Very nice results.
On my OP coin both are depicted nude. The rule/understanding seems to be that the nude depictions are the deity themselves and if the emperor...
Mine was also a Severus Alexander Severus Alexander denarius Obv:– IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing...
So which attribution do you think is correct? Rome or Alexandria?
My last two are of course different attributions to one another.
These are mine. [IMG] [IMG] They go the other direction too [IMG] [IMG]
It's a really different depiction to most you see. I wish I had seen it a few days ago.
I was perusing the previous sales of a new dealer that I haven't dealt with before. I spotted the following coin that was sold at a bargain...
The new plastic tomb must account for the increase.
Based on the images alone it would appear to be genuine. I suspect that the ground conditions have leeched the copper out of the coin leading to...
It would certainly be interesting to see which of the Moneta you have a match to. Since starting this thread I have added a couple of other SEVER...
I appear to have bought loads of Licinius over the years, both father and son. This is probably due to the relative ease of obtaining pleasing...
Max. Herc. also liked to be depicted as Hercules. He wore the lion skin over his shoulder and held the club over the other. My awful example:- [IMG]
The portrait alone would be enough to grab my attention. I like this sort of thing where the style if far from the norm. A fascinating and...
Stripes at Nicomedia.... I can relate to that. It seems a consistent design trait across issues. RIC VIII Nicomedia 63 [IMG] RIC VIII Nicomedia...
I am aware of that one and a couple of other similar example but none quite like yours.
I still have Thessalonica, Trier and a Barbarous example to complete a Constantius Gallus mint set. Same mint order as above. [ATTACH]
Here are the same dies from the Forvm fake reports. [IMG]
It shares an obverse die with the third example down in my post just above and is a very interesting reverse type and one I don't recall having...
It does indeed. Many thanks for sharing that one.
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