Only Known for an Aureus

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 354. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Probus. AD 276-282. Antoninianus (3.09 g, 6h). Uncertain Pannonian (Serdica or Siscia) mint. Struck AD 277-279. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, cuirassed bust left, wearing crested Corinthian-style helmet, holding spear in right hand over right shoulder and round shield in left / VICTORIAE, AVG in exergue, Victory, holding wreath in outstretched right hand and palm frond in left, standing in triumphal quadriga left. Cf. RIC V 831 (aureus); cf. Calico 4222 (aureus); cf. Maravielle 1476 (for bust type, but different legend; Siscia mint) and 1505 and 1538 (for bust type with same legend; Serdica mint); cf. Pink VI/1, p. 46 (same). VF, rough brown patina, flan crack. Extremely rare, the type is only known for an aureus.

From the White Mountain Collection.