Isis does appear to wear a polos on the BM specimens of this Eastern aureus and denarius, as described in the text for nos. 617-8 (p. 279), and...
Apparently same rev. die, but a different obv. die.
It would be worthwhile to compare all those specimens with "something" at the back. How many rev. dies are involved? Also are there many specimens...
So you have never seen it on any other specimen either?
The wolf's head is remarkable! Apparently not mentioned in Crawford, Grueber, or Babelon. Is that an original observation of your own?
Yes, he is saying "If medallions were already struck for Diva Faustina for distribution on 1 January 176, then she presumably died c. Nov. 175."...
I'm doubtful of Szaivert's argument that Faustina II probably died c. Nov. 175 rather than early in 176. How does he know that her earliest...
Same dies as the BM specimen illustrated in RIC?
Virtus standing: Dorchester 54 spec., Eauze 16.
Another early coin, but not so scarce: 31 spec. in Dorchester, 8 spec. in Eauze. With AVGG not AVG on rev. it would be rare: 2 spec. in...
The unpublished and extremely rare denomination explains the high price: a laureate denarius rather than the normal radiate antoninianus.
Since AETERNA not AETERN, RIC 42 not 41. You have the earlier and scarcer variant: 9 specimens in the Eauze hoard, compared to 35 specimens with...
Robinjojo, A very nice coin , one of my favorite emperors too. Two suggestions: no drapery on shoulder that I can see, and date on rev. appears...
Die-identical coins turn up quite frequently. The Eauze hoard, found in 1985, published in 1992, provided an exceptional example: buried about...
I see no reason to doubt the coin.
Note that CNG's rare Antioch coin also adds an N at the end of the rev. legend. At Rome, without that N, it's a scarce early type, only nine...
Doug, I was just trying to understand your explanation; don't know whether it is right or wrong.
Doug, What makes you think that the rev. die was destroyed so had to be replaced by a new one?
At 50 euros this book is an absolute bargain! Appendix 7 is valuable and interesting: a die catalogue and discussion of the coins of Divus...
An interesting observation that Faustina's hair is shown differently on the left-facing bust than on her right-facing busts! A left-facing,...
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