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OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG
REVERSE: ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma seated left in the centre of the temple, holding globe and sceptre.
BUST TYPE: E1 = Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with wreath,
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIVI
WEIGHT:
Mint: Siscia
RIC 739 (RIC does not mention any shield decorations)
ALFOLDI: 60.16 (only 1 example cited in the famous La Venera hoard)
COLLECTION NO. 1970
This exact coin is listed in probuscoins.fr database under no. 4393:
https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=4393
Extremely rare, one die bust, with helmeted emperor holding spear and shield decorated with wreath! There is more than a dozen of different shield decorations in Probus's coinage, with wreath being by far one of the rarest. This type of decoration is known only from coins struck in 6th officina at Siscia's mint, and all known examples seem to be from the same one obverse die!
Probuscoins.fr database list two additional examples of this shield decoration, including one example with the Virtvs Probi Avg reverse:
https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=405
https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=1903
Collezione : 20 New Probus collection