Probus BI Antoninianus. Ticinum, AD 278. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing in facing quadriga, head left, holding globe and whip in left hand and raising right hand; S in exergue. RIC -; cf. 419 (different legend, different bust type). 4.09g, 22mm, 5h.
Near Mint State; minor porosity on rev. Extremely Rare; the right-facing consular bust type is of very considerable rarity and missing entirely from RIC.
From the Brian Henry Grover Collection, collector's ticket included;
Acquired in 1996.