Antoninus Pius, Ae Sestertius Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right Rev: TR POT COS [IIII / ITALIA], S-C, Italia, towered, draped,...
I owned this beauty/monster, which I bought as an example of how careless they could be. [IMG] Vespasian, Denarius...
For Coin 10 & 1 I can show you what the fake looks like when it has not been through an attempt to artificially mask the fake. This image is from...
I saw, I liked, I bid too low. The long wait continues..... I am glad it went to someone I know though.
#4 and #5 should be silver but look to be cast copies in base metal. These might be ancient or might be (relatively) modern.
Antoninus Pius Denarius Obv: IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS, bare head right Rev: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II...
I have too many to kill this thread with and so willlimit to a couple that I think are of slight interest. Here is a Siscia - Galley like the...
Rhodes, Ar Drachm Obv:– Head of Helios facing slightly right Rev:– Rose with bud to right; bow and bowcase left, GOPGOS above Minted in Rhodes,...
Aurelian. Cyzicus with C * P in exe. ?. Possibly PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS? I can't make enough of the reverse legend out to say more.
I have only bought a few campgates in recent years. I did use to actively collect them. Here are my most resent three. Alexandria (RIC VII...
Seeing the left Marcus Aurelius made me remember this As. Antoninus Pius AE As Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P...
Tetricus II copy - Barbarous radiate copy of Antoninianus Barbarous imitation of Antoninianus Obv:– S (sic) P E TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped...
This is both true and untrue and very much depends. Cast duplicates come from identical dies by their very nature. Fakes created from hubbed dies...
One of my focus areas is the Eastern issues of Septimius Severus and so I always trot out this brockage whenever I get an excuse to do so....
I used to avidly chase the AVGVSTA Alexandrian coins whenever I saw them before realising that they were relatively easy to obtain [IMG]...
I believe yours to be a Rome mint example. Alexandria always ends COS II on the reverse for this type.
Back in 2009 there appears to have been a set of dies created to manufacture a whole range of fakes. The route for these into the market was...
These flames (sometimes referred to as clouds) only seem to occur at Siscia [IMG] [IMG]
Here is a brass plaque that was found in the Roman fort of Isca Silurum (Caerleon, Wales) that depicts Victory carrying a trophy... [IMG] And...
I am on the lookout for a nice Alexandrian one of these but haven't managed to track one down that I like. I have an example from Lugdunum which I...
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