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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2165286, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wowza!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER], care to speculate why these two elicited such a war?</p><p><br /></p><p>To save the effort of clicking, here are the two coins in question:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.sixbid.com/images/auction_images/2009/1743908l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Probus, 276-282.</p><p>Antoninianus. Siscia. 3.66 g. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG. Radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield // SISCIA PROBI AVG. Siscia seated slightly left on throne, holding diadem with both hands; to lower left and right, seated figures of the rivergods Savus and Colapis; on exergue XXIT. RIC 764 (R). Rare piece with prestigious pedigree. Extremely fine</p><p>Provenance: Auction Sternberg 15, Zurich 1985, lot n°623; Auction Numismatic Fine Arts, Los Angeles 1988, lot n°439; The Gilbert Steinberg Collection, auction N.A.C. &amp; Spink Taisei, Zurich 1994, lot n°729.</p><p><b>Opening bid 250 EUR; realized 5000 EUR.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.sixbid.com/images/auction_images/2009/1743880l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Probus, 276-282.</p><p>Antoninianus. Ticinum. 4.11 g. LAETITIA AVG N. RIC 316 (R). Rare. Extremely fine</p><p><b>Opening bid 25 EUR; realized 1050 EUR.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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