@dougsmit I think that your CO II is in fact a COS I with the S being vague on your example but is visible(ish) on my example of the die [IMG]
@dougsmit has illustrated several coins that appeal to me immensely and resonate with my way of collecting. His first coin with the broken die...
Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE - V PERT AVG COS I, Laureate head right Rev:– IOVI PRAE ORBIS, Jupiter, seated left, holding Victory and sceptre, at feet...
Nice one @Bing I know that I have a couple of these knocking around somewhere. This one came as part of a mixed lot and has me puzzled. The style...
@dougsmit I only have a single obverse brockage to share.... It's not as nice as yours and probably deserves the effort of me tracking it down and...
It is the overall style of engraving that is different and there are not simple "tells" such as the position of the wings. I can only advise that...
Here are my two most recent Postumus purchases. Obv:– IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– PACATOR ORBIS,...
As a follow on from @ambr0zie 's Rome mint RIC 144B I thought it worth illustrating the equivalent coin from Laodicea-ad-Mare that is...
As a follow on from @Bing 's BONI EVENTVS from Tuesday.... There is a scarcer variant of this type where Fides faces the other direction Obv:-...
Obv:– IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– PANNONIAE, The two Pannoniae facing each other, holding a standard...
At the tail end of the production on the eastern mints the coins started to align much more with the output of Rome. The later coins adopted the...
I great example of the type with superb artistry.
Probus liked Sol in various guises..... [IMG] [IMG] as above (which is Rome, globe and whip) but in the clouds (from Siscia, globe) [IMG] Sold...
A small selection of other mints.... By the way I don't actively collect these types.... London [ATTACH] COMITI AVGN NN [ATTACH] Rome [IMG]...
Also worthy of note to those looking for minutiae there are a whole host of chlamys over left arm. chlamys over both shoulders..... which have Sol...
Aurelian re-opened the Lugdunum mint in A.D. 274 and Sol was one of the types in these early issues Obv:– IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Radiated...
Following on from @dougsmit 's excellent, educational post. These reading issues impact on the IMP II and IMP VIII series leading to...
Following on from "All Eastern Severans are strange; some are just stranger than others.". The portrait on this one seems odd. It is almost as if...
There was a spate of these lefty Justitias about a dozen years ago. I cannot answer your questions but I haven't seen any more of these for quite...
As a poor echo to the superb coin illustrated by @dougsmit above. I only have one left facer and it falles short of his in many many regards. It...
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