As a follow on from @Bing 's BONI EVENTVS from Tuesday.... There is a scarcer variant of this type where Fides faces the other direction Obv:-...
Obv:– IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– PANNONIAE, The two Pannoniae facing each other, holding a standard...
At the tail end of the production on the eastern mints the coins started to align much more with the output of Rome. The later coins adopted the...
I great example of the type with superb artistry.
Probus liked Sol in various guises..... [IMG] [IMG] as above (which is Rome, globe and whip) but in the clouds (from Siscia, globe) [IMG] Sold...
A small selection of other mints.... By the way I don't actively collect these types.... London [ATTACH] COMITI AVGN NN [ATTACH] Rome [IMG]...
Also worthy of note to those looking for minutiae there are a whole host of chlamys over left arm. chlamys over both shoulders..... which have Sol...
Aurelian re-opened the Lugdunum mint in A.D. 274 and Sol was one of the types in these early issues Obv:– IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiated...
Following on from @dougsmit 's excellent, educational post. These reading issues impact on the IMP II and IMP VIII series leading to...
Following on from "All Eastern Severans are strange; some are just stranger than others.". The portrait on this one seems odd. It is almost as if...
There was a spate of these lefty Justitias about a dozen years ago. I cannot answer your questions but I haven't seen any more of these for quite...
As a poor echo to the superb coin illustrated by @dougsmit above. I only have one left facer and it falles short of his in many many regards. It...
Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP-T SEV PERT AVG. Laureate head right Rev:- SAEC FRVGIF COS, Saeculum Frugiferum., radiate, standing left, holding winged...
That's a very nice RIC 373 and much nicer than my standard version (below) [ATTACH] I am a sucker for variants / differences and these eastern...
Those are two fantastically interesting coins Doug. Following on from your crossed cornucopiae I can only echo your statement that "All Eastern...
Sharing this one for a variety of reasons. It is in classic eastern IMP II style. If I saw the bust without the legends or the reverse I could...
I mainly focus on the eastern silver of Septimius Severus. I less frequently venture into Rome mint silver and even less frequently Rome mint...
Now that is a great coin. So full of history.
This is common with a Laureate head but less so draped and cuirassed. Obv:– L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust...
From the eastern early IMP VIII issue comes a sub-series with SEVER in place of SEV. This sub-group is quite scarce in general and throws up some...
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