Freeman & Sear - Gemini I, Session 2. Lot: 438

ROMAN EMPIRE. Probus (AD 276-282). Gold aureus (6.51 
gm). Serdica. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, laureate, cuirassed 
bust left, Medusa head and aegis on cuirass, right hand 
holding spear over shoulder / VBIQVE PAX, Pax holding 
reins and branch in biga of horses prancing right. RIC 
139 (R4, Vienna). Calic› 4209 (different dies). Very 
rare: possibly the third recorded specimen after that in 
Vienna and the one illustrated by Calico. 

The reverse image repeats the famous type of Gallienus' 
GALLIENAE AVGVSTAE aurei (Göbl 689, pl. 54), only here 
Pax appropriately holds a branch rather than a whip or a 
palm branch as under Gallienus. 
Estimated Value: $ 15,000 

Sold for $17,500 [ approx 13300 EUR, 9275 GBP ]

Gemini I Auction Closed Jan 11-12, 2005. 

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com) and Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com).