PROBUS RIC 878 off.2 SOLD

OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
REVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
BUST TYPE: E1
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//KAB
WEIGHT 3.62g / AXIS: 12h / WIDTH 22-23mm
RIC 878
COLLECTION NO. 621

Rare variant of one of Probus' iconic reverses, i.e. the VIRTVS PROBI AVG reverse, with the emperor Probus on horse attacking enemy with spear, lying (not knealing) enemy and no exergual line: type "VIR-2" in Philippe Gysen's classification first published in the article "Nouvelles données concernant l’atelier de Serdica sous le règne de Probus", Revue Belge de Numismatique 146 (2000). The much more popular VIR-1 variant of the VIRTVS PROBI AVG reverse has the exergual line and the enemy is knealing rather than lying.  

Collection : 06 Probus - Serdica