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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 3520568, member: 101013&quot;]Hello everyone. So i went through my couple of coins i dont have in my display, and decided to some probing on the coin of Probus i have. It&#039;s a antoninianus coin with silvering on it, nice bust en reverse. (At least i think so.) The seller i got it from gave as reference RIC 767, and i decided to see if i could find other examples on online databases, because i thought some of the lettering of my example looked a bit funny. When checking the reference on wildwinds, i couldn&#039;t match the mintmark of mine with the ones in that database. So i went further, even consindering the possiblity of a fake. Acsearch has 4 examples similar to mine (total number of examples are 529 when looking for Soli Invicto Probus).</p><p>And i couldn&#039;t find it in the fake coin reports database. So, does it seems that i have a fairly scarce coin of Probus? Is it a fake? </p><p>The combination i looked for was Soli invicto with Sol, and mintmarkt XXIVI. The reverse of my example is Soli invicto, in a quadriga, riding lift, holding a whip and a raised hand. Of this coin, acsearch shows 4 examples (searching for PROBVS Soli invicto XXIVI). Three other examples are with Sol in a spread quadriga. Wildwinds only seems to have this one, with reference RIC 767, XXIVI, in their database. The types listed in acsearch have three bust types: two (including mine) with radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter; one the same but holding a spear; one radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. </p><p>So, any advice one this one? I don&#039;t know a lot about coins of Probus. Am i missing something? And perhaps i will put this one in my display after all!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus. Antoninianus. Siscia. 21 mm, 3,44 gr.</p><p>IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter /</p><p>SOLI INVICTO / XXIVI, Sol driving quadriga left, raising hand and holding reins and whip</p><p>RIC 767?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]934739[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]934740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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