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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;maridvnvm, post: 2712804, member: 31620&quot;]I&#039;ll chip in with some Probus from Lugdunum.</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC is next to useless for collecting these with Bastien and the various supplements being the primary reference material. RIC 104 Bust Type F is describes as follows:-</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv:– IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:– TEMPOR FELICI, Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopiae</p><p>Minted in Lugdunum (I) </p><p><br /></p><p>RIC completely ignores any chronology here bundling all the types under a single entry. There are two issues which produced coins which can only be differentiated in terms of the style of the bust. The earlier issue has very little cuirass showing whereas the later issue has a more refined bust and more cuirass visible.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you really want to get down to detail then many coins from this mint and be found with and without •s in their obverse legends. Are these vatieties or the whims of the engravers? Bastien thought enough of them to provide them with separate entries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Emission 4 Officina 1. Mid to Late A.D.277</p><p>Reference:– Cohen 713. Bastien 188. RIC 104 Bust type F</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132of_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Emission 6 Officina 1. A.D. 278 - 279</p><p>Reference:– Cohen 713. Bastien 269. RIC 104 Bust type F</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10618/RI_132ad_img.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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