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OBVERSE: BONO IMP C M AVR PROBO INVICT AVG
REVERSE: SOLI INVICTO
BUST TYPE: H = radiate bust left in consular robe
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//KAB
WEIGHT 3.85g / AXIS: 12h / WIDTH 21,5-22 mm
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COLLECTION NO. 1346
Note: very rare consular bust left without scipio in combination with an extremely rare and desirable obverse legend with the bonus ("good") and invictvs ("invincble") titles !
Probus was the only roman emperor to use the unusual bonvs title in the whole roman coinage! The INVICTVS title was borrowed from Aurelian.
Only the 3rd specimen known! (the other two being: CNG 225 lot 552 = ex Pierre Zanchi = White mountain collection; Numismatic Naumann auction 24 lot 616)
Provenance: Ex Philippe Gysen collection = Ex Aufhäuser 12 (1996), 742
Collezione : 06 Probus - Serdica