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Rare Opportunity for the Collector of Probus

279, Lot: 598. Estimate $100.
Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Probus. AD 276-282. Æ Quinarius (14mm, 1.94 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 278. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bound captives seated to either side of trophy. RIC V 278; King 16. Fine, dark green patina, some roughness. Only seven cited by King, six of which are housed in museums.


From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.

The one specimen from trade known to King was part of the Knobloch Collection (Stack’s, 1 May 1980, lot 1361), which realized $400.