Very nice coin Martin. Indeed the cuirassed and draped bust right seen from front is much scarcer than the cuirassed bust (only) at this mint. I...
Definitely Siscia as Martin pointed out, not Ticinum.
Nice coin, but it is not from Rome rather from Serdica. It is RIC TEMP 2599 to be precise: RIC temp n°2599 - RIC v1.0 Online: Roman Imperial...
Martin, you Will Have another chance to acquire some of my Probus coins from the mint of Lugdunum as well as from other mints on the 11th April,...
I am happy that I helped you complete the series. Cheers.
At the next 7th RDA auction on April 10-11, 2021, the second part of my Probus and Aurelian coins will be offered. The auction is available on...
It's definitely Aurelian, not Probus. Below I show what the rare Probus coin with this reverse looks like: PROBUS RIC 407 : Coins, Antique (650...
Indeed our memories sometimes are treacherous:) Anyway, I love the style of the observe die of the coin in question.
On the other hand, Antioch and Tripolis were also situated in the east (i.e. in the greek speaking part of the Roman Empire) and yet there are...
"KA" in greek simply means 21 and is the greek equivalent of the latin XXI reform mark intruduced by Aurelian in 274 a.d. (the reformed antoninian...
It's interesting to note that Philippe Gysen did not have any formal education in numismatics. He was "only" a self-educated and highly...
Martin, Do you have any other equally complete series like the Spes Avg shown above from the 9th emission in your collection?
Since this thread started with a question regarding Philippe Gysen's article on the Serdica mint under Probus I thought it appropriate to post...
well, here is my Bastien 420 example: https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/125405/coin-ancient-c-to-roman-probus-bastien-420-after If you made...
Very nice series indeed Martin! Congratulations!
For your information roughly half of all existing Probus antoninians are not listed in RIC. RIC V.2 volume which covers - among others - the...
Our website probvs.net (created by Grzegorz Kryszczuk and co-edited by me since 2017) is still available. You just need to press the button...
I think you are right.
You are welcome. And my remaining Probus coins organized by all 10 mints are either here: Colleconline:...
By the way, if anybody ever needs any literature on Probus coins I may help. I have most works ever published on that subject.
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