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<p>[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 1773696, member: 31620"]This one takes me back to the days when you could buy a coin like this (this coin in fact) for $30 shipped to the UK from a US VCoins dealer. The price of coins like this from dealers might give an indication of what ebay prices were like. Combine this with a very favourable exchange rate that meant I was buying dozens of Probus coins a week.</p><p> </p><p>Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle</p><p>Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in a spread quadriga facing, radiate, cloak billowing out behind, raising right hand, holding whip in left</p><p>Minted in Serdica (KAB in exe)</p><p>Reference:– RIC 862 Bust type H</p><p>A lovely example with a good strike and fully silvered.</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_132ga_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="maridvnvm, post: 1773696, member: 31620"]This one takes me back to the days when you could buy a coin like this (this coin in fact) for $30 shipped to the UK from a US VCoins dealer. The price of coins like this from dealers might give an indication of what ebay prices were like. Combine this with a very favourable exchange rate that meant I was buying dozens of Probus coins a week. Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in a spread quadriga facing, radiate, cloak billowing out behind, raising right hand, holding whip in left Minted in Serdica (KAB in exe) Reference:– RIC 862 Bust type H A lovely example with a good strike and fully silvered. [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_132ga_img.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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