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A coin of the emperor Probus with a reverse showing seated Fides Militum Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Probus, part silvered; 276-282 CE
Mint and Date: Siscia, officina 1; 4th emission, 277 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 3.79g
Obverse: Radiate, cuirassed bust right (bust type F).
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG
Reverse: Fides Militum seated left, a military standard in each hand and a third planted in the ground in front.
FIDES MILITVM
Exergue: XXIP
Ref: RCV (2005) 11983; RIC V 692
Provenance: rombron (eBay), July 2008
BW Ref: 030 038 129
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