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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5387244, member: 110350"]I have several coins of Probus, but this is the only one that still has a decent amount remaining of the original silvering. (It also happens to be my only ancient coin showing a quadriga, given that to date I haven't bought any Roman Republican coins depicting them.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Probus, silvered billon Antoninianus, 278-280 AD, Rome Mint [4th Emission, 2nd Officina]. Obv. Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter, IMP PRO-BVS AVG / Rev. Sol in quadriga leaping left, with right hand raised and holding globe and whip in left hand, SO-L-I INVIC-TO; in exergue, R- ᴗ [crescent]-B [Rome Mint, Officina 2]. RIC V-2 202B, Sear RCV III 12038, Cohen 644, see also <a href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11" rel="nofollow">https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231282[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The French website I cite above that's devoted to the coins of Probus is amazingly comprehensive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5387244, member: 110350"]I have several coins of Probus, but this is the only one that still has a decent amount remaining of the original silvering. (It also happens to be my only ancient coin showing a quadriga, given that to date I haven't bought any Roman Republican coins depicting them.) Probus, silvered billon Antoninianus, 278-280 AD, Rome Mint [4th Emission, 2nd Officina]. Obv. Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped scepter, IMP PRO-BVS AVG / Rev. Sol in quadriga leaping left, with right hand raised and holding globe and whip in left hand, SO-L-I INVIC-TO; in exergue, R- ᴗ [crescent]-B [Rome Mint, Officina 2]. RIC V-2 202B, Sear RCV III 12038, Cohen 644, see also [URL]https://www.probuscoins.fr/coin?id=11[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1231282[/ATTACH] The French website I cite above that's devoted to the coins of Probus is amazingly comprehensive.[/QUOTE]
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