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    EGYPT, Alexandria.  Probus

    year 8, CE 282

    potin tetradrachm, 20 mm, 7.4 gm

    Obv:  AKMAVPΠPOBOCCEB; laureate cuirassed bust right

    Rev:  eagle standing right, head right, wings open, wreath in beak; L - H

    Ref:  Emmett 3982 (8), R2; Milne 4658

    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 H

    year 8