good Very Fine.(4.54gr, 21mm, 5h.).
Provenance
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
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