Max Herc did seem to like his helmets... [IMG]
I thought that I would take the obverse of one of my newest purchases and smudge out the legend. Who can tell me who is depicted? Bonus credit...
Even with Probus you can find helmet variations. The standard helmet type :-Corinthian [IMG] Whilst you sometimes get what are referred to...
Just because Lugdunum has yet to be represented..... @happy_collector - that Siscia example is superb. [IMG]
You should also be aware of the different mints issuing coinage. The Geta as Caesar is from the eastern mints (Laodicea-ad-Mare). I am not saying...
I recognise that obverse die. Yours is nicer than mine.... [IMG] same pose but also helmeted [IMG] [IMG]
And these occur in the coded EQVITI series too. Here CONS III [IMG] The detail on the imperial mantle varies a lot too and can contain a lot of...
Rome mint Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in...
How about a consular bust but with Victory on globe rather than the normal sceptre? Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left wearing...
I used to actively collect Probus more widely but have focussed more on his Lugdunum production in recent times. I have gathered them (over 175...
Constans - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTANS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right Rev:- FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, emperor in military dress...
You can hardly tell the difference between these two but you can tell one isn't the real thing eventually!!!! Severus Alexander denarius Obv:–...
Not Alexandrian but hey ho....
The style of the Alexandrian coinage is quite distinctive, I find it especially so around the eyes. It is in the same style as the Tetradrachms...
Anither one that I found also offered at auction back in 2011 Augustus, denarius, RIC 473 Obv:- AVGVSTVS, bare head right Rev:- Laurel wreath...
[IMG] Julia Domna denarius Obv:– IVLA (sic) DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind Rev:– VENERI VICTI (sic), Venus, nude with...
Gaius Naevius Balbus, denarius serratus Newly added to fakes reports:- [IMG] and from a major auction house in 2017 [ATTACH]
Are they fainter stars behind seven bright stars...???
Since this thread I have been doing further digging on the subject. I have now seen quite a few COS II - SAECVL FELICIT with dots amongst the...
@dougsmit It's not the only Septimius fake they have offered either. The CONSECRATIO - funeral pyre type is often seen as faked but these are...
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