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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2223221, member: 31620&quot;]As a Probus Lugdunum maniac, I mean collector, there are a few classic mint errors that I have been keen on getting. One of my favourites is the COMITI PORBI (sic) AVG error. </p><p><br /></p><p>I managed to obtain a copy of it back in 2008</p><p><br /></p><p><b> Probus</b></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– COMITI PORBI(sic) AVG, Minerva standing left, holding olive-branch and spear and resting left hand on shield</p><p>Mint – Lugdunum (I in exe) Emission 7 Officina 1. A.D. 280</p><p>Reference:– Cohen -. Bastien 315 (example c). RIC 69 Bust type F var (PORBI in error not listed in RIC)</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to update the image but a few minutes trawling though my hoard didn&#039;t allow me to find it.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/normal_RI_132uu_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the examples cited by Bastien of 315 - the standard PROBI coin, 315c - Voetter, is also PORBI from the same reverse die. No examples cited in Bastien Suppl. II. I have seen three other examples since 2000. All known examples come from the same die pair.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite a pleasing example but with minor areas of corrosion. Well I managed to spot another, put a low(ish) bid on it not expecting to win and now have added it to my collection. Still not quite perfect but more silvering and only a tiny patch of surface crust in front of Probus&#039; nose.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132xk_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Martin[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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