Triton XVI, Lot: 1127. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Probus. AD 276-282. Gilt Æ Medallion (33mm, 27.97 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 281/2. IMP PROB VS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear forward and large oval shield decorated with victory adventus scene / MONETA AVG, The Tres Monetae, each standing left on ground line, holding scales in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm; at feet of each to left, a heap of coins. P. Bastien, Buste monétaire (Wetteren, 1993), pl. 119, 2 (same obv. die); Pink VI/1 p. 59; Gnecchi 24 and pl. 120, 5. Good VF, light cleaning scratches. Significant amounts of ancient gilding remaining. Rare.