Here is a montage of four coins from the Forvm Fakes database. The first coin in this montage was identified as being the potential host for these...
There is typically no differentiation between details within the B1 type nor is there differentiation in the right facing bust. Here are a few of...
I only have a Valentinian II of the type AE3 Obv:- DN VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev:- CONCOR-DIA...
I have just tried to see how far I can get with just the lens (a 60mm Macro). This is as close in as I can get alongside the image size I...
I haven't experimented with close ups with my macro and may well give it a try over the coming weeks. My standard setup gives me images that mean...
@dougsmit - Great die matched pair. The only one I have from that obverse die has parts of the legend off flan.... Yours help confirm my original...
I have had a bit of a lean year with regards to my collection and so it gives me great pleasure to add a coin to my Eastern Severan collection at...
I have a soft spot for the style of the Lugdunum mint and have gathered a few over the years [IMG] [IMG]
IMP VIII also has a few [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
IMP II has it's own set of variations [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I gathered far too many of the OP type in the early formation of my collection when I gathered everything I could from these eastern mints....
It depends what you mean by the same type. I have double die matches.... In the order that I bought them with the second allowing me to confirm...
I have owned several thousand ancients across about 20 years and in that time I have bought 3 slabbed coins. I freed the first coin and disposed...
That is a truly fantastic coin and one to be envious of. I have a couple of coins from the same Rauceby hoard that I have shared here before....
I wish you and your family the strength to fight your way through this. I have been touched by your generosity of thought and in coins over the...
I had no idea how long I had been here until I just looked. I turned 10 years in June.
I have heard it said many times over the years. I don't mind or care whather people approve of what I buy and collect as I don't collect them for...
I have also had a very lean year. My collection has shrunk over the year for the first time ever. I don't think I will share a top 10 this year.
I know many collectors look down on FEL TEMP coins and fallen horsemen in particular but some of us still like them. Trier examples are amongst...
It certainly looks like the bust of Sol on the shield. What a great find.
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