A new coin added to one of sepcialities. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:- L SEPT SEV PE-RET AVG IMP I - I, laureate head right Rev:- FORTVN...
Very nice. I bought some many years ago butgave them away because I wasn't interested in Greeks at that stage. Four nice coins each with it's own...
After the crowbar and pick-axe I have another building related Papius (my father was a builder before he retired). These are tools we still use...
Doug, When discussing this with someone from the BM they said that some symbol sets have a dozen or so known examples and yes there are several...
I can't resist adding something. As a coin type the Lucius Papius Denarius Serratus is not rare. It was produced from multiple matched die pairs....
Constantine II Arles Obv:– CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– GLORIA EXERCITVS, Two helmeted soldiers standing with...
In order to get a Mars coin recently I bought a batch of GLORIA EXERCITVS - soldier with standards types. I thought it worth showing the batch....
Amongst what look to be genuine low grade bronze are two silvers that are salted in there to draw people in. Well known fakes....
Back again. These old habits die hard I just keep finding Fallen Horsemen that appealto me and I keep buying them. One more Alexandrian....
Because of the way I collect I have many, many only known examples of certain coins but in general these are things that only a handful of people...
Maximinus II Daia Obv:– GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, Laureate head right Rev:– VIRTVTI EXERCITVS, Mars advancing right, naked but for floating...
Very nice. There is also the longer legend variety under Gordian. Gordian III, Sestertius Obv:– IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate bust right,...
Carus Obv:– IMP C M AVR CARVS AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust right Rev:– VICTORIA AVGG, Victory, standing left on globe, holding wreath,...
As Steve pointed out in another thread. I "seem to collect in "bunches" ". Here are a few more examples from my Bunch of Mars the Preserver.......
Q, Your coins must be Mars rather than Virtus. Virtus is female and depicted with right breast exposed. Fantastic coins.
Doug, That one is an absolute gem and far better than my own example of the type. MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI has a parallel type of MARTI PATRI...
Do you have the coin in hand? The images have me thinking it looks base metal rather than silver but that could just be the photography. The edges...
I have several sub-collection themes. These are essentially a great excuse for me to buy coins when I haven't found anything from my primary...
I stumbled across a couple of Magnentius coins and had to buy them as they both come from Lugdunum. They are both relatively common but I thought...
Doug, In this case I am able to find one die with AVS yet there are dozens of dies with AVG. Would the engraver have been given the latitute to...
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