Inspired by the similar thread started by Orange Julius:- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fallen-horseman-ric-82-constantinople.340283/ I thought...
I know that I have added a few more from Constantinople:- RIC 81, CONSS* [IMG] Obv:– D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed...
Here are the two examples mentioned above. Severus II - Follis Obv:- SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAES, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:-...
Bravo. I only have two from the same hoard.
Perhaps I am seeing different images to everyone else.... I disagree with a few details in this thread. The deity is not genius. The coins...
Aurelian, Billon Tetradrachm Obv:– A K Λ ∆OM AYPHΛIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right (seen from the front) Rev– Eagle standing...
My example of the OP type. Obv:– P COR SAL VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate, draped bust right Rev:– DII NVTRITORES, Jupiter presenting to prince a small...
Here is a Probus from the same period and mint. These were "silvered" and not plated. Here you can see where some of the "silver wash" has been...
That Tetradrachm isn't plated or silvered it is Billon. Billon is an alloy of a precious metal, in this case silver with base metals such as...
The link is there but the coin is withdrawn from sale and is in a category identifying it to be sent back to the consignor. It was withdrawn...
The OP type accurs across a range of issues from this mint and is one of many variations The earliest examples all begin with longer reverse...
The coin has been withdrawn from Forvm.
The OP comes from a variety with TEMPO instead of TEMPOR. It looks like the same reverse die as my example:- Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS...
Constantius Gallus - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NBO(sic) C, Bare headed draped & cuirassed bust right; A Rev:– FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor...
More Probus errors..... The standard type is as follows;- Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right Rev:– ORIENS AVG, Sol...
If you browse through their inventory you will find many coins that appear much the same as the OP coin but the description is "Glossy dark patina"
The F is quite consistent with the formation of Fs for this coinage. There is a vertical bar, probably punched and then two horizontal bars with...
The green is solid, surface green.
One of my collecting areas of focus is the bronze coinage of Probus from Lugdunum . The coins from the 5th Emission, created to celebrate the...
I made a couple of purchases towards the end of the year in 2022 that didn't make it to me before Christmas but managed to squeeze in the gap...
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