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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 6680645, member: 31620&quot;][USER=89213]@Inspector43[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that your Probus is something very similar to the following based on what is visible (including the officina mark):-</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle</p><p>Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga holding whip</p><p>Minted in Cyzicus (CM in centre field, XXIQ in exe) Emission 3 Officina 4. A.D. 280</p><p>Reference:– RIC 911 Bust type H</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1269746[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that it has suffered something similar to this coin where the silvering on higher points has disappeared because the metal beneath it has corroded away and then when cleaned has simply wiped off. Other high points of this coin are hollow beneath:-</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1269749[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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