All we can do today is speculate. There are no ancient written sources which could directly answer your questions. I am sure Probus had some...
Indeed Dirk, that's a beautiful example of an aegis bust of Probus. I know your coin well as it comes from the collection of my numismatic friend...
Great write up indeed! I couldn't agree more with everything you wrote about Probus and his coinage except for the description of the rare Probus...
I hope the above selection is the answer why it is worth collecting Probus coins. The variety of busts, obverse legends (titles) and reverse types...
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Thank you to all who shared their favorite Probus coins. To wrap up this thread I will post below pictures of some of my favorite coins from my...
Grzegorz, please tell us something about your 20-year perspective on Probus coins.
Thanks! Yes, that's a coin from the 4th oriental mint identified by Estiot. Can you share some of your other Probus coins?
Thanks @eparch! Very nice coins. Fortunately we did not compete against each other on them as I already had similar types in collection: [ATTACH]...
I am very curious to see the results of that project once it is finished. Please share it!
I actually have all 4 existing Probus types with the ORIGINI AVG reverse in collection but I assume you meant the first coin of the 4 below:...
Thanks Doug for sharing pictures of your Probus coins. Of course I know them all well - except for the fake coin - because I have followed your...
Indeed, a specialized collection differs a lot from a general, broad, cross-sectional type collection but I think ultimately both have their pros...
No one else collects Probus coins here? Please share your Probus coins and the reasons why you like / collect Probus coins.
Very interesting coin indeed. IMP C PROBVS P AVG (without the usual letter F[elix]) is generally a very rare obverse legend in Probus' coinage....
Good luck then! I hope you win all the coins on which you plan bidding. I decided about a year ago that I would significantly reduce the size of...
Thanks Harry! I understand why it may be your favourite coin. It's an interesting and rare spelling error! Indeed I also have one example in...
Why do we collect Probus coins? Below I listed some of the main reasons which encouraged me to start collecting Probus coins. You can view my...
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