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<p>[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4302349, member: 87404"]That's a beautiful coin, Bing! So much so you could put an eye out! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've been told this Probus of mine is pretty much as-struck...</p><p><img src="https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190209_105659006.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="4"><b>Probus, Ruled 276-282 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>AE20 Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Egypt</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Struck Year 4, 278-279 AD</b></font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.</font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse: Eirene holding olive branch and sceptre, LΔ to right (RY 4 = 278/279 AD)</font></p><p><font size="4">References: Emmett 3986.4, R1</font></p><p><font size="4">Size: 20.2mm, 7.9g</font></p><p><font size="4">Ex: <i>The Reverend Willis McGill Collection</i> (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I)</font></p><p><i><font size="4">[Original collector’s envelope has incorrect attribution.]</font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Justin Lee, post: 4302349, member: 87404"]That's a beautiful coin, Bing! So much so you could put an eye out! :smuggrin: I've been told this Probus of mine is pretty much as-struck... [IMG]https://iomegacollectionhome.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collagemaker_20190209_105659006.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=4][B]Probus, Ruled 276-282 AD AE20 Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Egypt Struck Year 4, 278-279 AD[/B] Obverse: A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Eirene holding olive branch and sceptre, LΔ to right (RY 4 = 278/279 AD) References: Emmett 3986.4, R1 Size: 20.2mm, 7.9g Ex: [I]The Reverend Willis McGill Collection[/I] (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I)[/SIZE] [I][SIZE=4][Original collector’s envelope has incorrect attribution.][/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE]
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