225, Lot: 531. Estimate $100. Sold for $86. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Probus. AD 276-282. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 1st officina. 7th emission, summer AD 281. IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / COMIT I PORBI AVG (
sic), Minerva standing facing, head left, holding olive branch, spear, and shield set on ground; I. RIC V 69 var. (rev. legend); Pink VI/1 p. 70; Lyon 315c (same dies). Good VF, great silvering. Interesting misspelling in reverse legend.
From the White Mountain Collection.