I haven't managed to buy myself a nice Probus for a while. I like to try and find one once in a while just to remind myself that I still can. When...
Another new FEL TEMP galley this time a larger 22mm type. Far from perfect but the contrasting patina makes it quite appealing. I think that the...
I am dabbling with the various FEL TEMP types and stumbled across the following coin. I have several Galley typecoins but this is the first time I...
I have recently acquired the following coin. It poses me with a bit of a quandary when trying to place it in the issues of Aquileia. AE2 Obv:- D...
Some of you will be aware of my obsession with the L Papius Griffon serratus and the various symbol pairings therein. I could have dragged up the...
This is something that I think about every time I post information about a coin being of dubious authenticity. Should such a discussion be held...
Let me start with an apology. People will know from the title that this is going to be yet another thread on the Eastern denarii of Septimius...
I now have every mint used by Constantius II that produced Falling Horsemen except for Trier. I suspect my search will be long and slow. This...
At the risk of flooding the board and boring you all to death... I do have a few more interesting purchases after this one to share but will save...
After some thought I have decided to give this coin it's own thread rather than piggyback on to the recent FH Barb thread....
The wonder of batches.... In my mixed batch was this coin. Sleeping, unobserved and ignored by me until I just photographed it. It's not pretty...
I thought that this was worthy of sharing with you. I bought a lots of 12 coins (it was spooky to see Doug's thread on buying lots appear just...
Ok. I was hoping that this was going to arrive in 2016 but I have had to wait until 2017. This one has problems but it is exactly these problems...
I am still phorographing and processing my coins from late December. I am still waiting for some more coins to arrive....... Here is a montage of...
A recent acquisition that I thought worth sharing. It has been largely destroyed by the cleaner but I thought it interesting despite the damage....
I have recently obtained this AE3 of Constantius Gallus from Siscia which seems to be a bit of an oddity. It is an AE3. Obv:– DN CONSTANTIVS IVN...
My quest for FEL TEMP Hut coins continues, having now moved on to focus on the Constantius II huts. My haste to acquire them leads to occasional...
I avidly collect eastern mint Severan denarii. There have been some reverse types that have eluded me thus far. I have just added a Basket of...
I have just added another FEL TEMP - Fallen Horseman to my hoard. It is a quite okeasing example and turns out to be possibly quite scarce as a...
I don't deny it. I am generally a bottom feeder in the great coin pool and will accept a rare into my collection in poor condition or a problem...
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