PROBUS VIRTVS (unlisted reserve) SOLD

OBVERSE: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG
REVERSE: VIRTVS AVG (Emperor on horse, holding spear up, captive at horse's feet)
BUST TYPE: H2 = radiate, bust left in consular robe, holding eagle-tipped sceptre (scipio)
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//-
WEIGHT 4.82g / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 21-23 mm
RIC: UNLISTED WITH THIS REVERSE TYPE
COLLECTION NO. 1298

NOTE: Extremely rare and desirable reverse type, unlisted in RIC.

Lack of any mintmarks suggest that this coin was part of a Donativa issue, and thus likely distributed by the emperor himself among high military and/or civil officials. 

Ex Philippe Gysen collection = Ex Münz Zentrum 80 (1994), 536.

Only the 2nd specimen of this type known. The other example (from the same pair of dies) was sold in 2018 in SAVOCA Coins auction no. 22 lot 534 for 1,900 EURO + buyer's premium:

https://www.sixbid-coin-archive.com#/en/single/l30578027

Colección : 04 Probus - Ticinum