@Marsyas Mike - there is a minor type here ADAIB should be ADIAB
I have the bound captive with arms type [IMG] and the "woe is me" pose with the arms and sword in exe. This time combined with the SPE for SEP...
We have explored the Moneta standing type previously and I held back from sharing any of my Moneta seated types so have decided to share them now....
It looks like they have just attributed it as a standard COS II issue and not really read the obverse legend properly. I have notified them a...
Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, hunter's net Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in...
The BM example with PERET, different reverse die also seems to have the dots in the fields. This coin is also mis-attributed as a COS II example...
This one is not a AETERNITAS type but does have a couple of factors that make it interesting to me at least. It isn't "Emesa" but comes from the...
A lesser seen reverse type at the eastern mints is Roma seated. It occurs at both Alexandria and Emesa. Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP - SEV PERT AVG,...
I will freely admit that Alexandria is my weakest of these mints and I don't actively collect them at the moment. In fact the majority of my...
The type also occurs in "Laodicea" IMP-II, INVICTO IMPER [IMG] IMP II [IMG] The type also comes with the dejected captive IMP-II, INVICTO IMP...
Another regularly depicted type at the eastern mints is the "Trophy of Arms". Some are scarcer than others. I don't have any from Alexandria - I...
"Emesa" AVG II C [IMG] COS I [IMG] Here are a couple with the "COS" obverse. The seconf shows two thin lines.... are they the missing Is? MAREI...
Rome mint. IMP IIII, MARS PATER [ATTACH] IMP IIII, MARS PACATOR [IMG] IMP V, dated reverse, laureate bust... [IMG] IMP XI PART MAX, MARTI...
@dougsmit stated above that he likes Minerva... well I like Mars and Mars from Alexandria is harder to find.... Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP - SEV PERT...
Have a good trip Doug. I hope that you take a Basket of fruits for you and your wife to enjoy on your trip out. Obv:– IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped...
Imitation
As a follow on to @dougsmit and his high quality / grade coins I must say that I don't collect by grade my collection focuses more on the mere...
And the MONETAE AVG II COS comes from J-D too making this obverse die probably early in the series [IMG] J-D also has Moneta seated type, also...
@Orielensis has shared a classic "Emesa" later period COS II with Moneta standing. One of the things that you notice with this coinage is that...
It's a die match.
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