Firstly I would be interesed in finding out why you think that the comparison coin is 99% fake. Is the image from a fakes database or some other...
This is the most extreme examples I have owned which I will share as illustration. This denarius (two different images of the same coin under...
It also depends on the cleaning process used. Some people still use harsh, chemical cleaning processes on batches of silver to strip off any...
I have a few from Heraclea. RIC 67 [IMG] RIC 82 - This one has a lateral double strike visible in the hair. Otherwise a string strike on the...
I did manage to pick up these two slabs recently, both Amiens, neither identified as such by the sellers..... I bought them despite having a...
Your officina mark is ANZ like this one. [IMG] The Antioch series produced some great looking coins.... [IMG] [IMG]
Here are some heroic busts of Probus, which are also from the rear [IMG] [IMG] You don't have to take my word for it. Here is the entry in MER...
These heroically nude busts are generally front the rear. The shield is on the left shoulder and tge spear in the right hand. The position of the...
Here are some more new coins to my collection.... A Tetrarchy set of Folles from Carthage. Not scarce but nice to see together. Diocletian -...
I have been distracted well away from my collecting focus areas after being offered pickings of a small British private collection. Amonst them...
@Sulla80 - I did collect the Alexandrian Tetradrachms of Probus for a while though I haven't added a coin to that sub-collection for a long time....
I specialise in these eastern issues of Septimius Severus and there is lots of evidence that the engravers didn't speak Latin. There are several...
Quite a strong statement. There is an entire eastern issue of Septimius Severus described as "COS I" listed in RIC and BMCRE. Here is one of about...
Here is a Probus example though the finger isn't as long:- [IMG]
Magnia Urbica, AE Antoninianus. Obv:– MAGNIA VRBICA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent, hair brushed in straight lines, plait carried up the back...
I have a strong leaning to the eastern mint coinage. Here is a small family grouping from a range of eastern mints. Septimius Severus [IMG]...
I don't have any truly interesting variations. These are the closest that I have to being interesting. Constantine the Great - London Obv:– IMP...
I specialise in Probus and particularly his coinage from Lugdunum. Here is an example of a small selection of how I collect. The following are...
I have lots of Probus. I won't kill this thread by posting them.
@Curtis . Nice coin indeed. The number of varieties is indeed enormous. Here is one of my RIC 17s. [IMG] And now from officina 1 instead of...
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