I have a Severus Alexander Denarius that was sold to me as a base metal ancient copy but I am not so sure. Obv:- IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AV[G],...
Could this be a flip over double strike? Rather than readinf S AVG, couls the bits of legend visible in the obverse be the remnants of SARVM N,...
It also comes without the P L. [IMG]
Am reading Mythos by Stephen Fry [ATTACH] A light read with a retelling of the Greek myths with snippets of linguistic anthropology thrown in....
I have heard this said many times. Recently (2004 and again in 2009) people were not willing to believe that it would be worth the effort for...
Generally a mint has a consistent style about it that you can learn to recognise over time. Even the less skilled or perhaps slightly sloppy...
And now another from the same series. A different obverse die. IMP CA L SEP SEV - PER AVG COS II When I bought this coin I han't actually...
I'll play with two of mine Tacitus Obv:– IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– PROVID DEOR, Providentia standing...
And to go with my imperial mantled Numerian in the sister thread to this an even scarcer Carinus Carinus Obv:– IMP C M AVR CARINVS AVG,...
Coin of this dynasty with imperial mantles are rare. Numerian Ant. Obv:- IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, Radiate bust right wearing imperial mantle and...
A hut - Imitating Constans from Trier [IMG] Another Galley - Imitating a Constans from Trier [IMG]
The people copying the coins likely had something to copy from and this resulted in them copying as many aspects as they could, including the...
Mysia, Parion, Silver hemidrachm Obv:– Facing Gorgoneion, surrounded by snakes. Rev:– PA / RI, bull standing left, looking back right Minted in...
My imitatives of the type vary Decentius?? PT in exe [IMG] A tiny Constantius at 12.77 mm [IMG] and another tiny one (lots of IIIIs) [IMG]...
None of mine are in good shape Alexandria [IMG] Antioch [IMG] Arles [IMG] Lugdunum [IMG] Rome [IMG] Siscia [IMG] Thessalonica [IMG]
This reminds me of a discussion I saw some year back about Roman elephants on coins and the cross hatching that is depicted on them. There was...
Could the damage have been done post production? I take it that it corresponds to the understruck/flattened areas at about 5 o'clock on the obv....
There are a variety of legends where the legends end in AG vs AVG. Whether they are scarcer than AVG or not is not a straight forward thing to...
I had a similar coin which I lazily attributed as trabea as I couldn't say that it wasn't [IMG] I thought it worthwhile showing one that I have...
My feeble attempt was done over a decade ago using the colourise tool in a program called Paint Shop Pro. I don't even have this software any more.
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