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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Probus with a reverse showing Jupiter with a thunderbolt Coin Type: Holed billon antoninianus of Probus, 276-282 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, officina 2; 6th emission, 281 CE.
Size and Weight: 20mm x 23mm, 4.14g
Obverse: IMP PROB-VS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right, aegis with gorgoneion on breast, wearing a paludamentum (RIC bust type F).
Reverse: IOVI CONS PROB AVG
Jupiter standing left holding thunderbolt and sceptre.
Exergue: R thunderbolt B
Ref: RCV (2005) 11986; RIC V 173.
Provenance: hjb-ancientcoins (eBay), October 2009
BW Ref: 034 043 148
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