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    EGYPT, Alexandria.  Probus

    year 2, CE 276/7

    tetradrachm, 20 mm, 7.9 gm

    Obv:  AKMAVPΠPOBOCCEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right

    Rev:  eagle standing right, head left, wreath in beak; L-B across fields

    Ref:  Emmett 3983(2), R1

    from a large mixed lot, Stack's Bowers Nov. 2013

    Translation of legend abbreviations:

    A   K   M   AVP   ΠPOBOC   CEB

    Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus

    L B

    year 2