Note: RIC lists this coin with the obverse legend IMP C PROBVS INV AVG
but quotes Cohen 632 as its authority. Cohen has it without the C.
Cohen 632

Chronology: Pink's 2nd emission of Siscia, 277 CE.

Probus aureus RIC 596 corr.
RIC 596 corr.; Mazzini pl. LIX, 632; Pink p. 37 #6; Siscia. Bust type -; (M20). Denomination: Heavy aureus.

Bastien, Le buste monétaire... , pl. 125, 6 (same obverse die) ex Leu 25, 1980, #412; Biaggi 1622;
Kent/Hirmer 548 (same dies), Delbrueck pl. 26 #16 (same obverse die).
OBV.: IMP PROBVS INV AVG

Jugate busts left of emperor, laureate and cuirassed, and Sol, radiate and draped.
Armour decorated with a Gorgoneion.

REV.: SECVRITAS SAECVLI   Cesures: SECVRI_TAS SAECVLI

Securitas seated left, holding sceptre and raising left hand to head.

Mintmark: // SIS

Weight: 6.34 g.
Die axis: ?
Diameter: ?

Image provided courtesy of Leu Numismatik AG

Leu Auction 87, 5-6.05.2003. Ex Hess-Leu 36, 17.04.1968, #532.


Probus abschlag RIC 596
Not listed, RIC 596 related. Siscia. Bust type -; (M20). Denomination: "Denarius".
AE Abschlag from aureus dies. Same obverse die as above.
OBV.: IMP PROBVS INV AVG

Jugate busts left of emperor, laureate and cuirassed, and Sol, radiate and draped.
Armour decorated with a Gorgoneion.

REV.: SECVRITAS SAECVLI   Cesures: SECVRI_TAS SAECVLI

Securitas seated left, holding sceptre and raising left hand to head.

Mintmark: // SIS

Weight:: 3.89 g.
Die axis: ?
Diameter: ?

Image provided courtesy of Anton Tkalec, TKALEC AG

Tkalec Auction 2003, 24.10.2003


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