I don't have a die match. I do have a matching one for type. [IMG] I have double die matches for your first coin illustrated and an obverse...
Compare it to the one I showed above. Different venue, different lighting, different photos. Equally fake.
Every now and then I post something here about another batch of fakes that I have stumbled across that I feel deserve to be brought to your...
That is a real example from Siscia.
So how do these two go together historically? Septimius sets forth from the east (IMP VIIII) [IMG] and then arrives in Rome (IMP VIII) [IMG] or...
@wittwolf It isn't just fakes of this type but of these exact dies. These were struck from modern (transfer?) dies and thus the off-centre strike...
There seems to be a difference between ADVENTVS AVG issues and ADVENTVS PROBI AVG issues. ADVENTVS AVG seems to be more generic that the emperor...
A really scrappy Elagabalus Ae As [IMG] Aurelian arriving whilst spearing two enemies [IMG] A double Probus arrival - the first arriving in...
@wittwolf - I am sorry to inform you that you Probus is a modern fake. It is part of a large batch of coins created over a decade ago that was...
Also, if you decide to stick with Gordian III then you have to consider whether you stick with the Rome mint coins or wander to the east to visit...
I have resisted anything with me in it as I wouldn't want to inflict that on the world at large.
Here is my avatar and a couple of stages of it's derivation (going backwards). [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I can't answer any if the questions asked but can throw a couple of examples into the mix. The first:- Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Laureate head of...
I have a strong liking for eastern issues in general and have managed to gather a few Antioch coins of Severus Alexander over the years. For those...
A very good find indeed.
I was luck enough to buy part of a collection of Arles campgates a couple of years back. They were a mix of standard campgate and the open-door...
I did play Assassin's Creed Odysseywhich is played in and around ancient Greece.
As a follow on to my post above on the Arabs and the Adiabenic. I illustrated a few coins with the odd legend "L SEP SEVERVS PER AVG PIV IMP XI...
Just as additional information I have identified 9 of these odd obverse dies which I have annotated as O1 to O9 for my records and the coin above...
Same obverse die as these in my own collection. It forms part of a sub-series that I actively collect. [IMG] [IMG] The obverse legend reads IMP...
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