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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4779878, member: 99456&quot;]Thanks, James, for sharing your knowledge and artistry.&nbsp; My favorite posts change the way I see the coins that we collect - yours is one of these.&nbsp; This coin stands out, while not meeting the high standards of the Judeo Claudians, with more careful and slightly larger legends - did some regions (mints) value careful lettering more than others?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1162891[/ATTACH] <font size="3"><b>Probus </b>(276-282 AD), silvered AE Antoninianus, Lugdunum, 282</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv: </b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">IMP C PROBVS P F AVG</font></font>, Radiate and cuirassed bust to right.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> <font face="Times New Roman"><font size="4">TEMPOR FELICIT</font></font>, Felicitas standing front, head to right, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left, B in field left.</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ref: </b>Bastien <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=588" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=588" rel="nofollow">387</a>; RIC II <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.129" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.pro.129" rel="nofollow">129</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p>You have me looking at the letter forms on my coins and pondering the relationship between the stone carver, the engraver and the calligrapher...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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