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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 1963757, member: 31620&quot;]I haven&#039;t bought myself any Probus Tets to add to my collection for a long time. I have stumbled across a few budget items and couldn&#039;t resist. The first coin below is one of this new set of purchases. The condition leaves a bit to be desired with evidence of of corrosion on both sides. </p><p><br /></p><p>Year 1 coins of Probus are generally slightly scarcer than those of most of the other years simply because the year was slightly shorter allowing the mint less time to produce the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 1, Elpis (Spes) </b></p><p>Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– Elpis (Spes) standing left, holding flower and raising skirt.</p><p>Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 1. (A to upper right of L in left field)</p><p>Reference:– Milne 4516. Emmett 3987(1) R2. Curtis -. BMC 2416. Köln 3124; Dattari 5532 var (year letter position)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/GI_132ap_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin will sit alongside my other Elpis year 1 which I have had for quite a few years which has a different positioning of the year letter.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> As above except.</b></p><p>Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 1. (A directly over L in left field)</p><p>Reference:– Milne 4514. Emmett 3987(1) R2. Curtis -. Dattari 5532 </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/GI_132am_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Year 2 Elpis coins are much more common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin (a lost cause coinaholic, I don&#039;t really need an excuse to buy more coins but as you can see even the positioning of a letter is excuse enough!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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