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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Probus with a reverse showing Salus seated Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Probus, 276-282 CE
Mint and Date: Ticinum, officina 1; 6th emission, 279 CE.
Size and Weight: 23mm x 21mm, 4.2g
Obverse: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG
Radiate, cuirassed bust right, wearing a paludamentum. (RIC bust type F)
Reverse: SALVS AVG
Salus enthroned left, holding out a patera to feed a snake which rises from an altar.
Exergue: AXXI
Provenance: Antika Coins (eBay), May 2005
Ref: RCV (2005) —; RIC V 562
BW Ref: 016 028 031
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