Note: Spectacular military bust of the finest style with a Pegasus on the shield!
The only specimen of this exact type known! (This coin is desribed on probuscoins.fr as Alföldi 73/71 but in my opinion this attribution is incorrect; Alfoldi 73/71 does not have a Pegasus on shield but a horseman with soldiers in the field; also the position of the gamma mintmark is more to the right intead of central as shown on coin no. 73/71).
Same obverse die as my coin no. 817 (Adventvs Probi Avg with gamma//XXI in exergue) and coin. no. 767 (Adventvs Probi Avg with KA in exergue).
Sol was the favorite and most frequently depicted God of the Roman pantheon in Probus' coinage. There are numerous variants of reverses with Sol; however the depiction of Sol in quadriga (left or central/spread) remains undoubtedly an iconic, classis reverse for Probus . This reverse type was struck in Lugdunum, Rome, Ticinum, Siscia, Serdica and Kyzikos mints, with each mint having its unique style.
Provenance: Paul Francis Jacquier auction 45 lot 1542 = ex Philipe Gysen collection
OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG
REVERSE: SOLI INVICTO (Spread qudariga)
BUST TYPE: E1 = Radiate, cuirassed and helmeted bust left, hodling spear and shield (decorated with Pegasus)
FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/Γ//XXI
WEIGHT 3.63 / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 21-22 mm
