Another desert patina FEL TEMP arrived today but from a different source. Constantius II - AE2/3 Obv:– D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed,...
And my sandstorm continues. Constantius II - AE2 Obv:– D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev:– FEL TEMP...
Great find.
Since this thread I have acquired another variant of the OP coin for my hoard. This had been on offer at a fixed price but the seller had turned...
There are lots of dots on the shorter obverse legends for Probus from Lugdunum. IMP PROBVS Dot P Dot F Dot AVG [IMG] IMP Dot PROBVS AVG [IMG]
BONA SPES Dot [IMG] BONAE SPEI Dot Dot [IMG] MONETA Dot Dot AVG [IMG] [IMG] MONET Dot A Dot E [IMG] MINER VICT Dot Dot [IMG] All from Emesa....
SE Dot V on obverse (this happens on many if these dies) and after AVG on reverse [IMG] VICT dot AVG [IMG] GEM Dot M Dot V Dot [IMG] SPEI Dot...
I do. Only one. Same reverse die. [IMG]
The obverse die is fixed in a collar on a base / anvil. The blank flan is placed on the obverse die. The reverse die is moved in to place above...
I hadn't seen an Aurelian posted for awhile and then see a few Aurelian threads posted between ordering this coin and it arriving yesterday, I...
I am going to inflict another FEL TEMP hut on you. I bought this because it was interesting to me for a few reasons. I am going to bore you all by...
The Rome phoenix is tough. Good find. I have ALEA for the Gallus but not ALEB. [IMG]
Not anything like any coin I have seen, I suspect not a coin at all.
There are quite a few "unofficial" / "Barbarous" coins of the period made with convincingly good silver. Here are a few of mine. [IMG] [IMG]...
Jax is a chemical patination I have seen used by zappers to apply new patina to bare metal coins....
The two tone one looks Jax'd.
This seller is a big name seller but this is through their ebay venue. This "coin" has gone through 2 major auction houses in the last two years,...
This is an example of tooled silver. Though it is described by the current seller as "light smoothing" [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On my only Gallus example from this issue (I need to do something about that only bit....) the head also doesn't break the exe line. [IMG] In...
I am slowly gathering examples from this mint so there are lots of gaps. I don;t have all the issues yet. I get too easily distracted. Sometimes I...
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