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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 5000414, member: 99456&quot;]not my coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200437[/ATTACH]</p><p>Thanks for mentioning, [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER], your coveted coin deserves attention for more than its impressive price.&nbsp; These rare coins from Sisica with the emperor in&nbsp; military attire with spear and shield holding the head of a horse by reins have prompted various interpretations of the horse:</p><ul> <li>a reference to Probus rising through the cavalry ranks<br /> </li> <li>a reference to Probus as a member of order equites, from which the army chose him as emperor in the east</li> <li>a sign of the importance of the cavalry in imperial victories<br /> </li> <li>a reference to an Adventus (arrival of the emperor)</li> </ul><p>Claudius II had an earlier coin using this horse head on obverse (not my coin):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200438[/ATTACH]</p><p>A full catalog of all specimen from 2012 with notes and images for this type can be found online here (the source for images above as well):</p><p><a href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/190273" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/190273" rel="nofollow">Numizmatičke Vijesti, Vol. 54 No. 65, 2012</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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