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PROBUS BASTIEN 166 OR 179
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OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
REVERSE: MARS VICTOR
BUST TYPE: B = Radiate, cuirassed bust right
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//II
WEIGHT 5.05g / AXIS 12h / DIAMETER: 21-24mm
Mint: Lugdunum
RIC: 37
BASTIEN: 166 (23 ex. cited) or 179 (14 ex. cited)
COLLECTION NO: 52
Note: Bastien's division between Lugdunum's II and III emmission under Probus is debatable and the sole criterion of the division between these two emmission (style of the emperor's portrait) seems obscure to me.
Provenance: H. D. RAUCH e-auction 16 lot 5462
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