NEWP: Probus BI Aurelianianus

Zohar · December 7, 2014 11:31AM

This one "popped" in terms of design and condition.

ROMAN EMPIRE. Probus, 276-282 AD. Billon Aurelianianus, 23mm, 4.04gr. Rome mint. Obv: Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing left, a spear across right shoulder, and holding a shield. Rev:ROMA AETERNAE, hexastyle temple with the image of Roma inside, holding Victory and a sceptre, R in exergue. RIC 196. Scarce, possibly unlisted variety, apparently lacking the radiate crown. Wonderfully patinated, conditionally scarce specimen. NGC MS 5/5, 4/5.

JCMhouston · December 7, 2014 11:40AM

That's an excellent portrait.

bronzemat · December 7, 2014 11:47AM

A great example.

STLNATS · December 7, 2014 12:31PM

<< This one "popped" in terms of design and condition.

ROMAN EMPIRE. Probus, 276-282 AD. Billon Aurelianianus, 23mm, 4.04gr. Rome mint. Obv: Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing left, a spear across right shoulder, and holding a shield. Rev:ROMA AETERNAE, hexastyle temple with the image of Roma inside, holding Victory and a sceptre, R in exergue. RIC 196. Scarce, possibly unlisted variety, apparently lacking the radiate crown. Wonderfully patinated, conditionally scarce specimen. NGC MS 5/5, 4/5.
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Very pretty Probus. There was a ton of variety for the relatively few years of this emperor. Congrats.

BTW, maybe a bit hard to see, but the radiate crown is superimposed on the helmet. The base looks like a diadem and there are three clear "spikes."

Zohar · December 7, 2014 1:41PM

Thank you STLNATS.

<< BTW, maybe a bit hard to see, but the radiate crown is superimposed on the helmet. The base looks like a diadem and there are three clear "spikes." >>

I see the spikes you are right. Not as prominent as some others I have seen.

LochNESS · December 7, 2014 3:29PM

<< That's an excellent portrait. >>

Yes you can see the details in his beard! Fantastic condition.

TIF2 · December 7, 2014 5:39PM

The details are great and that's certainly not the usual reverse! Like

nicholasz219 · December 7, 2014 8:07PM

Z, I have only seen a few of these come my way and I do not have an example of this coin, much less one as nice as your new example. I am a big fan of the hexastyle temple reverses and like it was mentioned, this is not one of the more common reverses that you see for Probus. The obverse is a thing of beauty with a ridiculously nice strike and portrait. I think it is remarkable to have this coin in this condition in general because the billion pieces seem to really deteriorate badly in general.

This is a great coin for all of those reasons, especially more so because it is a billion piece. Yet another coin added to my wish list after seeing it here.

ColinCMR · December 14, 2014 8:09AM

very nice coin!!

NiceCurrency · December 14, 2014 9:11AM

loving that portrait

yosclimber · December 15, 2014 7:47PM

<< There was a ton of variety for the relatively few years of this emperor. >>

Yes, there are 9730 different varieties of Probus Antoniniani listed in the Excel workbook created by a collector!
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dane/probus.xls

Weiss · December 16, 2014 12:43AM

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Zohar · December 16, 2014 1:00AM

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NEWP: Probus BI Aurelianianus

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