I was referring to CLEMENTIA TEMP combined with this particular reverse type... Here is a CONSERVAT MILIT example. Obv:– IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG,...
I have another Tacitus from the same batch. Nothing interesrting though. Obv:– IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right...
I have a few examples of this reverse type with variants of the reverse legend "CONSERVATOR MILITVM". This is the first that I have managed to get...
The following is an example of a sand cast fake:- [IMG] A coin or quite often a fake is taken an pressed intosand to create moulds. The use of...
Fantastic. I think that I am several lifetimes away from owning an aureus.
Perhaps I don't understand the mechanisms of USPS First Class Mail then. When I use Royal Mail Tracked and Signed I am able to track my item...
David, I can only talk about the services that I use to ship items to the USA. I use Royal Mail, International Tracked & Signed" The following is...
I sent a message but have not had a response. They have ignored me before as I am not well known to them. I'm just a small time collector.
At an estimate of 1,200 Eur plus fees this would be a big mistake for someone.
This one has come up for sale at a major European autcion house. [ATTACH] I suspect that it is a pressed fake from modern dies. I believe that...
I would say Rome rather than Loodicea.
Many thanks. This was one of a few such plaster casts that I bought some years ago as a curio. It is good to be able to place at least one of...
The silver on my Saloninus has suffered in the ground. [IMG] I have a (19th Century?) uniface plaster cast of a medallic Sestertius of...
New symbol pairs seem to turn every year or so at the moment. My Dolphin/Hippocamp above is still the only example from this die pair known to...
The following two coins (both in the BM) also appear to be the same symbols (amphora and fallen amphora) but from different dies. [IMG] [IMG]
I don't think we can be sure of anything given the lack of documentation but these are generally attributed as the same symbols.. If you follow...
There are a few symbols that are repeated on different die pairs. The jug and tall cup (BMCRR Symbol pair 11) occurs from 3 different die pairs....
We believe that there were 246 different fie pairs uses (one of them is handily numbered CCXLVI on both sides). Coins are currently known for over...
The struck flan is sitting in the obverse die, which is attached to the anvil. There ys a small amount of movement on the obverse. There is some...
A similar effect here but from two different reverse types. [IMG] Cornucopiae [IMG] Victory [IMG]
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