There are some C II G tets that seem to have been engraved by highly skilled individuals who have put in more effort into creating reverses that...
Nice silver, a great horse, what's not to like. A great catch. I bought one many years ago but was unhappy with it so parted with it and have...
That is one fantastic obverse.
M. Volteius M.f., denarius Obv:– Laureate, helmeted, and draped bust of Attis right; ladder behind Rev:– Cybele, wearing turreted crown and veil,...
Great Britain - Farthing Obv:- GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA, Laureate, draped bust left Rev:- BRITTANIAR: REX FID: DEF: (note D over D in DEF),...
Septimius Severus denarius Obv:- SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust right Rev:- INDVLGENTIA AVGG / IN CARTH, Dea Caelestis, goddess of Carthage,...
Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– P M TRI P COS II P P, Lion walking right, holding thunderbolt...
Papal States - 5 Baiocchi - 1852 (Small lions on a relatively large coin) 40.70 mm. 39.80 gms. [IMG]
Netherlands - One Guilder - 1930 [IMG]
Jersey - 1/13th Shilling - 1858 [IMG]
East India Company - Quarter Anna - 1835 [IMG]
Belgium, 5 Centimes, 1852 [IMG]
LOOK AWAY CAT LOVERS. Two kitties in this one (well sort of) one was skinned and the other appears to have been cut in half..... Lysimachos,...
One of the big problems with some coins of Probus is that the same type with matching obverse legend, bust type, reverse legend and reverse type...
All no officina mark coins at Lugdunum are rare. Whether they justify mega bucks or not is just about the demand. How many collectors are there...
And here is another ugly addition to my Lugdunum collection. This one suffers from some surface corrosion but it is very welcome. Probus - RIC...
XXIΓ•ΛI Maximianus Herculius - Antoninianus Obv:- IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:- CONSERVATOR AVGG,...
Doug, I am afraid that I do not have any die linkage between these reverse dies and either the other COS I or COS II dies. I am always on the look...
It is worth mentioning that the style of the engraving is much more akin to that of the COS II issue than that I have traditionally associated...
A lovely coin with delicate young features. These have a great feel in hand. Martin
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