One of my focus areas is Probus from Lugdunum. This gives me lots of opportunity to gather Mars coins. The prevalent Mars type is MARS VICTOR -...
Thank you Curtis for that clear exlpanation.
I believe that RIC II 2972 has a different bust type Laureate, cuirassed bust right, aegis on left shoulder compare with this one owned by...
The Mars bust type turns up quite a bit as does the equivalent Sol variety. I have had a few Mars ones but have never obtained the Sol one [IMG]...
This is another new arrival. I needed some help in confirming the attribution and have @Okidoki to thank for pointing me in the right direction....
There is a scarcer Mars facing variety from Trier on the reduced folles that sits alongside the standing right [IMG] standing right, head left...
I have had a few Trier 776s over the years.... [IMG] I have had examples of the same type as mine above but Cuirassed [IMG] There is also a...
This one hits two of my hot spots - Lugdunum and Mars Constantine the Great - Follis Obv:– IMP C CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and...
I am always on the look out for Mars types of Licinius which turn up less frequently than those on CtG. Obv:– IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head...
Looks like a very crude modern fake I am afraid.
In fact all my Elagabalus Imperial bronzes tend to be poor as is illustrated by the last one I bought. AE As Obv:– IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS...
I have only had one Elegabalus Sestertius and it was this poor PAX AVGVSTI [IMG]
I have bought from sellers using eBay's foreign shipping service and it is fine as it is transparent and the seller buys into iy and the product...
I have been trawling through the HMRC guidelines and whilst coin collections and items of numismatic interest might have been able to be subject...
I am very much a bottom feeder when it comes to collecting. Several areas that I collect are not valued by many and as such I can collect with a...
We have seen the Rome issue of this reverse type for Septimius Severus above but it does occur as a scarcer type from Laodicea-ad-Mare Obv:– L...
Here is another example of this fake:- [IMG]
The coded Ticinum coins are thought to come from two emissions with the coins without the star coming form Emission 9, dated to A.D. 281 and those...
Your Aquileia coin shows a Phrygian cap as seems to be the norm on these seated captive issues. You do get different coins with bare heads and...
There is indeed quite a bit of variability. I seem to see more consistent "long noses" from Alexandria but more variability from Constantinople,...
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