Interesting ‘Long Neck’ Portrait of Probus
225, Lot: 537. Estimate $100. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Probus. AD 276-282. Antoninianus (24mm, 3.66 g, 12h). Ticinum mint, 5th officina. 3rd emission, AD 277. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left, holding shield and spear / ERCV LI PACIF, Hercules Pacifer standing facing, head left, holding olive branch, club, and lion skin; VXXT. RIC V 376; Pink VI/1 p. 62. Good VF, good silvering.
From the White Mountain Collection.
The obverse of this issue features an unusually long neck on Probus.