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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 7796072, member: 31620&quot;]The problem with many coins of Probus is that there are examples that appear to have potentially identical attributions based on legends, types, busts etc. but the style of the coin is completely different. Many collectors (and dealers) struggle with this. I have been collecting Probus coins for many years and the stylistic differences jump out at me. The following page from probvs.net shows you a range of RIC 905s from Cyzicus for you to compare the style of your example and there is a T//XXI in there for you to see too. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure what you mean by &quot;the Cyzicus mintmark&quot; as many many mints simply used XXI as the value mark and there is no consistently used uniquely identifying mark for a particular mint.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://probvs.net/probvs/R905/R905.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://probvs.net/probvs/R905/R905.html" rel="nofollow">https://probvs.net/probvs/R905/R905.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The style of a coin from Antioch would be much closer to my following examples:-</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132aa%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132nq%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>compared with some of my Cyzicus examples</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132dp%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132gl%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>or Siscia</p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI%20132sy%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Regards,</p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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