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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2695926, member: 31620&quot;]I haven&#039;t managed to buy myself a nice Probus for a while. I like to try and find one once in a while just to remind myself that I still can. When I do I try to find a good excuse, reason or justification for the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a range of busts for Probus and probably the most common is designated Bust Type F by RIC, being &quot;Radiate cuirassed bust right&quot;. Unlike with many other emperors this is a blanket term for this bust regardless of other attributes. The following coin was bought because it shows some of the additional attributes that can turn up for this bust type without changing the attribution. Additionally a bust with these attributes isn&#039;t illustrated on probvs.net for this reverse type.</p><p><br /></p><p>On top of all this the coin was bought from someone who had made a hash of their photography and thus this was a bit of a gamble. The coin didn&#039;t look this nice and there was no hint of the traces of silvering.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the examples from Probvs.net for comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://probvs.net/probvs/R547/R547.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://probvs.net/probvs/R547/R547.html" rel="nofollow">http://probvs.net/probvs/R547/R547.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right, <b>wearing aegis, fold of paludamentum on left shoulder</b></p><p>Rev:– PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre</p><p>Mint – Ticinum (//EXXI), 6th emission, second phase (with XXI), 279 CE.</p><p>Reference:– RIC 547 Bust Type F</p><p>0 degrees. 3.98 gms. 21.16 mm </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132xu_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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