Probvs Siscia RIC 706var

Probus Siscia PAX AVG

OBVERSE: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG
REVERSE: PA - X A - VG

EMMISION: 7

OFFICINA: 4

BUST TYPE: B (BASTIEN'S CLASSIFICATION) 

FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: Q / - // XXI
LITERATURE: RIC: 706 var. (unlisted with Q in left field)     ;    ALFOLDI 0.41 / - unlisted

RARITY: R

Note: Very rare variant with officina mark "Q" (mark of the 4th officina) in left field instead of in  right field as usual. 

This coin is most likely a puncture of a coin with a high silver content of one of the emperors from the middle of the 3rd century CE.
The coin is authentic, but it has been re-silvered and the edges are rounded in accordance with the practice of old collectors from the 18th and 19th centuries

 ex Ph. Gysen collection ; ex Skibniewski

Collection : Probus Siscia