I keep being dragged to LRBs as you get a lot of coin for your money. In this case it was the bust, which I thought was very appealing. AE3...
During the 8th and 9th emissions of Lugdunum under Probus the pietas reverse type was produced with two alternate spellings - PIETAS and PIAETAS....
I have a liking for Mars types and have bought many MARTI CONSERVATORI coins over the years, primarily Constantine the Great, occasionally...
I don't focus on the Gallic empire but I do dabble occasionally when I see something that I think is relatively interesting. I saw this one, which...
I have decided to go through some of my coins that I bought back when I started collecting ancients that have been sitting in a coin storage box...
This is a very common (C4 according to RIC) AE4 from Lugdunum so nothing to shout about but I didn't have one of this type in my Lugdunum...
So when do you stop upgrading? I believe this type to be in the scarce to rare range but if you were to look at my collection you might change...
I bought a small batch of Tacitus coins and this one was amongst them. Despite being unlisted in RIC it is not really rare as is evidenced by 47...
i have recently lost my direction again and after missing out on a whole host of coins I was interested at a recent auction went and bought a...
I had great hopes of spending some of my reserve funds at the recent CNG Electronic Auction 475, featuring the McAlee collection of eastern mint...
And I mean a challenge. I bought a small mixed lot in order to get a particulr coin and this was in the mix. I hate not being able to narrow...
Sometimes we look at coins and take them at face value but don't see the story behind them. Lincinus II was raised to Caesar on 1st March A.D. 317...
As I have stated elsewhere, I have a liking for the eastern issues of the Severan era over those from Rome. I came across this one and the fact...
I have a bias more towards the eastern mints rather than the Rime mint output when it comes to the Severan dynasty and whilst I have owned a few...
Another new addition. I don't tend to buy many COS II coins any more. I couldn't walk past this one. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L...
Amongst my Probus Lugdunum collection I have built up a small number of coins with spelling errors. The first coin is my newest addition....
In the last two months I appear to have purchased a couple of London mint folles. I started with Galerius as Augustus, moved on to Constantius...
Here is another coin (in fact obverse die) from the eastern mints of Septimius Severus to which there isn't an entirely satisfactory answer. I...
I like to think that I am relatively experienced with attributing coins in RIC but this one makes me think that I am missing something. Follis...
A some of you are aware I collect the Eastern denarii of Septimius Severus and have many sub-themes that I collect within that area. One of the...
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