Watch List notes:

Probus. 276-282 AD. Aureus, 6.23g (12h). Ticinum. Obv: VIRTVS PROBI AVG Bust cuirassed left, almost half length, seen from front, wearing laureate, crested helmet, extending right hand to hold Victory bearing trophy, invisible left arm holds round shield with small Medusa head at center, and spear pointing upwards over shoulder. Rx: CONSERVAT AVG Sol standing right, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left, nude apart from cloak fastened on right shoulder and draped over left elbow. RIC 308 (R3), pl. II.12 (same dies). Calicó 4154 (same dies). Cohen 196 (150 Fr.). Elaborate military obverse type. Several scrapes and abrasions on both sides. EF

Ex Lanz 147, 2 Novemeber 2009, lot 468