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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nicholasz219, post: 3002578, member: 75641&quot;]Probus times 3!</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I have three coins that I found sort of all over the place.&nbsp; None of which cost me more than $20.&nbsp; Which I like.&nbsp; Very much.&nbsp; Each of them has some scarcer quality about it, which makes their arrival exciting.&nbsp; I have taken to paying all of my bills online so I can only expect coins in the mail now lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up is another addition to my CLEMENTIA TEMP sub collection.&nbsp; The scarce quality on this coin is full silvering.&nbsp; These coins did not wear well when it came to preserving their silvering, so to find one this nice for under $20 was a joyous moment for me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743184[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus, Antoninianus, CLEMENTIA TEMP</b></p><p>AR Antoninianus</p><p>Probus</p><p>Augustus: 276 - 282AD</p><p>Issued: 276AD</p><p>22.0mm 4.30gr 6h</p><p>O: IMP CM AVR PROBVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>R: CLEMENTIA TEMP; Probus standing right on left, holding scepter, receiving globe from Jupiter to right, holding scepter.</p><p>Exergue: Γ, above line; XXI, below line.</p><p>Antioch Mint</p><p>RIC V-2, 921, Γ; Sear (2000) 11960, Γ.</p><p>Aorta: 1985: B87, O25, R13, T95, M1.</p><p>GAC-Coins 142667215337</p><p>2/3/18/ 2/20/18</p><p><br /></p><p>The second addition is of a scarcer reverse legend, TEMPORVM FELICITAS.&nbsp; I may have seen one or two of these floating around over the last few years but not many by any means.&nbsp; Again, a nice coin with sort of a brassy wear to it but still with substantial silvering.&nbsp; A happy add since I had no representatives of the type before now.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743186[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus, Antoninianus, TEMPORVM FELICITAS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Probus</p><p>Augustus: 276 - 282AD</p><p>Issued: 277AD</p><p>22.0mm 3.60gr 0h</p><p>O: IMP CM AVR PROBVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>R: TEMPORVM FELICITAS; Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopia.</p><p>Exergue: I</p><p>Lugdunum Mint</p><p>Period 1, 3rd Emission, 1st Officina.</p><p>RIC V-2, 52; Cohen 729; Bastien 176.</p><p>Aorta: 1501: B72, O25, R168, T14, M3.</p><p>shaker303/Charles Hubbard 202212230909</p><p>2/10/18 2/21/18</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, a little less presentable, but still a scarcer mintmark combination of star and XXIT.&nbsp; Theoretically these should not be that scarce but usually I do not see this combination for RESTITVT ORBIS.&nbsp; So at $10, I was excited to grab it.&nbsp; The letters in the exergue are hard to read unless you have a loop, but with a loop you can clearly see the star above the exergue and XXIT in the ex.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]743187[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Probus, Antoninianus, RESTITVT ORBIS</b></p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Probus</p><p>Augustus: 276 - 282AD</p><p>Issued: 278AD</p><p>24.0 x 23.0mm 3.10gr 2h</p><p>O: IMP C PROBVS PF AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>R: RESTITVT ORBIS; Probus standing left on right, holding globe and scepter, facing Orbis to left, holding wreath.</p><p>Exergue: (Star), above line; XXIT, below line.</p><p>Siscia Mint</p><p>RIC V-2, 733, Bust F, XXIT.</p><p>Aorta: B72, O63, R119, T78, M6.</p><p>numis-kimel 282821127138</p><p>1/26/18 2/20/18</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like I owe Probus some advertising as I haven&#039;t focused on him so much recently.&nbsp; Here is a status report on the Probus collection.&nbsp; I am proud of assembling so many mintmark combinations of several reverse legends.&nbsp; It is fun to try and cherrypick them even though I might literally be the only one who cares, haha.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6322</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to add any Probus or your favorite third century contestant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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