I bought myself a few denarii last year. Elagabalus denarius Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped and cuirassed bust right...
Very nice indeed. Congratulations.
I like the Siscia coins too. I have FAR TOO MANY. [IMG] RIC 816 Bust Type G. Alföldi type 96, n° 155
Steve, I am still looking at Papius coins but they always go well beyond my limited budget. I haven't seen anything that has grabbed my attention...
The "MARTI VICTORI AVG, Mars standing left, holding laurel-branch and spear, shield behind" type is one of the scarcer reverse types for Probus at...
The Celts typically lived in thatched round houses. [IMG] There are various reconstructions of Celtic vilages around my area. Ventilation...
The Hut is the building that the barbarian is being dragged out of.... Here is a website that goes into this type in quite some depth....
My other Carausius coins are too ugly to be seen in public...... That leaves me with a Pax, GGG. [IMG]
A poor but chunky IOVI [IMG]
Here we have a coin proclaiming the virtues of both Maximianus and Diocletian. A political statement displaying the primary deities of both...
Tyche looks so much like Trajan.
Amongst my varied interests I have a soft spot for the Probus coins from the second Issue from Rome. My newest Probus coin is unlisted in RIC but...
If you look at the headgear on the emperor on my previous examples you will see that it is made up of small dots, which is a double string of...
I started last year with some Alexandrian LRB and it seems that I start this year in the same vein. This is my new addition which is common...
First coin is an Roman Imperial of the Emperor Probus (A.D. 276-282), minted in Siscia. Full details are:- Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG,...
A couple from Augustus denarii that I used to own... [IMG] [IMG]
Happy new year one and all.
I have found another mis-attributed example in the BM collection. This is exciting to me as it is a reverse type I wasn't aware of with this...
In asnwer to Doug's questionI have been researching these rare issues for some time. The British Museum only has two examples from this obverse...
I know of 12 reverse dies with the obverse posted above. I missed out on a different IVST die last week.
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