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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2173610, member: 31620&quot;]Very harshly cleaned but also quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus </b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust left with spear over right shoulder</p><p>Rev:– TEMPOR FELICIT, Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (II in exe) Emission 8 Officina 2. Autumn to Late A.D. 281</p><p>Reference:– Cohen -. Bastien -. RIC 108 (Rare)</p><p>Obverse die match to the plate coin in RIC</p><p><br /></p><p>All examples with this bust type from Lugdunum appear to come from a single die. It is listed in RIC and illustrated in the plates but somehow not found by Bastien when he examined all the collections in his studies. This is one of two examples I have seen come on the market in 15 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>It really is a coin only a specialist collector could love.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI%20132pf%20img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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