I have generally held back from adding coins to my
Probus hoard other than the coins from
Lugdunum that I occasionally find. I was however tempted by the following coin in the
Forum catalog.
Probus AntoninianusObv:–
IMP C M AVR PROBVS
P F AVG,
Radiate bust left in imperial mantle, holding
sceptre surmounted by
eagleRev:–
PAX AVG,
Pax standing left, olive-branch in right hand,
transverse scepter in left
Minted in Ticinium (Q _ /
XXI), Emission 7,
Officina 4. A.D. 280
Reference(s) –
RIC 704
var. (Q right); Alföldi
Siscia V,
type 41, 79 (citing
London);
Pink VI/1, p. 53;
A nice,
well centered example,
good strike, very little wear and nearly fully
silvered.
Coins with the
officina mark in the left
field from
Siscia are very much the exception with >99% of coins with the
officina mark in the
field being in the right
field. Obtaining one isn't necessarily that difficult however if you are willing to settle for an example from this die pair. I suspect that a
hoard including several examples from this die pair came on to the market since 2008 and thus there are probably about a dozen or so examples in various online databases if you care to look for them.
My research into these coins also turned up an
obverse die link to an example with the same
reverse type but with the
officina mark in exe. which we would attribute to the 4th emission fating to A.D. 277, some three years earlier than my example. Illustrated below.
A nice coin delivered in the usual
superb manner by Joe and
his team.
Many thanks Joe!