Here is a coin that is described as coming from the COS I issue. [IMG] Possibly the same engraver? Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE - V PERT AVG COS I,...
@Terence Cheesman - A fantastic looking coin. I keep seeing these and would love to have a single example just for comparison.
I haven't seen any evidence that backs up the move of the mints by the BM to Cappodicea and Antioch. So now we have moved a little further...
15 or so years.
Or 170 coins of Probus just from the mint of Lugdunum!
Not Alexandria.
Excellent. What if I tell you that the coin is official but that the obverse legend that you describe is not thought to exist? Is there anything...
I missed out on another example last month.
Whilst I have a general focus on the eastern issues of Septimius Severus, I try not to buy much of his later eastern issues from...
Is more than 500 coins of a single emperor obsessive? If so then count me in.
I thought it might be interesting to set an exercise for people in describing and attributing a coin. As part of the exercise I would prefer it is...
I think it is.... here is the BM example [IMG]
The obverse is from the mint of Tripolis. These are only known with a very limited set of reverses. That wouldn't be one of them.
L Papius Denarius Serratus, Papia 1 Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, Harpa Rev:– Gryphon running...
Septimius Severus Denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP-T SEV PERT AVG. Laureate head right Rev:– SAEC FRVGIF COS, Saeculum Frugiferum., radiate,...
A really good find.... well done.
http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/944
A lovely example. This is probably my best example of the type. [IMG]
If you follow the first of the two links in my previous post and look at the images of the other examples then you will note that the receding...
The type exists with this bust for both emperors:- More detail from the obverse legend is key. (I would bet on Florian though)...
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