I have a couple of Amiens but only Constantius II. This is my nicest. Constantius II Obv:– D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped &...
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I like the Antioch portraits of Gallus [IMG] and the Alexandrians... [IMG] I could go on....
I was struggling to make any sense of this thread and then realised that I was already ignoring the content... Nice coins in a shared area of...
The Caracalla is a known fake. [IMG]
Thanks all. My studies on these took a set back last year when through a computer failure (and a lack of backups) I lost the information I had...
Alongside the usual COS II issue (allocated to Emesa) is a set of dies that doesn't quite fit. These have a whold mix of legend errors such as CA...
This is my Laodicea of the same type:- [IMG]
The ignore function is certainly useful. I have only used it twice though I suspect that I am the subject of it many, many more times.
Here I go again..... Septimius Severus denarius - Eastern IMP VIII These coins should all be:- Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, Laureate head...
A great example of the minutiae that appeal to a specialist. I found this a few years back when I got a bit distracted with the early-ish issues...
Tiberius "Tribute Penny" denarius.
I have somewhere approaching 500 denarii from his eastern mints.
I continue to add to my Eastern earlier issues of Septimius Severus whenever I find something slightly different. I am going to bore you all now...
I am lucky enough to have gathered three Lugdunum specimens over the years. They have not been easy to obtain. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I always take such an opportunity to wheel out the favourite Florian in my collection.... Florian, Antoninianus Obv:– IMP C M AN FLORIANVS AVG,...
I must admit that in my specialist areas I set the bar very low. I will illustrate this below with two coins of Probus from my collection. The...
Here is another post about my die links. I now know of 14 reverse dies paired with this obverse die of which I have 8....
There is an old(ish) thread where I illustrate 5 different reverses with the same obverse die in my own collection and @dougsmit illustrates...
The mint was producing from four officina in this issue - A, B, C and D. The A officina has least variety. The vast majority of the output is...
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