Probus Lugdunum RIC 15

Probus Lugdunum ABVNDANTIA AVG

OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P - F AVG
REVERSE: ABVNDANTIA AVG

EMMISION: 5

OFFICINA: 4

BUST TYPE:  E1= Radiate, cuirassed and helmeted bust left, holding spear and shield (shield decorated with a motif of an emperor on a horse tormenting a lying prisoner) (BASTIEN'S CLASSIFICATION)

FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS:  // IIII

LITERATURE: RIC 15 ; Bastien 247(3ex)

3,37g / 23mm

RARITY: R3

NOTE: All military busts from Lugdunum are rare or very rare and always enjoy great interest from collectors!

Only one listing: Bastien 3 copies: Missong Vienna (no. 52177), Oxford Ashmolean Museum, the third in private hands, Almost complete silvering preserved, very rare in this state of preservation

Auction Eid Mar lot 292

Sammlung : Probus Lugdunum