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Probus pax Coin Type: Billon antoninianus of Probus, 276-282 CE
Mint and Date: Ticinum, officina 5; 9th emission, 281 CE.
Size and Weight: 22mm x 20mm, 2.9g
Obverse: Cuirassed, helmeted and radiate bust left, spear over right shoulder. (Bust type G)
VIRTVS PR - OBI AVG (Legend type 9)
Reverse: Pax standing left, long transverse sceptre in left hand, branch raised to head height in right hand.
PAX AVG
Field Marks: T in l. field
Exergue: VXXI
Ref: RIC V 517
Provenance: diggetal1947 (eBay), October 2002
BW Ref: 023 028 028
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Note: The T in the left field of the reverse forms part of the signum EQVITI, Ticinum third series.
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