I have a few examples of this reverse type with variants of the reverse legend "CONSERVATOR MILITVM". This is the first that I have managed to get...
This one has come up for sale at a major European autcion house. [ATTACH] I suspect that it is a pressed fake from modern dies. I believe that...
Sometimes the smallest detail can make the difference in an attribution. The following coin type comes from both officina 3 and 4 at Lugdunum...
I have added yet more folles to my collection of Imperial Alexandrian coins. Three Genius coins but not a POPVLO ROMANI in sight. Maximinus II...
I have had a general background interest in the coinage of Lugdunum for years. The pre-reform issues of Constantius Chlorus and Galerius are...
Whilst browsing through the listings of a major German dealer I spotted this misattributed to Rome. Otacilia Severa Antoninianus Obv:– M OTACIL...
This is my second addition to my Probus Lugdunum collection in 2019 making me hope that it is going to be an above average year for my collection....
As a specialist collector that has been collecting a series for some time I have to resign myself to the fact that quite often the coins I am now...
I seem to have developed a strong liking for the Folles of Alexandria. Whilst browsing through loads of coins from a dealer I saw a portrait that...
This was purchased alongside another couple of coins for very small price (about a quarter of the cheapest example I could see on VCoins). The...
Antoninianus Obv:– IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev:– AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and...
Well my last coin purchase of the year has turned out to be one that I would not normally do. I didn't check my records befor buying this latest...
This one arrived today. These are quite scarce and even though I already have an example from the same die pair I couldn't resist this one when it...
I seem to be collecting all sorts of FTRs and this was a gap filler for me. I didn't have any Galley coins from Constantinople and they all seem...
I haven't had much to share for a while. There are a peculiar set of coins from the Eastern denarii of Septimius Severus that have COS II legends...
Bastien splits the MARS VICTOR types at Lugdunum across five separate emissions. He dates Emission 3 to November – December A.D. 276. Coins can...
Here is another FTR Galley addition to my collection. I seem to have developed a soft spot for these Rome mint Galleys. I will share my newest...
I am just getting round to processing my latest purchases. Amongst them are a couple FTR Galley coins. They are sufficiently different that I will...
RIC V Pt. 2 515 has two quite distinct descriptions (entry attached below) - "Hercules stg., looking l., or walking r., holding club, trophy and...
This first coin is a new acquisition and in buying it I have broken one of my own rules (which now are downgraded to guidelines). I bought this...
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