Sorry for the play on words but I have gone crazy again. Instead of maintaining my focus on my collection I have distracted myself again. This...
You are absoltely correct. This first issue took reverses from Florian and re-used them. The portrait remained that of Florian and only the...
In the first Emission of Probus from Lugdunum one of the standard types is as below:- Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust right...
Lovely coins. My PIAVVONIVS doesn't seem to be a die match [IMG] but my PIAV seems to be a reverse die match.... [IMG]
Carausius struck coins in the names of Diocletian and Maximianus to legitimise his role as emperor. I have wanted one for years but never pulled...
BSIS - Symbol 2 exe [IMG] field [IMG] DSIS - Symbol 4 field [IMG] DSIS - Symbol 4* field [IMG] ASIS - Symbol 4* [IMG] Martin
Here is a cropped area of the Delta from my original full sized photos. The one above is very reduced in size. It looks like a Delta - I cannot...
Nice coins all. Trier gives such a lot of variety and are stylistically appealing..... Here in another earyish Constantine. RIC VI Trier 770...
I recently bought a mixed lot of coins and amongst then was the following Antoninianus of Carausius. I had originally attributed it as RIC V-2,...
You can get overstrikes where there is no sign of the understrike on the reverse.... Take the following coin for example:- Silver Tetradrachm of...
And in this case I an citing Volume VII. "Bastien, P. Le monnayage de I 'atelier de Lyon, Diocletien et ses coregents avant la reforme monetaire...
I have owned a few over the years..... Diocletian [ATTACH] Maximianus Herculius [ATTACH] Constantius Chlorus [ATTACH] Galerius (as Augustus)...
I must admit that despite having collecting the coinage of Lugdunum for about 20 years I hadn't been aware of this type before until I saw an...
I was looking at buying a coin book from the US and the dealer will no longer ship to the UK without prior arrangement and states that the typical...
And the sellers of these are managing to sell several hundred a month. In fact one such seller has sold 500 fakes on ebay in the last month....
Knidos, Silver Tetrobol Obv:– Bust of Artemis right, quiver on shoulder . Rev:– KNIDION, Tripod; .FILOKLES.. (Philokles magistrate). Minted in...
He is mentioned here:- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/interesting-anthony-with-ancient-and-20th-century-history.298665/...
The coinage of Probus at Lugdunum is partitioned into 9 emissions by Bastien which are broadly associated with the early and later Periods...
I use SAFLIPS for coins that I am selling on but I don't like using them for coins in my collection. I use the following 2x2 flips for coins in my...
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