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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 4695117, member: 75641&quot;]I have but one to share.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154106[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus, Antoninianus, ABVNDANTIA AVG</b></p><p>BI Antoninianus</p><p>Probus</p><p>Augustus: 276 - 282AD</p><p>Issued: 277 - 281AD</p><p>23.0 x 21.0mm 2.97gr 7h</p><p>O: IMP C PROBVS PF AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>R: ABVNDANTIA AVG; Abundantia, standing right, pouring out grain from cornucopia.</p><p>Exergue: IIII</p><p>Lyons Mint</p><p>RIC V-2 Lyons 59; Cohen 4; Aorta: 1630: B72, O63, R1, T2, M3.</p><p><br /></p><p>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.&nbsp; Look at the early portraits of Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus and you will see what I mean.&nbsp; Some of it may boil down to the artistic style of that area and other reasons may be unknown.</p><p><br /></p><p>This example is kind of what most people would expect to see in an example of a Probus bust.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154107[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Then you have this portrait style:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154113[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Which is about as generic of an emperor portrait as you can find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is the unknown fourth eastern mint with the surprised eyes and square head and haircut:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154116[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And a bunch more here.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some from the East look like old dies of Gallienus to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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