- ID: 402

Submitter: Jean-Luc

Added: 1998-04-25

Probus, 276-282 A.D.

AR-Medaillon.
Av.: IMP C PRO-BVS P F AVG  Laureate and cuirassed bust of Probus to l., holding globe with victory.
Rv.:  GL-OR-I AORBI  Probus and Victory standing in quadriga facing.
24 g. c. 39 mm.

Ref.: cf. Gnecchi II, pl.119,8.

BoC: 20/2, 1995/6, p.30.

FAKE – This is clearly a free Bulgarian copy of the rare bronze medaillon of Probus from Gnecchi, struck from new dies.