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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8204940, member: 110350&quot;]I think it&#039;s beautiful! (You have a typo in your reverse legend -- it should be PR, not RR.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two &quot;VIRTVS PROBI AVG&quot; coins, both from the Serdica (Sofia) mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus, silvered billon Antoninianus, Serdica [Sofia, Bulgaria] Mint, 3rd Officina, 4th emission, 280-281 AD [Gysen]. 277 AD (Sear). Obv. Cuirassed bust left wearing radiate helmet, holding spear and shield, transverse leather strap across chest, IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG / Rev. Probus on horseback, shield in left hand, galloping right, about to slay an enemy with a lance held in right hand; the enemy is on his knees under the horse&#039;s front hooves with his hands thrust upwards, his shield on the ground under the horse, VIRTVS PROBI AVG; in exergue, KA•Γ• (Serdica Mint, Officina 3) (KA= XXI =[20/1 copper/silver ratio of alloy]. RIC V-2 Probus 877G( Γ) (p. 113); Cohen 917; Probuscoins.fr&nbsp; 2667 (<a href="https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2667);" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2667);" rel="nofollow">https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2667);</a> Pink [Karl Pink 1949], 277, 4th emission; P. Gysen type: VIR-1 [Philippe Gysen, <i>New data concerning the Serdica workshop during the reign of Probus, </i>in<i> Revue belge de numismatique</i> , CXLVI, Brussels, 2000] (re-dating Serdica Emission 4 at 280-281 AD). 24.31 mm., 3.26 g.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/probus-ant-serdica-jpg.1382215/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Probus, silvered billion Antoninianus, Serdica [Sofia, Bulgaria] Mint, 1st Officina, 4th emission, 280-281 AD (Gysen), 277 AD (Sear). Obv. Cuirassed bust left wearing radiate helmet, seen from ¾ in front, holding spear over right shoulder with right hand, and shield covering left shoulder with left hand, IMP CM AVR PROBVS AVG / Rev. Probus on horseback pacing left, with right hand raised and holding long scepter with left hand, captive is seated left under raised right hoof of horse, leaning forward to left with his arms bound behind his back, VIRTVS PROBI AVG; in exergue, KA•A• (Serdica Mint, Officina 1) [KA= XXI = 20/1 copper/silver ratio of alloy]. RIC V.2 Probus 887 (p. 114); Cohen 925/926; Probuscoins.fr 2201 (<a href="https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2201" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2201" rel="nofollow">https://probuscoins.fr/coin?id=2201</a>) (BustType E); P. Gysen Type: VIR-adv [adventus scene] [Philippe. Gysen, <i>New data concerning the Serdica workshop during the reign of Probus, </i>in<i> Revue belge de numismatique</i> , CXLVI, Brussels, 2000] (redating Serdica Emission 4 at 280-281 AD); Pink, Emission 4 [Karl Pink, <i>Numismatische Zeitschrift, Der Aufbau der Romischen Munzpragung in der Kaiserzeit, VI / 1 Probus </i>(Wien, 1949)]; cf. Sear RCV III 12075 (ill.) (same except obv. legend has “PF” before AVG; see RIC V-2 886). 23 mm., 4.26 g. <i>Purchased from Kirk Davis, Feb. 2021; ex. York Coins, UK, 2010.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/probus-ant-armored-probus-on-horseback-antoninianus-kirk-davis-jpg.1382216/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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