CORRECTION -(I wish I could edit these) the historian Dio Cassius was alive through at least the early part of the reign of Severus Alexander -...
I guess PROFECTIO means leaving Rome.
Thanks Curtis - these will be posted tomorrow - Blake
I'll send it .
I thought that since the dated types are those which are referenced in RIC, it would be known. Do all of the types found have the "SALVTI AVG"...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Septimius Severus Sestertius - Salus Seated left feeding snake coiled around alter and holding sceptre. RIC 747. Obverse...
The microscope looks just like the one I have which is from the 1970’s - very clever arrangement
My Question answered - this is how it is done
How in the world do you photograph from a microscope. I bought a stereo microscope for one of my scientist sons and I think it had a photograph...
Love the unusual Caracalla divvus issue - have read the article in that coin many many times.
Coin collecting for kids used to be going through endless piles of change to find rare dates and mint marks. Now that this is a fruitless task...
Nicely done! Now if I could only figure out how to substitute your nice photograph with what I have above.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Size: 28 mm, Weight: 15.61 grams This is an addendum to my last article re: the above and includes this photograph of what is...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] As noted in other articles on this site, under Septimius Severus the Rome mint began severely limiting the bronze issues...
Wonderful chronology - I am still trying to get it straight. $47 for the article is a bit steep but it may be worth it - B
Would love to know more about the Septimius Severus coin above which is not listed and has a rather unusual portrait.
Doug: I finally got my copy of "Septimius Severus the African Emperor" by Birley -enjoying it very much. Birley is correct about one thing -...
Ancient coins is one of the very few hobbies where knowledge can lead to rewards. I suspect that it used to happen more often than it does now -...
Nicely done! I have always wondered how a usurper who didn't survive that long could have struck what appears to be such a massive number of coins...
Very scary, frustrating and a sign of the times. The collectors nightmare. Hopefully they will walk into a coin shop and try to peddle these and...
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