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   Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1076. Closing Date: Jan 
   10, 2005. PROBUS. 276-282 AD. Æ Medallion (22.66 
   gm, 6h). Estimate $3000 Sold For $2600 

 PROBUS. 276-282 AD. Æ Medallion (22.66 gm, 6h). 
 IMP PROBV-S P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust 
 left, holding spear forward and shield decorated 
 with scene of profectio / MON-ETA AV-G, the three 
 Monetae standing facing, heads left, each holding 
 scale in their right hands above a stack of coins 
 at their feet, and cornucopiae in their left 
 hands. Gnecchi II pg. 118, 24 and pl. 120, 5; Pink 
 VI/I, pg. 59; Toynbee -; Dressel -; BMCREM pg. 74, 
 3; MRV -; MFA 77; Cohen 376. Choice VF, dark green 
 patina with flecks of red and tan, minor 
 roughness. ($3000)

 From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Hess-Leu 36 
 (17-18 April 1968), lot 535; Consul Eduard 
 Friedrich Weber Collection (J. Hirsch XXIV, 10 May 
 1909), lot 2406.

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