This isn't easy because I have so many bad coins. This one has to be up there though. Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust...
A couple of mine... Crispus - AE3 Obv:– CRISPVS NOB CAES, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, Altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX,...
I have oscillated between the two myself.
Whilst stating that I am not actively collecting Rome mint issues of Septimius Severus I do seem to be adding Legionary denarii as I find them....
Mine is a lifetime issue but the obverse is quite off centre. I find the style pleasing though. Alexander III The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, 336...
Very nice. I am after a nice Alexandrian example at some point. Such a long list.... My nicest at the moment is:- Obv:– FL HELENA AVGVSTA,...
Following on with the Antioch FH..... Did I really need both of these? The same emperor, the same mint, the same workshop... Reaching:- [IMG]...
I'll chip in with some Probus from Lugdunum. RIC is next to useless for collecting these with Bastien and the various supplements being the...
Croeso Dafydd, Welcome from another Welshman. That are indeed both modern fakes. Regards, Martin
My best example of what I mean also happens to be an eastern Septimius Severus. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS...
I would say it is incorrect. A blank is struck (first time) and sticks in the obverse die. Due to the speed of manufacture it isn't replaced with...
This is my nicest imperial portrait of his. [IMG]
The horn certainly is attached and I suspect that in the example above it is largely lost due to die clogging. I have many "horned" examples....
Yours is nicer than mine. [IMG]
All my Elagabalus Ants. are earlier issues. This one is my favourite amongst them. I haven't paid them much notice for some time. I need to dig...
I agree with Zumbly. That silvering doesn't have the characteristics of original silvering. By modern times though this could be anywhere in the...
Leeching would be my conclusion. My lightest Severan denarius was 1.459 gms and certainly seemed to have suffered from leeching where the copper...
Here is a larger Lugdunum portrait. The arched eyebrow seems quite exaggerated. [IMG] The Siscia portrait is much more stylised that realistic...
I have one from the same issue but different workshop (Delta) to your new hut. [IMG] And one from a different issue (Dot) and workshop [IMG]
There is such a variation in style between the mints too. This one is attributed to Ainos based on style and is quite distinctive. [ATTACH]
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