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OBVERSE: PERPETVO IMP PROBO AVG
REVERSE: SOLI INVICTO = Sol in spread quadriga, holding whip
BUST TYPE: E1 = Radiate, cuirassed and helmeted bust left, holding spear and shield
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//KAB
WEIGHT 3.99g / AXIS: 11h / WIDTH 22-24mm
RIC 869
COLLECTION NO.1950
Provenance: ex collection dr Victor Wishnevsky = ex Aufhäuser, Auktion 13, 1997, Los 552
Extremely rare and desirable obverse legend with the PERPETVO title ("perpetual"). Probus was the only roman emperor to use this title in the whole Roman coinage; the only other analogy in Roman coinage would be the Dictator Perpetuo title bestowed upon Julius Ceasar in the year 44 BCE.
Extremely rare !
Sol was the favorite and most frequently depicted God of the Roman pantheon in Probus' coinage. There are numerous variants of reverses with Sol; however the depiction of Sol in quadriga (left or central/spread) remains undoubtedly an iconic, classis reverse for Probus . This reverse type was struck in Lugdunum, Rome, Ticinum, Siscia, Serdica and Kyzikos mints, with each mint having its unique style.
Price: 3400 PLN
Colección : 20 New Probus collection