The new style Eastern Mint of Septimius Severus starts with an IMP VIII issue, followed by an IMP VIIII issue. There is then a gap in RIC, which...
They don't usually turn up this nice on both side.
I did build a collection of these sacrifice variations a while back. Here is one of them. Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped...
This is a great coin and is quite significant from a numismatic perspective. It is further evidence of the processes used in the mint. A few...
The IMP X - Genius is ex-my collection.. I am so glad it found a suitable home.
I am choosing to use "eastern" quite deliberatley. There is no real evidence of the location of the mints for the AVG-COS series or the IMP II,...
We are now a few years on and I have added another two reverse dies to the one in my OP. One is the MONET AVG type that I mentioned above, the...
I don't think that the reverse type is unique to Clodius Albinus. The type is also rarely used on the denarii of Septimius Severus, see my example...
This coin is in tribute to both coin friends we have lost recently. A FEL TEMP, fallen horseman, thinking of @randygeki which was a gift to me...
Re-uploaded.... hopefully works now
The Radiate bust with an imperial mantle, holding eagle tipped sceptre is a common type for most mints under Probus but is very scarce for some...
He and I chatted about fallen horsemen often and regularly pointed out interesting coins to one another that the other might be interested in. He...
Hmm. Not sure why my image above is not displaying correctly. I have a gallery of my collection of Probus coins from Alexandria here, which is...
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