Not Alexandrian but hey ho....
The style of the Alexandrian coinage is quite distinctive, I find it especially so around the eyes. It is in the same style as the Tetradrachms...
Anither one that I found also offered at auction back in 2011 Augustus, denarius, RIC 473 Obv:- AVGVSTVS, bare head right Rev:- Laurel wreath...
[IMG] Julia Domna denarius Obv:– IVLA (sic) DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind Rev:– VENERI VICTI (sic), Venus, nude with...
Gaius Naevius Balbus, denarius serratus Newly added to fakes reports:- [IMG] and from a major auction house in 2017 [ATTACH]
Are they fainter stars behind seven bright stars...???
Since this thread I have been doing further digging on the subject. I have now seen quite a few COS II - SAECVL FELICIT with dots amongst the...
@dougsmit It's not the only Septimius fake they have offered either. The CONSECRATIO - funeral pyre type is often seen as faked but these are...
I don't have a die match. I do have a matching one for type. [IMG] I have double die matches for your first coin illustrated and an obverse...
Compare it to the one I showed above. Different venue, different lighting, different photos. Equally fake.
Every now and then I post something here about another batch of fakes that I have stumbled across that I feel deserve to be brought to your...
That is a real example from Siscia.
So how do these two go together historically? Septimius sets forth from the east (IMP VIIII) [IMG] and then arrives in Rome (IMP VIII) [IMG] or...
@wittwolf It isn't just fakes of this type but of these exact dies. These were struck from modern (transfer?) dies and thus the off-centre strike...
There seems to be a difference between ADVENTVS AVG issues and ADVENTVS PROBI AVG issues. ADVENTVS AVG seems to be more generic that the emperor...
A really scrappy Elagabalus Ae As [IMG] Aurelian arriving whilst spearing two enemies [IMG] A double Probus arrival - the first arriving in...
@wittwolf - I am sorry to inform you that you Probus is a modern fake. It is part of a large batch of coins created over a decade ago that was...
Also, if you decide to stick with Gordian III then you have to consider whether you stick with the Rome mint coins or wander to the east to visit...
I have resisted anything with me in it as I wouldn't want to inflict that on the world at large.
Here is my avatar and a couple of stages of it's derivation (going backwards). [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
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