Note: The erroneous reverse legend FIDES VICTOR is a result of a "cross-pollination" between two legitimate reverses of the third officina:

FIDES MILITVM + MARS VICTOR



Chronology: Bastien's 6th emission of Lugdunum, IV 278 - 279 CE.

Probus antoninianus RIC 30
RIC 30, Lugdunum. Bust type C, (A). Denomination: Antoninianus.
OBV.: [I]MP C M AVR PROBVS AVG

Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from back.

REV.: FIDES VICTOR   Cesures: FIDE_S VICTO[R]  

Fides standing left, holding two ensigns.

Mintmark: // III

Weight: 3.38 g.
Die axis: ?
Diameter: ?

Image provided courtesy of Uwe Neumann.


Probus antoninianus RIC 30v, Bastien II 290a
RIC 30 variant; Bastien Supplement II, 290α (this coin); Lugdunum.
Bust type G, (E). Denomination: antoninianus.
Not listed for this bust type in RIC.
OBV.: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG

Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield.
Cuirass with balteus. Shield decorated with rider right.

REV.: FIDES VICTOR  

Fides standing left, holding two ensigns.

Mintmark: // III

Weight: 3.33 g.
Die axis: 12 h.
Diameter: 20-23 mm.

Image provided courtesy of Curtis Clay.
 


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