RIC 622 seems correct. Yours is the last mintmark listed, "A to EΔ". That means "officinae 1-9", so including your Δ=4.
Blake, I see your coin as being from the same obv. die as BMC 603, but a different rev. die, a new die combination to the material included in my...
Martin, No, I didn't mean to imply "wrong mint". Your coin is clearly in Antioch style. At both Antioch and Rome, the seated Roma in this type...
Maridunum, Your coin seems to show Roma holding a spear pointing upwards rather than the usual scepter. Pictures are only photocopies, but I see...
The strict and I believe correct definition of smoothing is: removal of actual metal from the surface of a coin in order to make it more...
Since this coin is not in the standard catalogues, the reference I gave for it on the Berk ticket was "CNG 53, 2000, lot 1523 (same dies)". In...
CNG 53, 1523 is a different specimen from the same dies as yours, as I stated on the Berk ticket. If I had meant that it was the identical...
Martin, Yes, you are correct. RIC and BMC are nowhere near complete in listing Eastern denarii of Severus Alexander. Your SALVS PVBLICA type is...
Berk Buy or Bid Sale 151, 1 Nov. 2006, lot 524
There are two main varieties: Like yours, no BRIT on obv., no P M or P P on reverse, i.e. before Septimius died in Feb. 211. Misreported by RIC...
Your dupondius is rare, too. By 1972 I knew only 6 such coins, from 3 obv. and 3 rev. dies. Yours is from one of the same 3 obv. dies, but a new,...
The photo is clear enough in my opinion to strongly suggest tooling of Titus' hair, especially to the right of and below his laurel wreath.
Yes, it is possible, if the photos are reasonable. Tooling adds or changes details.
The only tooling I see, that is creation of new details, is in Titus' hair on the obverse. I can't immediately find a VF, untooled As from the...
Blake, Yes, that cuirassed bust seen from front comes from only one obv. die, my 161, and was known to me in 1972 combined with four rev. dies,...
I had forgotten: David Sear arrived at the correct date through correspondence with myself, at the time he was writing his Roman Coins vol. II!
Doug, Thanks for your comment. For an explanation of how the error arose and a full summary of my arguments favoring the new date, please check my...
An important discovery of my Oxford master's thesis on the coinage of 193-198: Septimius defeated Albinus near Lugdunum not on 19 Feb. 197 (IMP...
Don't know why Geta Adlocutio entered in Forum Search Discussion shouldn't work for you too. My conclusion in that thread: To bring RIC up to...
For info on this type I suggest searching Geta adlocutio on Forum Ancient Coins. Thanks for pointing out the growing die break on your obv. die!
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