A really attractive coin indeed.
The Crispina looks to have been tooled to add artifical detail.
Well now you know where it came from.... It was a sad day...
What a lovely pair of coins. My IVDEA was missing bits of legend but I liked the portrait. [IMG]
I am fond of this one Probus, Billon tetradrachm Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– None, Nike advancing left,...
I did have this one.... Vespasian Didrachm, Cappadocia, Caesarea Obv:– AVTOKPA KAICAP OVECPACIANOC...
A very good looking type and a nice example.
Not a series I have looked at. A very interesting read.
A very cool find.
By the way it was, as is almost inevitable, identified by the dealer as a Rome mint coin.
I posted this coin recently in a thread on holed coins. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sometimes-a-hole-makes-it-cooler.309389/ Commodus...
I like the Larissa Drachm of the type..... where you get all of both.... One of mine. [IMG]
It is a lovely type and yours is a good example. Mine had some flatness of strike in the middle of the obverse because all the silver is in the...
I have a preference for the Pharkadon but that's just me. Here is mine. I had a real soft spot for the bull wrestling types for a while. [IMG]
This is the normal type for Diocletian. Diocletian Ant. Obv:– IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG , Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust seen from...
Maximianus Herculius - Antoninianus Obv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right (seen from front) Rev:– IOVI AVGG,...
I agree. The weight adjustment was done before striking.
What a very nice find. I have two - both L Papius. This one has many other issues but there is a big scoop out of the reverse. [IMG] This one...
Great, typical, Antioch style. What's not to like.
A nice group of coins. I particularly like the look of the Arles phoenix. I have had me eye on one but can't persuade myself to pull the trigger.
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