A great example of the minutiae that appeal to a specialist. I found this a few years back when I got a bit distracted with the early-ish issues...
Tiberius "Tribute Penny" denarius.
I have somewhere approaching 500 denarii from his eastern mints.
I continue to add to my Eastern earlier issues of Septimius Severus whenever I find something slightly different. I am going to bore you all now...
I am lucky enough to have gathered three Lugdunum specimens over the years. They have not been easy to obtain. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I always take such an opportunity to wheel out the favourite Florian in my collection.... Florian, Antoninianus Obv:– IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG,...
I must admit that in my specialist areas I set the bar very low. I will illustrate this below with two coins of Probus from my collection. The...
Here is another post about my die links. I now know of 14 reverse dies paired with this obverse die of which I have 8....
There is an old(ish) thread where I illustrate 5 different reverses with the same obverse die in my own collection and @dougsmit illustrates...
The mint was producing from four officina in this issue - A, B, C and D. The A officina has least variety. The vast majority of the output is...
I have several focus areas in my collection. One of them is Probus from Lugdunum. I fill gaps whenever I can find them in my budget. I only manage...
Or the orientation of the officinal mark? Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed...
How about variation in the position of the Officina mark? Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG,...
I will add another critera that I use. Separated by time. Coins that can be allocated to different issues by style that could otherwise be...
I also have an unashamed liking for Lugdunum and given that Aurelian re-opened the mint that had been idle for so long I had to get a few of...
This one is pretty trashy.... and shows just about how bad they can get. Aurelian Obv:- IMP C L DOM...
I only dabble with Aurelian and tend to buy cons that I find unusual. I think that this is the last one I bought, one of the more unusual ORIENS...
My last Severan example posted (MINER VICT) has triangular dots.
Lovely looking coin.
I must admit that I am struggling to think of what happened in the striking process to produce this coin. Anyone with any thoughts?
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