I bought one lot from CNG today. It contained a coin from an area that I specialise in and I was happy to pay double the estimate for it. If...
I have a coin coming from the USA to the UK and it has taken almost a fortnight to leave the US, which it has today. I have patience. As long as...
There are lots of odd lefties. I have some from Flavians through Antonines. Vespasian [IMG] Domitian [IMG] [IMG] Hadrian [IMG] [IMG] Sabina...
At the eastern mints the deity and the legend seem less than formally tied together Pax [IMG] Hilaritas [IMG] [IMG] Pietas [IMG] ?? (just a...
Who would this be? I have it as Rev:– FORTVAE(sic) REDVCI, Moneta/Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand, cornucopiae in left [IMG]
Aurelian, IOVI CONSERVAT?
Here is my transitional just for the mix..... Athens, AR Tetradrachm Obv:– Head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing crested...
The reverse figure on that coin is Virtus and not Mars and not a soldier either. Virtus is a female personification and is depicted with a bare...
This one is pretty fresh. Julian II - AE3 Obv:– DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust left holding spear and shield Rev:– VOT X...
A pair of coins here. Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– ADVENTVS PROBI AVG, Emperor riding left,...
The two Minerva coins are superb. I don't have either. I have a die match to the Victory. [IMG]
So what are the odds? I can spend years not seeing an example and literally 30 seconds after my last post I look on VCoins and see an example from...
And just for reference here is one example from each of the other obverse dies that I collect in this series. I have a few examples form some of...
I actively collect from a sub-series of the eastern denarii of Septimius Severus - COS II series that have peculiar shortened forms of the legend....
I just spotted this one too (not mine) which I was unaware of [ATTACH]
I think this these are also the same obverse die. All in bad shape though. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
The reverse shows Fides standing left, holding plate of fruit in right hand, grain ears in left. Fides is normally depicted facing left like this...
The variety of silvering is indeed very wide. Frome full to partial patchy, none, including sandy. A small sample of my RIC 911 coins. [IMG]...
The OP coin is as follows with my best guess at the exe.:- Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle,...
They are from different mints. The first coin is Cyzicus (you can see C M on the reverse) but you can't quite see the rest of the mintmark which...
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