Note: rare and desirable cuirassed bust LEFT instead of right as usual, with additional fold of aegis visible on right shoulder and wide wreath ties of the corona radiata.
A portrait of the finest style. Virtually as struck and with full silvering. A stunning coin!
Unicum published and illustrated by prof. S. Estiot in: L’atelier de Ticinum sous Probus (276-282 p.C.) in Rome et les Provinces… Mélanges offerts à Michel Amandry (2017), p. 435
Provenance: ex Philippe Gysen collection
OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG
REVERSE: CONCORD MILIT; Emperor and Concordia clasping hands
BUST TYPE: B1 = Radiate, cuirassed bust left (with fold of aegis visible on right shoulder)
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//PXXT
WEIGHT 4.50g / AXIS: 6h / WIDTH 23-25mm
