Note: RIC cites this coin from Vienna within aurei, with a footnote — "At Vienna are specimens of this coin struck in bronze from dies which appear to have been engraved for aurei, but no specimens in gold have yet been found."
Note 2: RIC misdescribes the bust as "Laureate, cuirassed bust right, holding inverted spear and whip", the reverse legend as SAECVLI, and the shield's inscription as VOTIS.

Chronology: Pink's 4th emission of Ticinum, 278 CE.

Probus abschlag "denarius" RIC 310
RIC 310 corr.; KHM RÖ 22470 ; Pink p. 62 [51] 2. AVab; Ticinum. Bust type -, (B12*). Denomination: "Denarius".

Abschlag from aureus dies.

See: S. Estiot Sine arcu sagittae [...] (.pdf, 3.8 Mb)
OBV.: IMP C PROBVS AVG   Cesures: IMP C PROB_VS AVG

Laureate, cuirassed bust right, holding dart in right hand and two additional darts in left.

REV.: RESTITVT SECVLI   Cesures: RESTI_TVT SECVLI

Emperor standing left, holding spear, crowned by Victory and receiving Victory on globe from soldier who stands right by palm-trunk on which is shield inscribed X / XX in two lines.

Mintmark: //   [exergual line only]

Weight: 2.64 g.
Die axis: 20.7 mm.
Diameter: 12 h.

Image provided courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Münzkabinett
From Collection Missong.

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