I have only bought a few campgates in recent years. I did use to actively collect them. Here are my most resent three. Alexandria (RIC VII...
Seeing the left Marcus Aurelius made me remember this As. Antoninus Pius AE As Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P...
Tetricus II copy - Barbarous radiate copy of Antoninianus Barbarous imitation of Antoninianus Obv:– S (sic) P E TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped...
This is both true and untrue and very much depends. Cast duplicates come from identical dies by their very nature. Fakes created from hubbed dies...
One of my focus areas is the Eastern issues of Septimius Severus and so I always trot out this brockage whenever I get an excuse to do so....
I used to avidly chase the AVGVSTA Alexandrian coins whenever I saw them before realising that they were relatively easy to obtain [IMG]...
I believe yours to be a Rome mint example. Alexandria always ends COS II on the reverse for this type.
Back in 2009 there appears to have been a set of dies created to manufacture a whole range of fakes. The route for these into the market was...
These flames (sometimes referred to as clouds) only seem to occur at Siscia [IMG] [IMG]
Here is a brass plaque that was found in the Roman fort of Isca Silurum (Caerleon, Wales) that depicts Victory carrying a trophy... [IMG] And...
I am on the lookout for a nice Alexandrian one of these but haven't managed to track one down that I like. I have an example from Lugdunum which I...
Here are the attributions and my own examples for comparison to the the OP coins Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate, draped and...
I have owned 3 examples of the cupid type. Here is one. [IMG]
I'm back with another new addition after a long gap since my last Papius purchase L Papius Denarius Serratus Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita...
The legends and style convince me that it is likely unofficial.
[IMG] Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII-I, Laureate head right Rev:– ARAB ADIABENIC, Victory advancing left holding...
I don't see it matching the style of an official mint issue
Maximianus Herculius Follis Obv:– IMP C M AVR VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius...
Augustus Denarius Obv:– CAESAR AVGVSTVS, Bare headed bust of Augustus right Rev:– Round shield inscribed...
[IMG] L Papius Denarius Serratus Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin....
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