PROBUS MPR 231 SOLD

OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
REVERSE: VIRTVS AVGVSTI (Virtvs dressed as amazon, with one breast nude, holding sceptre and leaning on shield)
BUST TYPE: H2 = radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre (scipio); eagle holding wreath!
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//RE
WEIGHT 3.97g / AXIS: 5h / WIDTH 23mm
RIC: 235 VAR. (UNLISTED WITH H2 BUST AND RE MINTMARK)
MPR: 231 (only 1 ex. cited but without the wreath in eagle's beak)
COLLECTION NO. 1425

Note: Extremely rare and unpublished variant of this otherwise very popular (for Probus) consular bust type, where the eagle on the sceptre is holding a wreath in its beak (typically the eagle is not holding anything).

Great provenance: ex Philippe Gysen collection = Ex Spink, NumCirc 97/9 (1989), lot 5789.

Collection : 03 Probus - Roma