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Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1028. Closing Date: Jan 12, 2004. Estimate 10000SoldFor10000 Sold For 10000SoldFor7500 PROBUS. 276-282 AD. AV "Heavy" Aureus (6.95 gm). Siscia mint. Struck 277 AD. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / SECVRI-TAS SAECVLI, Securitas seated left, holding sceptre in right hand, head resting on left hand; SIS. RIC V 593; Pink VI/1, pg. 49; Hunter 186; Calic� 4195; Cohen 631. Choice EF, some dark peripheral toning. ($10,000) This exceptionally heavy gold coin was struck at the rate of 47 per Roman pound, making it a nearly perfect 1.5-aureus of the 70-per-pound standard that seems to have been Probus� benchmark.