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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 3126200, member: 31620&quot;]I must admit that in my specialist areas I set the bar very low. I will illustrate this below with two coins of Probus from my collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first coin is my most recent Probus addition. I bought it from a relatively large auction house that was obviously having a clear out of bargain basement coins where everything started at Eur 1.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus</b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (D | _) Emission 9 Officina 4. January – August A.D. 282</p><p>Reference(s) – Cohen -. Bastien 426 (2 examples cited). RIC - Bust type F (not listed with this obverse legend)</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 2.96g. 23.59mm. 180 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132yb_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse legend in one of the scarcer legend varieties at Lugdunum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin was bought about 13 years ago on ebay and cost me what I would expect to pay for 3 decent coins from this mint.</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>Weight 3.81g. 22.50mm. 0 degrees </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132pf_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>This bust type is only known from a single die at Lugdunum. As far as I have been able to determine mine is the second known example. The other is in the BM and was somehow overlooked by Bastien when he surveyed their holdings in his analysis (even though their example is in the plates in RIC) and as such this appears to be only the second known example.</p><p><br /></p><p>How low will you go?</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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