Beautiful Shield decorated with emperor on horse spearing lying enemy (Virtvs scene)
Note: extremely rare and sought-after by collectors reverse type with Emperor on horse spearing knealing enemy (VIR-1 in Ph. Gysen's classification).
This is by far the rarest and most interesting reverse type among the (limited) reverse types struct at Cyzicus under Probus (though the same reverse type is quite common at Serdica).
Provenance: OBOLOS auction 7 lot 466 (July 2017)
Obverse: Radiate, cuirassed and helmeted bust left, holding spear and shield (decorated with Emperor on horse trampling enemy), legend:
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG;
Reverse: Emperor galloping right, spearing enemy whose shield lies beneath horse, legend:
VIRTVS PROBI AVG; In exergue XXIMC, in field Q;
Silver, diameter 21 mm, weight 3,59 g, axis 12 h.
From the collection of a true connoisseur of Probus’ coinage
