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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4985193, member: 99456&quot;]Here&#039;s a potentially interesting coin of Probus - this exact coin from Officina VI doesn&#039;t seem to be in the Probus Coins database and both the coins from emission 7 that it is close to are rated Scarce.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197729[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Probus</b>, AE Radiate, Siscia, AD 276-282, minted 280 AD, emission 7, officina 6, Bastien bust code H2,</p><p><b>Obv: </b>IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> SALVS AVG, Salus standing right, feeding serpent held in arms; VI to right, XXI in exergue (Type A)</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC 748, Probus Coin <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=1935" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=1935" rel="nofollow">1935</a> (officina VI instead of V), <a href="https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=4980" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=4980" rel="nofollow">4980</a> (this coin)</p><p><b>Rarity:</b> Scarce, the Salus from officina VI is a match to this coin on the reverse but with a different obverse.&nbsp; Probus Coin <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=4644" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=4644" rel="nofollow">4644</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I know that I do not find this coin in ACSearch either... so, I think it may be interesting.&nbsp; However, I did find about a dozen coins like this with officina VII.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I found this: the same reverse die used <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5487156" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5487156" rel="nofollow">with a different obverse</a>:</p><p><img src="https://www.acsearch.info/media/images/archive/93/5382/5487156.s.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Being skeptical that I had the die match right - I did an overlay to convince myself: perfect match!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197736[/ATTACH]</p><p>I will need someone more experienced in the coins of Probus to tell me if this difference of officina and use of one reverse die with two different obverses is interesting or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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