Barnaba6

@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.