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OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
REVERSE: ADVENTVS PROBI AVG
BUST TYPE: D7 = Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed and draped bust right, holding spear in right hand and shield seen from inner side
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIA
WEIGHT 3.92 / AXIS: 12h / DIAMETER: 21 mm
MINT: Siscia
RIC 634
ALFOLDI 009.036 (2 ex. cited)
COLLECTION NO. 1319
Spectacular, extremely rare and desirable military bust type with emperor shown from the waist up!
Only the 5th known specimen of this exact type!
Provenance: Paul Francis Jacquier auction 45 lot 1548 = ex Philippe Gysen collection = Ex Freeman & Sear Auction I (1995) lot 736
See the below most recent listing of same coin type offered at CNG auction:
cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=174164
Collection : 05 Probus - Siscia