In the first Emission of
Probus from
Lugdunum one of the
standard types is as below:-
Obv:–
IMP C M AVR PROBVS
AVG,
Radiate cuirassed bust right
Rev:–
VIRTVS AVGVSTI,
Mars walking right, holding spear and
trophy.
Minted in
Lugdunum (II in exe) Emission 1,
Officina 2. October 276 A.D.
Reference:–
Cohen 858.
Bastien 152.
RIC 58
Bust type F
Weight 4.37g. 23.49mm. 0 degrees
There are some oddities that scarcely occur within the
obverse legend where
AVR is
engraved as AR. There appear to be a coupld of known AR dies.
Bastien Supplement II brought in a new variation of the above coin as
Bastien 154α citing 3 examples,
Bastien 154 is the same
type as the coin above but
comes from
Officina 3 (III in exe).
Bastien 154α has the AR
obverse legend variation. The Philippe
Gysen example of the
type is illustrated below (from the 2019 Jacquier sale).
Attached belowI have just acquired another new variation. This new coin is as AR
legend variety but from
officina 2 (II in exe) and is currently an unpublished variety.
Obv:–
IMP C M AR(
sic) PROBVS
AVG,
Radiate,
cuirassed bust right
Rev:–
VIRTVS AVGVSTI,
Mars walking right, holding spear and
trophy.
Minted in
Lugdunum (II in exe) Emission 1,
Officina 2. October 276 A.D.
What makes this coin additionally numismatically interesting is that it is from the same
obverse die as the
Gysen example. This would indicate that the
obverse die is shared between the
Officinae.
It isn't the only AR example that I have with my other example from a different
obverse die shown below.
Obv:–
IMP C M AR(
sic) PROBVS
AVG,
Radiate,
cuirassed bust right
Rev:–
TEMPORVM FELICITAS,
Felicitas standing right, holding
caduceus and
cornucopiaeMinted in
Lugdunum (I) Emission 1,
Officina 1. Early A.D. 277
Reference(s) –
Cohen 729,
Bastien 151b (151 has
AVR and cites 15 examples).
RIC 52
var Bust type F (C).
Weight 3.53g. 22.85mm. 0 degrees