Lot 673
Probus (AD 276-282), Billon Antoninianus, 4.24g, 12h. Probus (AD 276-282), Billon Antoninianus, 4.24g, 12h. Mint of Rome, struck AD 280-281. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, bust facing right, radiate and cuirassed. Rev. IOVI CONS PROB AVG, Jupiter standing left, holding a thunderbolt and sceptre, a thunderbolt between R-B in exergue (RIC 173; C 306; RCV 11986 (this coin)). Red-brown patina, with residual silvering, a small nick at reverse edge at 8 o’clock otherwise extremely fine. This coin is illustrated in David Sear’s ‘Roman Coins and their Values’, Vol III (London, 2005), p.474, 11986.
Estimated Value $120-UP.
Ex Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 7, 22 February 2002, lot 560.
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