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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3385981, member: 87404&quot;]Very nice Probus and puppy, Johnnie! </p><p><br /></p><p>I got extremely lucky on this Alexandrian Probus I got last month... I just stare at it... the facial hair, the laureate, his eye. Also what gets me is the fields on the reverse... they are soooo flat!</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/72K1Php.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Probus, Ruled 276-282 AD</b></p><p><b>AE20 Tetradrachm, Alexandria, Egypt</b></p><p><b>Struck Year 4, 278-279 AD</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: A K M AVP ΠPOBOC CЄB, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Eirene holding olive branch and sceptre, LΔ to right (RY 4 = 278/279 AD)</p><p><b>References</b>: Emmett 3986.4, R1</p><p><b>Size</b>: 20.2mm, 7.9g</p><p><b>Ex:</b> <i>The Reverend Willis McGill Collection</i> (McGill was an American missionary stationed in Egypt, who started collecting there during World War I)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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