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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 350. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. 
Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Probus. AD 276-282. Æ Quinarius (1.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Triumphal issue, AD 281/2. AV R PR OBVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding shield in left hand and spear in right / OR IENS A VG, Sol driving quadriga left, raising hand and holding whip. RIC V 267 var. (bust type); cf. Pink VI/1 pp. 58-9. Good VF, dark green patina. Very rare with armed bust left.


From the White Mountain Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (2005), lot 1697.