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A billon antoninianus of the emperor Probus with a reverse showing Pax Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Probus, 276-282 CE
Mint and Date: Siscia, 7th emission, officina 5; 280 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm, 3.4g
Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG
Radiate bust left wearing imperial mantle and carrying an eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand (RIC bust type H).
Reverse: PAX AVG
Pax standing left, raising an olive branch at head height in right hand, holding a transverse sceptre in left hand.
Field Marks: V in right field
Exergue: XXI
Ref: RCV (2005) —; RIC V 704
BW Ref: 001 028 003
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