Another new 2018 coin. This one is just a standard CTG LRB but I was captured by the portrait and is often the case with me I was caught by the...
The T-F//PTR issue of Constantine the Great at Trier caused the writers of RIC some problems. The issue is split between RIC VI and RIC VII but...
Yes. Interesting. I can see that but don't appear to be getting any Lanz coins in the search results.
Well I have had a few days off and am back to my new purchases in 2018. The first on the list is ex SteveX6 and one that he used to rib me about...
I am in the UK. I cannot see any Lanz coins in the results with or without images. G&M still seem to be there.
The interest with this coin is the buckler rather than full shield which is generally scarce but particularly so from Ticinum.
That Larissa drachm is gorgeous.
I suspect it is a Roman Republic denarius. There are many varieties of the type and from what you have left it doesn't seem possible to get more...
Mine:- [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
I believe that RIC is out of date with current thinking. I don't think that there are any coins produced for Postumus at Lugdunum as the mint was...
Without having done any analysis I suspect it to be Constans from Siscia based on the fact that this is the set as set out above that I have....
I think that these make an interesting contrasting pair. Constans - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTANS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust...
I have treated myself to a stevex6 coin. I will have to wait for it to arrive and share.
I have added a couple of Phoenix examples this year. Constans - AE3 Obv:- DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right,...
I suspect this to be true. Especially so for this (these) series.
I am actively studying the "Laodicea" early issues (IMP II and IMP VIII) and there is much that is challenging when it comes to cataloging them....
There are several dealers who see what they think they see rather than reading the coin.
I agree with your reading of the legends. The PER-T legend break is unusual but not unheard of in this series. The bust doesn't match any that I...
Laodicea.
I must admit that I snack all the time. I don't mean to and it means that I often don't have the funds to buy other stuff but hey ho.... I have...
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