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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4859941, member: 19463"]My favorite coins of Probus are those showing him in military attire. There are many variations and they are not rare or expensive. A few even have variant obverse legends like VIRTVS PROBI AVG.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173631[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173629[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1173630[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173624[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173625[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173636[/ATTACH]</p><p>All of mine are relatively common but there are some really special (expensive!) types including shields inscribed with VOTIS X ET XX and bust accompanied by a horse head. Others have shown examples of the consular busts so I'll just add one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1173638[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4859941, member: 19463"]My favorite coins of Probus are those showing him in military attire. There are many variations and they are not rare or expensive. A few even have variant obverse legends like VIRTVS PROBI AVG. [ATTACH=full]1173631[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173629[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173630[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173624[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173625[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1173636[/ATTACH] All of mine are relatively common but there are some really special (expensive!) types including shields inscribed with VOTIS X ET XX and bust accompanied by a horse head. Others have shown examples of the consular busts so I'll just add one: [ATTACH=full]1173638[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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