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I'd say your ID and opinion are 100% correct. The reverse is a Geta type. https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=17136
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RIC shows 27 obverse legends for Aurelian including the one on Wildwinds. I do not have one. The new RIC replacement has over 40. Let me know...
I'm afraid not everyone realized you were joking....You were joking weren't you? IMHO, LRB starts with Romulus and I won't specify which one.:troll:
Ken's mention of coins with uncertain place in the scheme of things made me think of a different but also uncertain little 'uncia'....
Other than the very different style in lettering and portraiture, the coin lacks the centration dimples used in that city. I have seen genuine...
Those are excellent gold images. They show a good balance of both the beauty and the character marks most coins will have.
This one bothers me. Did it come from a certain source? A coin of that value needs a certificate (Sear or better). Compare: [IMG] Exceptional...
Locusts posting roaches you call us. It is good that we have thick exoskeletons. A/M/K coins tend to be pretty, sweet and first rate. Go figure....
Quite likely to be true BUT realize that there are many very similar coins I suspect would make you just as happy and you might leave the rare...
Since a couple people have posted they like the Faustina best, I'll go to bat for the Caracalla. He was emperor for 20 years and we watch him...
My best guess is Invictus. Probus made his intentions more clear with VIRTVS PROBI INVICTI AVG [ATTACH] Carausius did not turn out to be all...
Happy Anniversary, Fitz! I will remember this thread as where I found the term for what we can now call 'The Drift'. Exactly how all that went...
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Ajax beat me! Good job. Diocletian. AD 284-305. Antoninianus (25mm, 3.35 g, 6h). Londinium (London) mint. Struck under Carausius, AD 287-293....
Last week we were treated to what turned out to be an 11 page discussion on the first coin purchase by new member LaCointessa. Quite honestly, by...
I get enjoyment out of the confusion caused by these little coins that come in a lion facing left with his head turned right and also facing right...
Hadrian AE drachm Alexandria - quadriga of elephants year 2 [ATTACH] I have a less worn Julia Domna Venus sestertius but I like this one better...
For some reason the head of Serapis was a device used on coins long before the Tetrarchy. This one is on an Alexandrian tetradrachm of Commodus....
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