Severus Alexander denarius Obv:– IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing right, holding a spear and shield...
Abundantia is occasionally facing the other way. Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– ABVNDANTIA AVG,...
Indeed a great find and excellent value. The full 10 volume set is normally priced in excess of $1500 and that's with the modern version of RIC V.
Yes. That's one reson I compiled the montage when one seller put all these out over about 3 months. This allowed me to build a picture of the...
That's why I thought it worth bring it to wider attention.
Inevitably for me it would have to be Probus from Lugdunum. An early one:- IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:–...
It certainly seems deliberate and may have been a whim of the engraver when he was placing the central boss on the shield.
I know that many of you will have seen enough of these but I thought that I would share this one with you. I did originally point it out to...
So that's what mine is supposed to look like. Fantastic.
A perfect planchet is known in this series too though not regularly. I did put this montage together in the Forvm fake reports with die links. [IMG]
Perhaps I wasn't clear. This is a modern die part of a set of dies (possibly transfer dies) that has been used to create a whole host of fakes...
I spotted this one go for sale on a coin venue and immediately spotted it as a wrong-un. It comes from modern dies that have been used to create a...
There is a direct answer. I have made it above.
Imperial Alexandrian coins are known for Commodus, Pertinax, Septimius Severus, Clodius Albinus and Julia Domna.
For some reason the quality control at Rome wasn't great at this stage. Coins from this issue and the couple before are often found on small flans.
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I am afraid that I disagree, The style is Rome. Obv:- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, Laureate head right Rev:- SALVTI AVGG, Salus seated left, with...
These also come with imperial busts. Though not quite so often. Maxentius Follis Obv:–IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, Laureate bust left, holding...
It was only in the 1990s that some lifetime denarii of Commodus were recognised as coming from Alexandria. There are CONSECRATIO types too. I know...
They also come laureate - with grain.... [IMG]
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