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PROBUS RIC 362 VOTIS X ET XX ON SHIELD
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OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
REVERSE: FELICITAS • SEC
BUST TYPE: F1 = radiate, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield (VOTIS X ET XX inscription on shield)
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//SXXT
WEIGHT 4.19g / AXIS: 12h / DIAMETER: 23-24,5 mm (22 mm within dotted circle)
RIC: 362
COLLECTION NO. 1287
NOTE: Extremely rare and desirable shield decoration in the form of the VOTIS X ET XX inscription
Ex Ph. Gysen collection = Ex Spink, NumCirc 100/7 (1992.), 4893 = ex Sternberg XIII (1983), 951
The only specimen of this exact type known to me (with felicitas • Sec reverse legend; the other 7 similar specimens in my Probus database do not have a dot in the reverse legend)
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