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PROBUS MPR 292 VAR. (UNLISTED IN MPR!)
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OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG
REVERSE: ROMAE AETERNAE (Roma seated in temple)
BUST TYPE: F5 = radiate, cuirassed bust left holding spear
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//R*ζ
WEIGHT 3.81g / AXIS: 12h / WIDTH 22-23mm
MINT: Roma
RIC: 197 VAR. (UNLISTED WITH F5 BUST)
J.Guillemain, MPR: UNLISTED (cf. 292 VAR.)
Collection no. 1448
Extremely rare bust type for Rome!
Only the 2nd example of this exact type known to me (the other one was in Ph. Gysen coll. = ex Jacquier auction 45 lot 1496 = ex Italo Vecchi, London Auktion 5 (1997), 804)
Provenance: Solidus Numismatik Auction no. 46 lot no. 359
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