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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 6459591, member: 31620&quot;]As some of you will know I collect (hoard) the coins of Probus from Lugdunum. This collection will never be complete as there are simply too many people who are willing to pay decent money for the scarcer bust types. I am happy to continue filling gaps elsewhere where I can. A new acquisition gives me the excuse to share a section of my obsession.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 9th emission, Lugdunum uses the letters A, B, C and D to represent the officina marks for officinae 1 through 4. The officina marks are almost exclusively in the left and right fields on the reverse. There is one die where the officina mark is in the exe but that is a post for a different day. The officina marks for B, C and D also appear as retrograde on some coins. Why they did this we simply do not know but they are not isolated errors and are certainly intentional.</p><p><br /></p><p>Within the output of the third officina is the SPES AVG reverse with Spes standing left, holding flower and raising robe.</p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type occurs with two different obverse legends - IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG and IMP C PROBVS P F AVG.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins with IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG all come with the same bust type - Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right (seen from the rear) and is known to exist with the officina mark forward and redtrograde in left and right fields. These are all RIC 127 Bust type C but have different Bastien entries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bastien 402 (13 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257837[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bastien 405 (2 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257838[/ATTACH]Bastien 414&nbsp; (12 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257839[/ATTACH]Bastien 419 (3 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257840[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that come with IMP C PROBVS P F AVG appear with two different bust types - Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right (seen from the front) and - Radiate cuirassed bust right and known to exist with the officina mark forward and redtrograde in left and right fields. These are all RIC 128 Bust type C and RIC 128 Bust type F but again have different Bastien entries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bust Type F</p><p>Bastien 404 (19 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257843[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bastien 407 (7 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257844[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bastien 416 (7 examples cited) <b>(MY NEWEST ADDITION AND EXCUSE FOR THIS THREAD)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257845[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bastien 421 (4 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257846[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bust Type C</p><p><br /></p><p>Bastien 403 (9 examples cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257847[/ATTACH]Bastien 406 (2 examples&nbsp; cited)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257848[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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