Probus, left facing with captives reverse

[expat]

Left facing portraits are severely lacking in my collection. So I made some amends to the situation by winning a cheap coin at a recent auction.

Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia, 279 AD.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, trophy standing between two captives. RIC 820, Cohen 942.
22 mm, 4,87 g

Post your left facing portraits or captives reverses

[Ancient Coin Hunter]

Sure here is one that happens to be Probus:
 

[ominus1]

i have one of each facing but not of captive reverse...

[Roman Collector]

Here are some lefty Probi! 

[Victor_Clark]

left facing with right facing and two captives

 

 

Licinius I & Licinius II
Ӕ nummus A.D. 318
21mm 4.2g
D D N N IOVII LICINII INVICT AVG ET CAES; laureate and draped confronted busts, together holding trophy of arms.
I O M ET VIRTVTI DD NN AVG ET CAES; Jupiter stg. Left, chlamys across l. shoulder, leaning on scepter, in front of trophy, at foot of which two captives are seated on either side.
In ex. SMATB
RIC VII Antioch –

This coin was listed in RIC VII as Heraclea 50 by Bruun, because he
thought the mintmark read SMHT[A] instead of SMAT[A]. This error was addressed by Pierre Bastien in his article “Coins with a Double Effigy Issued by Licinius at Nicomedia, Cyzicus, and Antioch.” NC 13 (1973) : 87.

[Jims,Coins]

Bronze coin (AE Antoninianus) with mint mark of XXIB, minted at Siscia during the reign of PROBUS between 276 - 282 A.D. Obv. IMP.C.M.AVR.PROBVS.P.F.AVG.: Radiate, draped bust r. Rev. ADVENTVS. PROBI.AVG.: PROBUS on horseback l., raising r. hand, captive seated in front of horse. RCS #3340RICV #632. DVM #8.

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

Pretty neat, especially the OP (and the rare double portrait coin, as well).  I love coins of Probus, although I have a grand total of two, one of which was purchased in the 1990's, the other in 2009.

[galba68]

On 4/23/2024 at 7:32 PM, expat said:

Left facing portraits are severely lacking in my collection. So I made some amends to the situation by winning a cheap coin at a recent auction.

Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia, 279 AD.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, trophy standing between two captives. RIC 820, Cohen 942.
22 mm, 4,87 g

Post your left facing portraits or captives reverses

 

[DonnaML]

Does anyone know why the percentage of left-facing portraits for Probus seems to be so much higher than for any of his predecessors?

[Tejas]

Good question and I don't know the answer. I have 125 Probus Antoniniani (a few more in fact), of which 60 are left-facing. There may be an unconscious selection bias, i.e. I may have bought more left-facing portraits than what would otherwise have been representative, but it is clear that left-facing Probus portraits are not rare and make up a significant part of his coin designs.

Edited April 26 by Tejas