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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Probus showing Pax standing left Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Probus, 276-282 CE
Mint and Date: Ticinum, officina 5; 9th emission, 281 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 20mm, 2.9g
Obverse: VIRTVS PR-OBI AVG
Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, spear over right shoulder, shield held in front of left shoulder. (RIC bust type G)
Reverse: PAX AVG
Pax standing left, long transverse sceptre in left hand, branch raised to head height in right hand.
Field Marks: T in left field
Exergue: VXXI
Ref: RCV (2005) —; RIC V 517
Provenance: diggetal1947 (eBay), October 2002
BW Ref: 023 028 028
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Note: The T in the left field of the reverse forms part of the signum EQVITI, Ticinum third series.


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