I like the Larissa Drachm of the type..... where you get all of both.... One of mine. [IMG]
It is a lovely type and yours is a good example. Mine had some flatness of strike in the middle of the obverse because all the silver is in the...
I have a preference for the Pharkadon but that's just me. Here is mine. I had a real soft spot for the bull wrestling types for a while. [IMG]
This is the normal type for Diocletian. Diocletian Ant. Obv:– IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG , Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust seen from...
Maximianus Herculius - Antoninianus Obv:– IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right (seen from front) Rev:– IOVI AVGG,...
I agree. The weight adjustment was done before striking.
What a very nice find. I have two - both L Papius. This one has many other issues but there is a big scoop out of the reverse. [IMG] This one...
Great, typical, Antioch style. What's not to like.
A nice group of coins. I particularly like the look of the Arles phoenix. I have had me eye on one but can't persuade myself to pull the trigger.
Severus Alexander denarius Obv:– IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing right, holding a spear and shield...
Abundantia is occasionally facing the other way. Probus Obv:– IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– ABVNDANTIA AVG,...
Indeed a great find and excellent value. The full 10 volume set is normally priced in excess of $1500 and that's with the modern version of RIC V.
Yes. That's one reson I compiled the montage when one seller put all these out over about 3 months. This allowed me to build a picture of the...
That's why I thought it worth bring it to wider attention.
Inevitably for me it would have to be Probus from Lugdunum. An early one:- IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:–...
It certainly seems deliberate and may have been a whim of the engraver when he was placing the central boss on the shield.
I know that many of you will have seen enough of these but I thought that I would share this one with you. I did originally point it out to...
So that's what mine is supposed to look like. Fantastic.
A perfect planchet is known in this series too though not regularly. I did put this montage together in the Forvm fake reports with die links. [IMG]
Perhaps I wasn't clear. This is a modern die part of a set of dies (possibly transfer dies) that has been used to create a whole host of fakes...
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