Utterly modern I am afraid. The style and fabric are both wrong.
Very neat. Way outside anything I have seen or know but very interesting nonetheless.
Well I did threaten it.... Here is my montage. I can see I really need some upgrades.... [ATTACH]
Very nice job.
A lovely looking montage. I might try and create one too.... Thanks again.
I bid was watching one of these recently and forgot about it. I like the Papius type. This is quite interesting indeed.
Here are the other dies I know of:- IMP CA L SE SEV PER AVG COS II [IMG] IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II [IMG] IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS...
There are 9 short obverse legend dies that I am aware of. I cannot yet prove that they are all linked but am building evidence on quite a few.
Just for context here are the two other reverses that I own from this obverse die. [IMG] [IMG] My search for the other known reverse types...
Another new horseman to the growing mound of FEL TEMPs. I was drawn by the attractive attempt at copying the clutching horseman type. The odd AVGV...
I owe a big vote of thanks to @randygeki for helping me obtain this coin. It is a milestone for me as it completes my mint set for FTR horsemen...
There is a sub-series of denarii from the eastern mints of Septimius Severus that is quite enigmatic. The style is not consistent with the COS II...
CONS in exe is Constantinople rather than Antioch. I have these from Alexandria Constantine the Great (posthumous) - AE4 Obv:- DV CONSTANTINVS...
Whist I no longer actively collect these late issues from Laodicea I have obtained quite a few over the years. Here are a few from my dozen or...
Lucius Verus
You are correct.
And between yours and mine above Obv:– L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, Laureate head right Rev:– COS III P P, Victory advancing left, holding...
Here is the slightly later COS III P P with the short obverse legend. Obv:– SEVERVS PIVS AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– COS III P P, Victory...
Look at RIC 503a. Interestingly I just checked the WIldwinds examples for RIC 125 and the attribution is incorrect there too.
Your coin is Laodicea and not Rome.
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