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PROBUS BASTIEN 203
OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
REVERSE: ADVENTVS PROB AVG
BUST TYPE: E1 = Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//I
WEIGHT 3.95g / AXIS 12h / DIAMETER: 21-22 mm
MINT: Lugdunum 
RIC: 64 var. (unlisted from officina I)
BASTIEN: 203 (4 ex. cited)
COLLECTION NO: 1277

Note: All military busts from Lugdunum, including this beautiful E1 bust, (struck during the 5th emmission) are either scarce, rare or very rare and are always very desirable. In addition, this is a scarce and desirable reverse type (for Lugdunum mint). 

Only the 6th specimen of this type known to me (the remaining are: 4 examples cited by Bastien + Numismatic Naumann auction 34 lot 1019)

Provenance: Paul Francis Jacquier Auction 45 lot 1358 = ex Ph. Gysen collection = ex Langtoft I Hoard (2000)
Keywords: probus

PROBUS BASTIEN 203

OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
REVERSE: ADVENTVS PROB AVG
BUST TYPE: E1 = Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//I
WEIGHT 3.95g / AXIS 12h / DIAMETER: 21-22 mm
MINT: Lugdunum
RIC: 64 var. (unlisted from officina I)
BASTIEN: 203 (4 ex. cited)
COLLECTION NO: 1277

Note: All military busts from Lugdunum, including this beautiful E1 bust, (struck during the 5th emmission) are either scarce, rare or very rare and are always very desirable. In addition, this is a scarce and desirable reverse type (for Lugdunum mint).

Only the 6th specimen of this type known to me (the remaining are: 4 examples cited by Bastien + Numismatic Naumann auction 34 lot 1019)

Provenance: Paul Francis Jacquier Auction 45 lot 1358 = ex Ph. Gysen collection = ex Langtoft I Hoard (2000)

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