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Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Probus, 276-282 CE Mint and Date: Ticinum, 3rd officina, 9th emission; 281 CE Size and Weight: 23mm x 21mm, 4.02g Obverse: IMP C PROBVS AVG Radiate and cuirassed bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand. (RIC bust type H) Reverse: SALVS AVG Salus standing right holding up patera and snake, snake is feeding from the patera. Field Marks: V in left field Exergue: TXXI Provenance: galeria2 (eBay), May 2005 Ref: RCV (2005) —; RIC V 499 BW Ref: 013 028 033 |
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Note: The V in the left field of the reverse forms part of the signum EQVITI, Ticinum third series. |
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