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PROBUS BASTIEN 230
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OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
REVERSE: FIDES MILITVM
BUST TYPE: F9 = Radiate, cuirassed bust right, holding spear (gorgoneion on cuirass)
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//III
WEIGHT 3.11 g / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 21-22,5 mm
MINT: Lugdunum
RIC: 79 var. (f9 bust unlisted)
BASTIEN: 230 (2 ex. cited) Bastien Suppl. II 230c (this example)
COLLECTION NO: 1280
Only the 4th specimen known to me (2 ex. Cited by Bastien, 1 ex. cited in Bastien suplement II + CGB auction 27 lot 46)
Note: All military busts from Lugdunum, including this F9 bust, (struck during the 5th emmission) are either scarce, rare or very rare and are always very desirable.
Provenance: Paul Francis Jacquier Auction 45 lot 1370 = ex Ph. Gysen collection
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