Here is mine. Different dies. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:– VICT AVG, Victory...
I hear what you are saying Doug and broadly agree. I also think that this can go too far the other way where a letter or two different can turn...
I haven't seen anything that even attempts to make sense of them. There seem to be too few examples in the samples taken to build the references...
I spent a period actively collecting the output of Probus from Alexandria and reached the stage where I was left with searching for scarcer and...
Steve - Yours is an Apollo type rather than a Gorgon type.
Also the odd VSV denarius. Severina, denarius Obv:– SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev:– VENVS FELIX, Venus standing...
What about Lugdunum? Obv:– SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev:– CONCOR-D MILIT, Concordia seated left holding patera...
There were at least two ther examples from that second obverse die (with the flower in the hat) that were also removed.
Like mine. Obv:– VRBS ROMA, Helmeted bust of Roma left Rev:– None, She wolf feeding Romulus and Remus, two stars above Minted in Lugdunum (*SLG)....
I have never bought a Rome mint denarius of Albinus. I did buy a rough As. [IMG] An Alexandrian mint [IMG] And some of him as Augustus...
I have asked him about a few coins that he had placed up recently which were all "uncleaned" silver but from modern dies. I stay well clear.
A couple I don't think I have shared here before. Septimius Severus imitation denarius Obv:– L SEP SEV PERT AVG IM C P X, Laureate head right...
Alexander III The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime Issue, Silver tetradrachm, Babylon...
Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver tetradrachm, Marathus Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as)...
This one WAS in my collection...but hard times caused me to part with it a few years back. Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, Phaselis...
Doug, I am trying to do some die analysis on this series and have been busy documenting all that I have been able to find. I want to try and...
It isn't fake. The dealer simply didn't recognise it as a member of this odd sub-series.
I have seen much discussion on this over the years. Most seem to believe that the globe is a representation of the cosmos. Whether the cosmos was...
Another FEL TEMP that landed on my mat today. It appears to be from an unlisted officina. It is quite nice with a, even dark jade green patina....
One of a couple of FEL TEMPS that arrived today. A common enough coin but another one to add to my hoard. The obverse has a few hard green...
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