Bing, Not quite a triplet. There is a captive in the OP coin. Martin
I spend hours scouring for them. This one would pass many by unless they recognise the obverse die. I paid twice what I would expect to pay for a...
Another new addition related to this thread. From the same obverse die as the OP coin and the BONI EVENTVC comes this BONI EVENTVS. Obv:– IMP CE...
Hadrian Ar Quinarius Obv:- IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG; laureate bust right Rev:- P M TR P COS III; Victoria standing right, holding wreath...
My only quadrans Domitian Ae quadrans Obv:- IMP DOMIT AVG GERM, Bust of Ceres left Rev:- S-C, Bundle of three poppies and four corn ears...
This is a deliberate part of the design as it is repeated on other coins too. I don't know the significance. Here are two of my Kyme coins with...
Doug, I have an ugly sister... [IMG]
During (probably late) in A.D. 193 there was a series of reverses minted in Emesa that had legends ending in II COS. They combine the A.D. 193...
Currently for sale on ebay as being ex CNG. It should be noted that the lot it claims to come from had some modern cast fakes that were not...
Not even close but we do both have an interest in some areas where there are very few known examples. I am waiting a very rare coin at the moment...
OK Doug. I know I overstated it but I hope you inderstand the spirit in which it was meant. I did pay a full retail dealer price for this example...
Probably something like this Claudius AE23 of the Koinon of Macedonia. Obv:- TIBERIOS KLAU KAISAR GERMANIKOS (or similar), bare head left Rev:-...
I have the same die link.... All three II CO examples show evidence of the die break at the first E of EVENTVC which isn't present on the AVG CO...
Doug already has an example of this type so we're good....
Utterly modern.
Here is my BONI EVENTVC from the same obverse die. [IMG]
This obverse legend variety is only known from one obverse die. It is combined with four known reverse types:- BONI EVENTVS, Fides standing l. (1...
I don't get a chance to add coins to one of specialist collections very often. It is focussed on the odd series of obverse legends from Emesa...
If he really looked like this I am not sure I would want to bump into him in the street as he looks fairly brutal. Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrios I...
Many of us will have some form of reson for choosing their avatar. Here is mine:- I have a real soft spot for the eastern denarii of Septimius...
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