My inclination is to call it a wreath making the coin RIC 178 page 445. I see delta but A through E are listed choices. I'll need to see a photo...
The 'U.S. Private Collection' mentioned is mine. The reverse for Septimius exists with both COS and COSII at the end but both of mine are real...
This would be a good place to show your matching Alexandria Septimius. Mine is very grotty.
The coin tossing story is from Julius Capitolinus who was one of the authors credited with the Augustan Histories of the late 4th century. Modern...
I recall a story that Verus was something of a wild child known for things like throwing sestertii and breaking breaking cups in cookshops....
Nope. There seem to be a lot more Z Severinas than Z Aurelians making the idea that they stopped striking his when he died and struck hers longer...
Even when clear the N and H separating the two mints can be confusing to me and I do not have enough material to separate them by style. I could...
Steve, overall you have some of the nicest and most carefully selected coins posted here (except for maridvnvm's , of course). All I was saying...
Steve, 'enough' ? Are you starting to listen to your wife? YOC makes a good point that some don't care about types and varieties while others...
All soooo much better than the new one. Perhaps I have an attitude about the eagles because I have too many but after you get as many tets as you...
I was wrong. A coin of Probus with portrait of Diocletian might be rare! :eek:
Tough love. You paid too much unless you consider the Tacitus worth $90 and the Probus $10. The Tacitus is a very nice example so you may be...
The significant feature that will help you find the coin in RIC is the M in the field. RIC VIII page 460 will show you 3 possible choices for...
I find it interesting that IOM and I quote the same line. It seems that YOC believes that people buying from him will not be able to recoup their...
Looking at RIC listing 635, I would never expect the thunderbolt to be that large but your matches the one I ordered but is not the same die....
Do you have any with a thunderbolt in exergue?
If you are a collector or a student of coins, sooner or later you run across a coin that you really want in the stock of a seller that you find...
I can not recall ever buying an ancient that the value was in any way related to the metal content. Certainly US common dollars and 20th century...
This thread pointed out to me that I did not have a pre-reform antoninianus of a Caesar so I went shopping and found two offered on VCoins. One...
While, as said often above, any pre-reform Galerius or Constantius is a keeper, we might point out that the two Caesares were assigned East and...
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