Doug has explained my coin. One obverse die, two different reverse dies. The coin has been struck on two quick strikes with the same reverse type...
Next clue. The mint was producing this reverse type but with two different reverse legends in this issue. SOLI INVICTO and ORIENS AVG.
Anyone want to try to explain the Aurelian above? The reverse has all the hints you need but I will start you off. The Reverse legend reads SOLI...
Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L S-EPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, Laureate head right Rev:– VOTIS DECENNALIBVS, Septimius, togate and veiled,...
That is Probus. RIC 175 is spot on. I can explain the following mint error. Would someone else like to have a go before I say what I think...
I use it regularly. If I see something that I really want and think that I will miss it is I don't BiN then I BiN. Some sellers will accept offers...
I would like to think that they are from the same engraver.
Style doesn't seem official .
Thessalonica Three major branches with what appear to be fruit rather than leaves with some small bare branches [IMG] [IMG] Three branches with...
Siscia Multiple branches, three leaves on each [IMG] three horizontal branches, each with a large single leaf [IMG]
Lugdunum has two primary types Three branches made up of a single large leaf [IMG] five branches with oval leaves (with stripes across them...
Constantinpole. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
My copy has arrived today and I thought that I would share my initial thoughts. Please bear with me as I am no Doug Smith. I have not had a...
Sometimes the smallest detail can make the difference in an attribution. The following coin type comes from both officina 3 and 4 at Lugdunum...
Wonderful finds.
I found two more double cornucopia coins too. PERTE - IMP II - R-DEVC [IMG] PERET - IMP II, R-E-DVC [IMG]
I have been doing some admin and have found that my trays held even more IMP II Victories. P-ERET with VICTO-R AVG. The spacing here is what...
@gsimonel Great coin. Antioch had some great coins too. [IMG]
@Al Kowsky I don't really specialise in this era but I do dabble in it occasionally when the mood takes me and I see something that takes my...
I have shown this pair before. The first commemorates the arrival of Probus in Lugdunum at the start of the summer of A.D. 277 travelling with...
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