Barnaba6

By the way, here is a link to my whole collection https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/3268/barnaba6 I have marked all the coins which are already sold. I will have many souvenirs of my collection but this website will definitely be one of my best souvenirs.

Thank you for your kind comments. Probus coins are in general very interesting and diverse and hence worthy not only of Probus specialist's but also generalist's consideration. Over the years I have discovered that there are not that many Probus specialists like myself, which collect only Probus coins and have say at least 100 Probus coins in ther collection. On the other hand, there are plenty of Roman Coins collectors who do appreciate Probus coins and like to have at least few, sometimes more, of his coins in their collections.

I agree. They really did a good job (though I did help a bit with the desriptions as well).

Hello, 52 rare Probus and Aurelian coins carefully selected from my specialized collection will be hammered on the 16 March 2023 by Roma Numismatics Limited:https://www.romanumismatics.com/e-s...earch_lot_no=&sort_by=lot_number&view=biddersThe auction will also soon appear on sixbid, numisbids and biddr.ch.Most of the coins offered are in beautiful condition, with full or nearly full original silvering and superbly struck details. These are often some of the best or even the best known specimens of particular types.Many of the coins offered are true rarities, known from only a few examples, and unpublished in reference catalogues like RIC, MPR or Alfodi. You may have come across one of my 10 previous specialized Probus auctions organized by Rzeszowski Dom Aukcyjny and Gabinet Numizmatyczny Damian Marciniak auction houses over the last 2 years. I have recently decided to change the selling venue from Poland to the UK and consign my coins to Roma Numismatics Limited. I am very proud that my coins are offered under a separate section, devoted uniquely to my coins. Thank you Roma for this privilege!I hope you participate actively in the auction and wish you all good luck and many successful bids!

@maridvnvmNice one Martin. I also have a SEC example: https://colleconline.com/en/items/125758/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-probus-ric-401-sold I also have seen but never managed myself to acquire the short "SAE" variant. Fortunately, I did manage to get the much rarer and more desirable RESTITVTOR SECV reverse: https://colleconline.com/en/items/125761/coins-ancient-to-roman-republic-imperial-probus-ric-405-sold

By the way, as far as Probus Restitvt/Restitvtor Saec/Sec/Sae coins from Ticinum are concerned, I have seen Probus Florian like portraits only on the longer (unlisted in RIC) reverse legend variants (i.e. RESTITVTOR SAEC/SEC), never on the shorter RESTITVT SAEC/SEC variants (listed in RIC V.2 under no. 401). These RIC 401 var. Florian like portraits are often obverse die matches with coins from the 1st emmission. This supports the thesis that the long "Restitvtor" variants were struck BEFORE the shorter "Restitvt" variants. I do not think the above observation has been published so far in any numismatic book or article. Please correct me if I am wrong (I have a pretty good knowledge of the Probus numismatic literature and research but of course I might have missed something). The above observation is one of many I have made during my 10 years of collecting Probus. This has always been one of the beauties of Probus collecting for me. That even a layman collector (i.e. not a numismatic scholar or a professional dealer) may make new discoveries and push the boundaries of hitherto knowledge about Probus coinage.

@maridvnvm Yes indeed. You brought up a good example. Florian like Probus portaits do not occur ONLY during the 1st emmission. They sometimes occur later on too, although very rarely. The division between emmissions is not crystal clear and dies were of course reused until they wore out regardless of the divisions of emmissions which we invented 1700 years after the coins in question were struck:) I also have these types from Ticinum's 2nd emmission in my collection. The first coin is Florian like and is likely from the same obverse die as your coin. The second coin is already with a normal Probus bust. https://colleconline.com/en/items/181941/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-probus-ric-401var-sold (Florian like portrait) https://colleconline.com/en/items/125759/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-probus-ric-401-reserved (standard Probus portrait)

@maridvnvm Martin, I know one collector who collects Probus coins even by the smallest sub-type details within particular bust types. He lives in England, is a professional numismatist and has the biggest private Probus collection in the world, much bigger than my collection which is the second biggest. I think you will know who I am referring to. But he is the only one.

Well, Martin (Maridvnvm) does NOT have them all. I was able to gather almost 2,000 different Probus coins in 10 years. Here is a link to my whole specialized Probus and Aurelian collection: https://www.colleconline.com/en/collections/3268/barnaba6 I initially planned a life task for me to gather the biggest private Probus antoninianii collection in the world but after 10 years and 2,000 Probus coins gathered I said enough is enough and settled for the title of the second biggest private Probus antoninianii collection in the world. It was at that time that I also decided to start selling off my Probus collection. Some of you may have come across one of my several auctions in the last two years organized under the heading "from the collection of a true connoisseur of Probus coinage”. I will organize further Probus auctions this year as I still have several hundred Probus coins left. Will post links when the new auctions are online. My Probus collection is fully available online and I hope that it may also serve as a "encyclopaedia of Probus" for all Probus lovers together with the probuscoins.fr and probvs.net webistes, in whose development I was also much involved.

Well, I have the Calliope in my specialized Probus collection. While it is NOT my rarest Probus coin it definitely is THE MOST desirable and expensive Probus coin: https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/125997/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-alfoldi-014-001-calliope As of today, there are 8 examples of Calliope known. Meanwhile I have many Probus coins in my collection which are currently considered unique to the best of my knowledge as well as the knowledge of leading Probus scholars like e.g. Sylviane Estiot.

Your coin was in my collection for several years. Here is a link to my photo and the description of the coin: https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/125657/coins-ancient-to-romans-imperial-and-republican-probus-ric-318-sold I sold the coin only recently. But I enjoyed having it in my collection greatly. I love Ticinum's rare 1st emmission with portraits still resembling Florian and unique reverse types (Prinicipi Ivventvtis, Indvlgentia Avg, Laetita Avg N[ostri], Perpetvitate Avg, Concordia Exercit) not repeated in any of the following emmissions either at Ticinum or at the remaining mints operating under Probus.