Something slightly different:- Obv:–IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS, Laureate bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand, wearing imperial...
An ever popular type and relatively easy to get in decent quality. Here are a few of mine from a variety of mints:- Trier:- [IMG] Rome:- [IMG]...
The coin sits in a series that I am slowly building up. Constantius II - AE2 Minted in Rome (//RE). Reference:- RIC VIII Rome 107 (C) [IMG]...
Here is another FTR Galley addition to my collection. I seem to have developed a soft spot for these Rome mint Galleys. I will share my newest...
I am just getting round to processing my latest purchases. Amongst them are a couple FTR Galley coins. They are sufficiently different that I will...
Not Probus. Looks like Antioch mint Numerian.
Great find......
Those are some interesting questions. The huge number of bust varieties for Probus is bewildering. G/< has a great page on the bust varieties:-...
The bust type here is "cuirassed and seen from the rear", which is a generally scarce bust type for Probus from any mint. Of all the mints at...
I'm quite happy to have lots of questions. It leads me to hope that some day we might find (or propose) some answers through studying the coins.
Here is the slightly more common P//XXI (about 5 examples known) [IMG]
Are all coins with COS II from the same mint? There is a sub-series of COS II that seems to stylistically align more with the IMP II issue. This...
Curtis Clay explains his own thoughts on this topic over on Forvm. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=41113.0
This seller is pulling in about $3,000 a month in fakes over the last 3 months and this month is off to a flying start. For those who think that...
Nice one. I have looked through all mine with Chi-Rho and none are CTG. [IMG] [IMG]
I am not sure on what basis that they have made this re-attribution but they have applied the same change of location to the IMP II, early IMP...
I am down to my last two owls.... A transitional Pi type. [IMG] And a contemporary Egyptian imitative [IMG]
I missed his comment. It will be interesting to see how the coin is in hand.
Am I the only one thinking that it has a "soft" look?
There is a very small issue issued by Septimius Severus from Laodicea-ad-Mare with all known examples coming from a single obverse die. There are...
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