Help! Probus expert needed!

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Probus, Antoninianus, ABVNDANTIA AVG
BI Antoninianus
Probus
Augustus: 276 - 282AD
Issued: 277 - 281AD
23.0 x 21.0mm 2.97gr 7h
O: IMP C PROBVS PF AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.
R: ABVNDANTIA AVG; Abundantia, standing right, pouring out grain from cornucopia.
Exergue: IIII
Lyons Mint
RIC V-2 Lyons 59; Cohen 4; Aorta: 1630: B72, O63, R1, T2, M3.

I also think that you see remarkably atypical portraiture of the emperors early versus late in a reign as well in the more distant of the mints. Look at the early portraits of Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus and you will see what I mean. Some of it may boil down to the artistic style of that area and other reasons may be unknown.

This example is kind of what most people would expect to see in an example of a Probus bust.



Then you have this portrait style:



Which is about as generic of an emperor portrait as you can find.

Then there is the unknown fourth eastern mint with the surprised eyes and square head and haircut:



And a bunch more here. Some from the East look like old dies of Gallienus to me.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322

 

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Among my coins of Probus, this is my favorite, portrait style, legends, good surfaces, the patina of a coin aged gracefully, the slightest wear, weight (3.7g) and texture in hand. From the last year of his reign and 9th emission. Probus was assassinated ~Sept-Oct 282 in Sirmium after celebrating a triumph in Rome in 281. Probus had been born in Sirmium in 232 AD - so he was roughly 50 years-old when he died.

Probus (276-282 AD), silvered AE Antoninianus, Lugdunum, 282
Obv: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust to right.
Rev: TEMPOR FELICIT, Felicitas standing front, head to right, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, B in field left.
Ref: Bastien 387; RIC II 129

 

RI Probus 276-282 CE BI Ant 2.80g captives l and r Cohen 768

 

Very helpful thread, @Roman Collector and @maridvnvm! I think this is 6th emission, RIC 80, Bastien 282 (3rd officina):

 

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