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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4862366, member: 96898"]For some reason I own just a single Probus – never quite got into collecting this emperor, though his coinage is both affordable and attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1174442[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Probus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian (traces of silvering), 276–282 AD, Tripolis mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP. Emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe (or pileus?) from Jupiter, holding sceptre. Crescent in lower centre; mintmark KA. 23 mm, 4.13 g. Ref: RIC V-2, 928 (crescent).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4862366, member: 96898"]For some reason I own just a single Probus – never quite got into collecting this emperor, though his coinage is both affordable and attractive. [ATTACH=full]1174442[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Probus, Roman Empire, AE antoninian (traces of silvering), 276–282 AD, Tripolis mint. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP. Emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe (or pileus?) from Jupiter, holding sceptre. Crescent in lower centre; mintmark KA. 23 mm, 4.13 g. Ref: RIC V-2, 928 (crescent).[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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