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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4986895, member: 110350&quot;]I haven&#039;t bought any Probus coins in quite a while -- three coins is already more for me than I have for most emperors -- but this thread, and specifically the examples showing Sol in a left quadriga posted by [USER=93672]@singig[/USER] and [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], made me want one myself. So I ordered this one yesterday, and I thought I&#039;d post it now instead of being superstitious and waiting for it to arrive:</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus, billon Antoninianus, 278-280 AD, Rome Mint [4th Emission, 2nd Officina]. Obv. Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter, IMP PRO-BVS AVG / Rev. Sol in quadriga leaping left, with right hand raised and holding globe and whip in left hand, SO-L-I INVIC-TO; in exergue, R- ᴗ [crescent]-B [Rome Mint, Officina 2]. RIC V-2 202B, Sear RCV III 12038, Cohen 644. See also <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11" rel="nofollow">https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198031[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps one reason this reverse design particularly appeals to me is that it&#039;s strongly reminiscent of the reverse designs on so many Roman Republican coins. (Except, of course, that all or most of those show quadrigas facing right. For some reason, left-facing obverses and reverses were remarkably popular under Probus.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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