You also need to study what you are buying. There are modern dies that have been created that are used to create coins intended to fool and are...
Back to Victory... I also have a fairly ordinary Victory seated type.... Obv:- [IMP CAE L SEP S]EV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:-...
There is also Liberalitas seated..... COS II Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:– LIBER AVG, Liberalitas, seated...
The Liberalitas standing type also occurs in the IMP series IMP II Obv:– L SEPT SEV P-ERET AVG IMP - II, laureate head right Rev:– LIBE-R AVG,...
Your coin would be RIC 400. Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:– LIBERAL AVG, Liberalitas standing left, holding...
The IMP II as shown on my wreath with two hands is designated Laodicea-ad-Mare in RIC but again we really don't know.
The first three with COS II are referred to as Emesa in RIC for example but the exact location of the mint is not known. The fourth coin would be...
The same type with wreath in both hands is known from the IMP II series. [IMG]
Then there are the Victory with Trophy types Right facing with Trophy in both hands [IMG] Right facing with Trophy and wreath [IMG] Left...
I have some Alexandrian Victories walking either way. [IMG] [IMG]
Those are both scarce and desirable types. I have a variation of the standing type with VICTORIA legend. [IMG]
Agreed. The style is utterly Lugdunum. [ATTACH]
Numerian Obv:– IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– PACATO-R ORBIS, Emperor advancing right, holding shield and sword,...
Rarity of the types I described above are rare variations of an otherwise common type. There are some types where the reverse type is only known...
The more you specialise in an area the more "believed to be currently unique" coins you can find. It is doubtful that they were unique when...
Septimius Severus [IMG] [IMG] Caracalla [IMG] Geta [IMG] Elagabalus [IMG] Severus Alexander (as Romulus) [IMG] Probus [IMG]
Whilst it might seem that I only collect Lugdunum I also have a passing interest in the other mints and am quite familiar with the Siscia style...
I have quite a few Florians too, primarily Lugdunum. My favourite is illustrated below..... Obv:– IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG, Radiate, draped and...
The Laetitia is in the style of Sisca rather than Ticinum. I suspect the the S instead of the T in the legend is the result of die clogging / die...
wrt Double Ants.... Here is the best of the three XI coins I have managed to get hold of.... [ATTACH] And my only IA coin..... [ATTACH]
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