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᷅ SOLD: Dealer's Lot of 6 Antoninianii of Probus, 276-282 AD
Ruler: Probus
Province: Rome mint
Date: 276-282 AD
Denomination: Antoninianus
Composition: Billon, originally with silvered surfaces
Obverse: MP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG, Bust of Probus, various, facing left or right
Reverse: SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding globe and raising right; various mintmarks (5/6 coins), ADVEN-TVS AVG, Probus, in military attire, on horseback left, raising his right hand in salute and holding sceptre in his left; to left, seated captive; in exergue: R, crescent, ς (1/6 coins)
Size: circa 23mm, 4g
Grade: gVF, one with full silvering intact, one with chipped flan, otherwise as pictured
Provenance: ex Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 77 (6 May 2019) Lot 1141 (part of)
Reference(s): For Soli Invicto, cf. RIC V, part 2, 101 (for type); for Adventvs Avg: RIC V, part 2, 157