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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4691868, member: 75937"]I was the successful bidder on this Lugdunum mint antoninianus of Probus and attempted to research it using a mixture of print and online sources. I have been able to narrow it down to RIC 17 or RIC 60 and Bastien 195 or 196. Either way, it's Cohen 1, Sear 11949.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the coin in question:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153822[/ATTACH]</p><p>Probus, AD 276-282.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 4.96 g, 23.2 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Lugdunum, AD 277(?)</p><p>Obv: IMP C PROBVS·P·F·AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae held in both hands; IIII (officina 4) in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RIC 17 is from so-called "Period I":</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153660[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas RIC 60 is from "Period II":</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153663[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Questions:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>What's the difference between the coins of Period I and Period II? If it's a matter of bust style, it looks more like <a href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.33095" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.33095" rel="nofollow">this one</a> attributed to RIC 60, Bastien 195 by the ANS.<br /> </li> <li>What's the difference between Bastien 195 and 196?</li> <li>Sear dates the coin to AD 279-89; Bastien (?) to AD 277. When was this coin struck?</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>And, of course post your coins of Probus, Abundantia, or anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4691868, member: 75937"]I was the successful bidder on this Lugdunum mint antoninianus of Probus and attempted to research it using a mixture of print and online sources. I have been able to narrow it down to RIC 17 or RIC 60 and Bastien 195 or 196. Either way, it's Cohen 1, Sear 11949. Here's the coin in question: [ATTACH=full]1153822[/ATTACH] Probus, AD 276-282. Roman billon antoninianus, 4.96 g, 23.2 mm, 7 h. Lugdunum, AD 277(?) Obv: IMP C PROBVS·P·F·AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust, right. Rev: ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae held in both hands; IIII (officina 4) in exergue. RIC 17 is from so-called "Period I": [ATTACH=full]1153660[/ATTACH] Whereas RIC 60 is from "Period II": [ATTACH=full]1153663[/ATTACH] Questions: [LIST] [*]What's the difference between the coins of Period I and Period II? If it's a matter of bust style, it looks more like [URL='http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.33095']this one[/URL] attributed to RIC 60, Bastien 195 by the ANS. [*]What's the difference between Bastien 195 and 196? [*]Sear dates the coin to AD 279-89; Bastien (?) to AD 277. When was this coin struck? [/LIST] And, of course post your coins of Probus, Abundantia, or anything you feel is relevant![/QUOTE]
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