The “God and Lord” Probus

272, Lot: 423. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Probus. AD 276-282. Antoninianus (22mm, 4.06 g, 11h). Serdica mint. 2nd emission, 2nd phase, AD 277. IMP DEO ET DOMINO PROBO AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter / Probus standing right, holding eagle-tipped scepter and receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, holding scepter; *//KA•Γ•. RIC V 841 var. (bust type). Fine, dark grayish-brown surfaces, scratches and roughness. Rare.