Triton XX, Lot: 839. Estimate $10000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Probus. AD 276-282. AV “Heavy” Aureus (22mm, 6.17 g, 6h). Cyzicus or Antioch mint. Struck circa AD 281. IMP C M AVR P–ROBVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONS–ERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing, head left, raising right hand, holding globe in left. RIC V 307, 891, and 915; Pink VI/1, p. 40; Calicó 4151; Biaggi 1614. EF, underlying luster, a few minor marks. Rare.

From the Continental Collection.

RIC places this same type at Ticinum, Cyzicus, and Antioch. The style clearly debunks any attribution to a mint as far west as Ticinum. Although Pink prefers Antioch for this issue, he does note that these aurei are “in the style of Cyzicus.” M. Weder, in his analysis of the eastern issues of Probus (NC 1984, pp. 202-213), questions Pink's attribution and argues for a possible allocation of them to Cyzicus (pp. 202-203).