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Lot 1168

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 480 GBP
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Probus BI Piedfort or Antoninianus Trial Strike(?). Cyzicus, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing Imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga facing, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising right hand; CM below, XXIS in exergue. RIC V.2 911. 8.46g, 27mm, 6h.

Very Fine; minor flan crack. Extremely Rare.

From a private UK collection.

Struck on an unusually large and heavy planchet of almost double the normal weight, this coin might have been intended as a presentation piece, or more likely was a trial strike from new dies.
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