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  1. Don't have any Postumus Antoniniani coming in recently. But I do have a Tetricus on the way. The gallic enjoyers will know how special this one is with the senatorial name, very nice strike, as well as a great flan. Perhaps the one of if not the best for the type. Obv: IMP C G P ESVVIVS TETRICVS AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Tetricus I to right. Rev: SPES PVBLICA Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left.
  2. Though I don't have many Tacitus in my collection I do have an extremely rare VICTORIA AVG reverse. OBVERSE: IMP C M CL TACITVS P AVG REVERSE: VICTORIA AVG BUST TYPE: D1 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: /-//P RIC Temp 3642 LV 2068 Although I do have the Probus version from Siscia of the ROMAE AETERNAE reverse. OBVERSE: IMP PROBVS INV AVG REVERSE: ROMAE AETERNAE - Roma seated left on shield, holding globe and sceptre BUST TYPE: A2 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXI WEIGHT 3.21g / AXIS: 11h / DIAMETER: 22 mm RIC 742 ALFOLDI 058/001
  3. Fascinating! I am not too coding inclined, but I've been attempting to learn how to create a database to aid in research for personal use. Although with not much success so far haha. SQL, htlm, css, etc are outside of my ballpark. One day I'll be able to figure out something. Great work on this and I hope it benefits your needs well.
  4. I wish I could expand on many of these write-ups, but many I would reveal too much in-progress research if I wrote longer! Eventually I'll be able to include my datatables and charts, but those stay hidden for now haha! The DEO ET DOMINO really is the crown of the Siscia collection, even though it is not a KA type. I don't believe there could be a type to dethrone it in my collection even if it were to get the KA Fides Militvm or one of the extremely rare busts from the mint.
  5. Love myself some Probus from Siscia. So many unique types to add this year. #5 has a great style to it and like some of the other types, such as the Deo et Domino, they are so rare that they are not in reference literature.
  6. It was a great addition to the collection. Helps to show the transfer of mint workers from Serdica to Siscia. Haven't found another example yet, but maybe one will randomly appear at nyinc. However, I'll be on the war path there though for the KA types if any are to be found anywhere though anything Siscia I'll definitely be searching.
  7. 10. Probus - Siscia Clementia Temp V/KA E2 Bust Starting off this top ten, I have an antoninianus of Probus from Siscia with a CLEMENTIA TEMP reverse. This coin falls in line with my specialized inner collection of Probus from Siscia of Antoniniani with the KA exergue markings. This Antoninianus is a great addition to my collection because it would be the first in my collection from the Fifth Officina for the KA exergue types. The few KA exergue coins from the Fifth Officina are presented with the H2 consular bust with Probus in a consular mantle; however, this example features a military cuirassed E2 bust with the shield in front. This example is unlisted in Alföldi and so far is unique. I have another one with the same intriguing unlisted bust type for the issue, but from the Fourth Officina which sadly did not find room on the list this year. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG REVERSE: CLEMENTIA TEMP BUST TYPE: E2 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/V//KA Officina: 5 Alfoldi 17/(Unlisted with E2 Bust) RIC 643 9. Probus - Siscia Secvrit Perp At number nine, we have another rarity from the mint of Siscia. This reverse design and legend is extremely rare at the mint of Siscia. Variations of Securitas at the mint of Siscia followed the legend SECVRITAS SAECVLI or the rare SECVRITAS PERPETVA. However, those reverses appear earlier in the mint of Siscia’s timeline during the INV obverse legend period and are of a different engraving style. The obverse and reverse dies of this SECVRIT PERP example decently resembles the style of the parallel SECVRIT PERP issues of Ticinum, but this example is still from Siscia. Observing the very few examples of this SECVRIT PERP reverses that exist, it is entirely possible that this design was only struck at Siscia with one reverse die. This coin is also plated in “LE REGNE DE L'EMPEREUR PROBUS” by Stéphane Hiland and Christophe Oliva. OBVERSE: IMP C PROBVS PF AVG REVERSE: SECVRIT PERP BUST TYPE: B FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIV Emission: 4 Officina: 5 WEIGHT 3.7g / AXIS: 12h / DIAMETER: 23mm Alfoldi 067/002 RIC 757 Ex. Roma Esale 113, lot 1193. Collection of Barnaba Skibniewski. Ex. Paul Francis Jacquier auction 45, lot 1566. Philippe Gysen Collection 8. Probus - Siscia Soli Invicto Double Strike Overstrike A very interesting and perfectly preserved from the mint of Siscia. This 100% fully silvered Probus featured him in a consular mantle on the obverse holding a scepter in the normal H2 Bust. However, the reverse is where it is interesting. First, the SOLI INVICTO design is present which was run for a lengthy amount of time at Siscia during Probus’s reign. But what is more interesting is the left side of the reverse where the legend breaks down and reveals “VIR” and “TV” which are separated at different levels. The SOLI INVICTO reverse is overstruck on a VIRTVS PROBI AVG reverse, but an extremely rare variant of that reverse where Mars while walking towards the right with a trophy on his shoulder has the addition of two captives on either side of him. What exists of the undertype is part of the captive, the trophy, and a fragment of the reverse legend. This rare reverse was actually double struck which is seen with that level separation of “VIR” and “TV” before then being overstruck by the SOLI INVICTO reverse. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG REVERSE: SOLI INVICTO (QUADRIGA TO LEFT) BUST TYPE: H2 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIT Emission: 6 Officina: 3 WEIGHT 3.0g / AXIS: 12h / WIDTH 21-24mm RIC 767 ALFOLDI 076.147 (14 ex. cited) Note: Overstruck on Alfoldi 94 / RIC 810. Mars walking right with 2 captives undertype 7. Probus - Siscia E8 Heroic Aegis Bust A very special and rare bust for the mint of Siscia described as “Radiate and helmeted bust of Probus on the left in heroic nudity carrying the aegis on the left shoulder and a spear pointed forward”. This type of bust with the heroically nude stance in aegis is a very neat bust type that, under Probus, mostly appears at the mint of Ticinum as a rare issue, but also at Rome and Siscia. Though the helmeted variety only appears at Ticinum and Siscia. Siscia is the rarest mint to find this bust type for any variation of it. For this bust type at Siscia, in my studies I have only encountered a small handful, probably about visible 5-6ish examples. For the VIRTVS PROBI AVG reverse with Q/XXI as the Officina and exergue markings it is also unlisted in Alföldi. These antoniniani are only probably struck with two different obverse dies with my example being the die I wanted most out of the two. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG REVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG BUST TYPE: E8 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/Q//XXI Emission: 5 Officina: 4 WEIGHT 3.77g / DIAMETER: 22mm Alfoldi 96/(Unlisted) RIC 811 6. Probus - Siscia E1 Double Adventus This Probus was a very nice addition earlier this year when I spotted it for sale. With a boldly struck reverse, a nice military bust of Probus, and decent silvering it was an instant buy. This coin features a scene of the Adventus, or Probus’s entrance, to the city of Siscia in around mid-277 CE on his march to Rome. With a rarer obverse legend for the mint, VIRTVS PROBI AVG (virtue of the emperor Probus), this is a special issue taken with extreme care to engrave. Probus on the obverse is featured in a cuirassed bust carrying a shield and spear while wearing a pseudo-corinthian helmet with the radiate crown, symbol of the antoninianus, embedded within. What is interesting to note is that the shield is engraved with the scene of Adventus with Probus in the back on a horse and a row of soldiers carrying shields in the foreground. The reverse is engraved with another scene of the Adventus with Probus on horseback and hand raised. A captive is seated below the horse. So with the obverse and reverse both containing scenes of the Adventus it really is a fun die paring to have on a coin. OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG REVERSE: ADVENTVS PROBI AVG BUST TYPE: E1 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIς Emission: 3 Officina: 6 WEIGHT 4.7g / AXIS: 12h / WIDTH 22mm RIC: 634 ALFOLDI 009/033 5. Probus - Siscia VIR-2 at Siscia The VIR variations of the VIRTVS PROBI AVG reverses are noted by the late Philippe Gysen in his paper “Nouvelles données concernant L'Atelier De Serdica Sous Le Régne De Probus” which are VIR-1 and VIR-2. VIR-1 involves a scene of Probus on horseback spearing a fallen enemy with an exergue line, acting as the ground, separating the exergue from the rest of the scene. VIR-2 on the other hand blends both the exergue markings and the scene together into one fluid reverse design that involves a more dynamic pose for the emperor on horseback. Gysen dates the VIR-1 types to the initial emission at Serdica before a hiatus in 277 CE while the VIR-2 is said to be in the year 280 CE when the mint reopens. This coin here is an example of the VIR-2 reverse, but from Siscia? After the Serdica mint closed in 277 CE, Probus had moved them to the mint of Siscia so on some of the mid-277 CE issues of coinage you can find some holdovers from the engravers of the mint of Serdica in the style of engraving or a reverse design here or there. Another coin later on the list is a very obvious fact of that move. Since the reverse of this Siscia example is a VIR-2 it predates Gysens dating for the mint of Serdica by three years for the design. It is probable that the VIR-2 reverses were actually struck in 277 CE before the closure of the mint of Serdica and then briefly struck at the mint of Siscia alongside the VIR-1 types before those designs were ended all together a little time later and the style of engraving shifted and the latin officina system was introduced. This VIR-2 reverse with the VIRTVS PROBI AVG legends seems to be unlisted in Alföldi at least with the XXIB markings. Closest that there is seems to be a B//XXI mark, but that is only in drawing by Alföldi. The VIR-2 design with a different reverse legend at Siscia briefly in the same timeframe as the VIR-2 VIRTVS PROBI AVG reverse. This other reverse legend is the VIRTVS AVGVSTI legend which actually has variants containing the VIR-2 design in both latin and greek officina letters, so it would be at the point of transition for the mint. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG REVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG BUST TYPE: H2 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIB Emission: 3 Officina: 2 RIC: 817 ALFOLDI 097/(Unlisted) 4. Diocletian - Lugdunum Bastien Double Plate Coin A very rare pick up from CNG a few months ago. A Diocletian antoninianus which is plated in Bastien's "Le Monnayage De L'Atelier De Lyon: Diocletian Et Ses Coregents Avant La Reforme Monetaire (285-294)” from 1972. This coin is an example of type 311c for the Bastien references which are the main point of reference material for the mint of Lugdunum in the late third century. This coin is actually plated twice in Bastien: Once as the example for type 311c and then again as the example of the H bust for the whole reference book! What makes a lot of Bastien plates interesting is that a lot of them are from public collections so they are not accessible to buy to the private collector. This coin is one of those few examples that is from a private collection that was plated. It is also plated in the main publication and not in any supplement volumes. OBVERSE: IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG REVERSE: IOVI AVGG BUST TYPE: H FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//A Emission: 7 Officina: 1 Mint: Lugdunum WEIGHT 4.28g / AXIS: 7h / DIAMETER: 22mm Bastien 311c (this coin). Plate XXII Ex. Cng E-sale 544, Lot 558 Ex. Leu Numismatic Web Auction 11 (February 22nd, 2020), Lot 1907 Ex. Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 43 (26th February, 2016), Lot 559 Ex. The New York Sale Auction 25 (January 5th, 2012), Lot 243 Ex. G. Gautier Collection Plated: Le Monnayage De L'Atelier De Lyon: Diocletian Et Ses Coregents Avant La Reforme Monetaire (285-294). 1972. Plate XXII 3. Probus - Siscia Clementia Temp Q/KA A very big win for me for research purposes. An antoninianus with the CLEMENTIA TEMP reverse. Sharply struck on the obverse with a weaker strike on the reverse. It is another KA exergue coin, so obviously it had to enter my collection when I first saw it for sale. It is also unlisted in Alföldi. I know I have a lot of coins on this list that aren’t listed in Alföldi and that makes it seem like he has nothing listed in that publication lmao. But in reality, he has a lot. He had access to many museum collections and even the Vienna collection of thousands of Probus. Hundreds upon hundreds of variations are in Alföldi, I just happen to find the ones not in there. This coin is one of a few personal favorites. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG REVERSE: CLEMENTIA TEMP BUST TYPE: H2 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: Q//KA WEIGHT 4.1g / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 22 mm RIC 644 ALFOLDI 017 / (Unlisted) 2. Probus - Siscia Adventvs E1 Pegasus Okay so technically I bought this last year in the last three days, but it didn’t arrive until this year so it counts. This is a very special die for Probus and in my opinion one of the best engraved ones for him. Featuring a bold portrait of Probus in a pseudo-corinthian helmet holding a shield and spear it is engraved in a style that is better than most. The shield is actually a noteworthy engraving detail and it features a pegasus moving to the right. This obverse die actually appears on both XXI and KA issues of the ADVENTVS PROBI AVG reverse and I was lucky enough to find the KA version at auction. This coin is a specific die that is desired by Probus collectors due to its style and rarity. Through my research I am only aware of 11 coins total featuring this obverse die. OBVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG REVERSE: ADVENTVS PROBI AVG BUST TYPE: E1 = Radiate, cuirassed and helmeted bust left, hodling spear and shield (decorated with Pegasus) FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//KA WEIGHT 3.9 g / Axis: 6h / DIAMETER: 23 mm RIC 634 (RIC does not mention any shield decorations) ALFOLDI 009 / (UNLISTED!) 1. Probus - Siscia Deo Et Domino Written about here about the importance of this discovery and coin. OBVERSE: DEO ET DOMINO PROBO AVG REVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG BUST TYPE: H FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIVII WEIGHT 3.4g / AXIS: 12h / DIAMETER: 23mm Alfoldi 097/(Unlisted with this obverse legend) 2nd known example of DEO ET DOMINO for Siscia
  8. Nice one! Hopefully there are some more rarities in that collection you picked up (hopefully any Probus from Siscia amongst them haha). I've been fairly picky about what I've wanted to add to my collection for the heroically nude busts. Many of Probus's ones are from Ticinum, but I wanted a Siscia. So far my only two examples are from Siscia being a Claudius II and a Probus. Surprisingly, the Probus is the more scarce of the two for the mint of Siscia with only just a few known which works better for me since thats my specialty! I was quite pleased about this example as it was the specific one out of the two obverse dies for the mint that I wanted. OBVERSE: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG REVERSE: VIRTVS PROBI AVG BUST TYPE: E8 FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/Q//XXI Emission: 5 Officina: 4 WEIGHT 3.77g / AXIS: - / DIAMETER: 22mm Alfoldi 96/(Unlisted) RIC 811 OBVERSE: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG REVERSE: SPES AVG BUST TYPE: L1I FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/II//- Emission: 3 Officina: 2 Weight: 3.35g / Axis: 12h / Diameter: 19.5 mm RIC 191 var RIC Temp 716
  9. I see Adventus and I must post Probus! The four below are Adventvs issues of Probus from his visit to Siscia on his march westward to Rome in 277 CE. The Adventvs coins were struck during Probus's time in the city of Siscia and very shortly after. The bottom coin is specifically an adventvs donativa issue.
  10. BASTIEN PLATE COIN This is a favorite non-Probus coin of mine. A plate coin from Bastien. These are generally hard to come by as many of the Bastien plate coins are from museums rather than private collections. OBVERSE: IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG REVERSE: IOVI AVGG BUST TYPE: H FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//A Mint: Lugdunum WEIGHT 4.28g / AXIS: 7h / DIAMETER: 22mm Bastien 311c (this coin). Plate XXII This is a plate coin in Bastien's "Le Monnayage De L'Atelier De Lyon: Diocletian Et Ses Coregents Avant La Reforme Monetaire (285-294). 1972" Ex. Cng E-sale 544, Lot 558 Ex. Leu Numismatic Web Auction 11 (February 22nd, 2020), Lot 1907 Ex. Münzen und Medaillen GmbH 43 (26th February, 2016), Lot 559 Ex. The New York Sale Auction 25 (January 5th, 2012), Lot 243 Ex. G. Gautier Collection
  11. Only two Carus in my collection, a blank exergue donativa (previously in the Gysen collection) from Rome and a posthumus issue from Lugdunum.
  12. Anything Probus related and I'm there. All Siscia and keeping it to a few of the interesting/nicely preserved reverse types from the mint so I don't add to many to the post! This last one apologies for the picture quality but had to include it. One of the rarest reverses for the Nostri series of antoniniani produced at Siscia under Probus. Still in the mail. Obv: VIRTVS PROBI AVG Rev: VIRTVS AVGVSTI N Bust: E1 Exergue: XXIς Alfoldi 93/2 (1 Example Cited)
  13. 1. OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG REVERSE: MARS INVICTVS BUST TYPE: B1 (Estiot) FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXI Emission: 10 (Phase 1) Officina: - Mint: Cyzicus WEIGHT 3.5g / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 20-21mm RIC: 358 RIC Temp: 3097 LV 10698-714 2. OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG REVERSE: ORIEN AVG (sic) BUST TYPE: B1 (Estiot) FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//Q Emission: 5 Officina: 4 Mint: Rome WEIGHT 3.5g / AXIS: 4h / DIAMETER: 18-20mm RIC Temp: 1676 LV 211-5 Note: Engraver error "ORIEN AVG" rather than "ORIENS AVG", noted by Estiot by an example from the Gloucester Hoard (Gloucester 92) 3. OBVERSE: AVRELIANVS AVG REVERSE: ORIENS AVG BUST TYPE: B1 (Estiot) FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//V Emission: 6.2 Officina: - Mint: Rome WEIGHT 3.88g / AXIS: 4h / DIAMETER: 22mm RIC Temp: 1711 4. OBVERSE: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG REVERSE: ORIENS AVG BUST TYPE: B1 (Estiot) FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//XXIQ Emission: 9 (Phase 1) Officina: 4 Mint: Siscia WEIGHT 4.1g / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 21mm RIC: 255 RIC Temp: 2379 LV 8716-37 5. OBVERSE: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG REVERSE: FIDES EXERCITI BUST TYPE: B1 (Estiot) FIELD / EXERGUE MARKS: -/-//- Emission: 1 Officina: - Mint: Uncertain Balkans Mint WEIGHT 3.5g / AXIS: 6h / DIAMETER: 20-21mm RIC: 393 RIC Temp: 2445 LV 8945-7
  14. Fantastic and very sharply struck! I have from the 5th officina about three of these E2 busts over my time collecting so far. But I do remember out of your 30 Siscia Probus that you also have that fantastic D7 Bust Adventvs from Noonans. I had watched that one hammer live. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Rev: VIRTVS PROBI AVG Year: 277 CE Officina: 5 Exergue: -/-//XXIV Bust: E2 Alfoldi: 096/170 Note: An obverse die match to my V/KA E2 Probus Antoninianus Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG Rev: PM TR P COS PP Year: 277 CE Officina: 5 Exergue: -/-//XXIV Bust: E2 Alfoldi: 096/(Unlisted)
  15. My main focus is collecting coinage of Probus and mainly from the mint of Siscia. A very specific series I go out of my way to collect is the rare KA series of Probus from this mint as I have been researching the series for quite some time now. This month I was able to bring the count of the number of examples of this series that I own up to 16. Two examples come from the same group lot at Rauch and have recently arrived. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP Year: 277 CE Officina: 5 Exergue: -/V//KA Bust: E2 Alfoldi: 017/(Unlisted) Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP Year: 277 CE Officina: 4 Exergue: -/Q//KA Bust: H2 Alfoldi: 017/007 The example from the 5th officina is seemingly unique at the moment as in my goal of searching for every KA coinage example that is known, this bust type had not yet appeared in my studies for this officina. Although I did not doubt that it existed due to similar trends of the 4th officina for which I have an E2 KA exergue example from Roma ESale 108 earlier this year. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP Year: 277 CE Officina: 4 Exergue: -/Q//KA Bust: E2 Alfoldi: 017/(Unlisted) The Rauch H2 consular bust KA from the 4th officina is the 14th example of that reverse at the officina that I can account for by image but accounting for the consular bust it is the 7th example known to me. Going by the reverse dies of the 4th officina that I have studied, it is the 2nd example known to me. The 1st example also being owned by me from the collections of Barnaba Skibniewski and Philippe Gysen. Both examples that I own of this reverse die also share an obverse die, so a double die match. Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP Year: 277 CE Officina: 4 Exergue: -/Q//KA Bust: H2 Alfoldi: 017/007 Every now and then an example of this series will appear on market and usually I will try to add it to my collection alongside some other Siscia Probus antoniniani. Recently also added a very rare E8 Probus from Siscia to my collection, one of the hardest mints to get the aegis bust Probus from with only a handful of examples known. One day I'll find an E8 KA exergue to buy! But for now I have settled with an obverse die match to one! Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS PF AVG Rev: VIRTVS PROBI AVG Year: 277 CE Officina: 4 Exergue: -/-/Q/XXI Bust: E8 Alfoldi: 096/(Unlisted) If anyone has any KA exergue Siscia Probus to share, I would love to account for it in my studies. Although for the most part, I've search near and far for the amount of examples I have already been able to account for by image. Even though for the most part my research has concluded for the KA series and I have all the necessary information to finish writing a paper (I just need to find time to finish typing it all down!), my die study tables can always account for any more examples. Or if you have any Probus from Siscia in general to share, feel free to post. The more examples I have to look through the better!
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