PROBUS RIC 459 SOLD

OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
REVERSE: VOTIS X ET XX FEL
BUST TYPE: E1 = radiate, helmeted bust left, holding spear and shield
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//-
WEIGHT 3.14g / AXIS: 1h
RIC: 459
COLLECTION NO. 134

Same obverse die as my coin no. 1235 (with B/-//- Provident Avg reverse)

Very rare and desirable reverse type. One of the most sough-after reverses in the whole Probus' coinage. The variant with military bust is much, much rarer than the (also rare) variant with standard cuirassed bust right (cf. RIC 458).

Only the second example of this type present in private collection. The other one was in Philippe Gysen collection (same obverse die) = JACQUIER auction no.45 lot 1412 (sold for 1,400 EUR + fees): 

https://www.sixbid.com/en/paul-francis-jacquier-numismatique-antique/5126/bedeutende-sammlung-von-antoninianen-u-a/4278186/probus-276-282-mnzsttte-ticinum?term&orderCol=starting_price&orderDirection=desc&priceFrom&displayMode=large&auctionSessions=&sidebarIsSticky=false     

Sammlung : 04 Probus - Ticinum