Thank you to Richard for this inedite coin and to
Martin for drawing my attention on it. I could not either find a matching
legend in my documentation. Though apparently sober (compared to the INVICTVS/INVICTO, BONO, PERPETVO, etc. hymnic titulatures of
Serdica), this
legend is unlisted, not only for the
VIRTVS PROBI AVG,
Probus riding r.
reverse, but for the
SOLI INVICTO,
quadriga seen from front, parallel
reverse (I checked as a reuse of the
obverse die for the other
reverse could be possible). The nearest titulature is
IMP C M AVR PIVS F (or
FEL) AVG.
Listing the incredibly numerous combinations of titulatures and reverses for
Serdica is a never ending story, as the
mint, since it opened under Aurelianus, made up for the relative uniformity of its
reverse types by multiplying the variations in the
obverse:
bust types under
Aurelian,
IOVI CONSER series ; then titulatures.
Would it be possible to get better pics of the coin (as
weight and
axis) ?
A
rare coin indeed.
S.
Estiot