Numerian - PACATOR ORBIS is unusual in that it shows the emperor on foot using a sword to finish off a fallen captive. A type only found under...
Some very nice Domitians. There are quite a few scarcities to be found in the series. I bought this one some time back with COS XIIII in the...
These symbol pairs come from separate die pairs, specifically engraved to go together. If you find other examples of the majority of symbol pairs...
Roman Republican Coinage, by Michael Crawford, 1974, lists 211 symbol pair varieties. One pair has the symbol CCXLVI on each side perhaps implying...
Symbol pair Shepherd's crook / Mask of Pan Symbol variety – RRC 69. Babelon 2. BMCRR 69. CNR: unknown [IMG] Symbol pair Goblet / Winsekin?...
I still haven't got the snake/dog symbol pair and will wait for a half decent one that I can afford..... I wasn't sure that you would want me to...
My older style owls are at best a compromise... Plus side:- Nice round flan, All design elements present in some form Negative:- Test cuts on...
Here is my better (earlier) transitional. [IMG] and my multiple fault (later) transitional [IMG]
It looks much nicer than in the dealer images. Great purchase.
Nice one. I actively collected Probus coins from this mint for a while though haven't bought too many recently as the types that I don't have...
Absolutely stunning. In a league of your own.
Another Eastern Septimius Severus to inflict upon you all. This type is common enough from Rome mint but isn't one that I had been able to...
Bing I only post a very small number of the SS that I obtain. I don't want to drive you guys nuts with a swamp of them. I try to be as selective...
As has been previously noted I seem to have an irrational liking for coins from Lugdunum. Perhaps this coin goes some way to explaining things to...
I bought the following coin on a bit of a whim. I have had examples of this fairly common type before but this one appealed to me and I bought it....
Created from fakes of ancients ranging from different Greek regions to Roman Republican obverses combined with the eye motif on the reverse. The...
I was just about to post exactly the same response.
Here is one of my transitionals. Athens, AR Tetradrachm, ca 393 - 370 BC Obv:– Head of Athena right with eye seen in true profile, wearing...
Yours is a cast of a modern fake. Here is another version. [IMG]
My only Babylon mint coin:- Alexander III The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime Issue, Silver tetradrachm Obv:- Head of...
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