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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3708102, member: 82549"]I agree with Doug about Probus. For someone who reigned for only 6 years, he has a mind-boggling number of obverse and reverse types--so many that I can't figure out how anyone can tell whether a particular reverse is rare or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps that's why coins of his with unusual obverse inscriptions, like the OP, generate so much interest--it's something that makes them stand out. I once found a beat-up coin from Serdica with the obverse inscription IMP DEO ET DOMINO PROBO AVG in an uncleaned lot. I needed to subject it to electrolysis before I could tell what it was. This was around -20 years ago; I was just starting out as a collector, but even then I knew it was unusual. I listed it on eBay with a $.99 opening bid, hoping it would bring at least $10-15. It ended up selling for over $150.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 3708102, member: 82549"]I agree with Doug about Probus. For someone who reigned for only 6 years, he has a mind-boggling number of obverse and reverse types--so many that I can't figure out how anyone can tell whether a particular reverse is rare or not. Perhaps that's why coins of his with unusual obverse inscriptions, like the OP, generate so much interest--it's something that makes them stand out. I once found a beat-up coin from Serdica with the obverse inscription IMP DEO ET DOMINO PROBO AVG in an uncleaned lot. I needed to subject it to electrolysis before I could tell what it was. This was around -20 years ago; I was just starting out as a collector, but even then I knew it was unusual. I listed it on eBay with a $.99 opening bid, hoping it would bring at least $10-15. It ended up selling for over $150.[/QUOTE]
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