A fascinating coin that poses far more questions than answers. The obverse legend is unclear and problematic. It does seem to end IMP VII or IMP...
Obv:– IVLIA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right Rev:– VENVS FELIX, Venus standing facing, head left, apple in right, scepter in left Minted in Laodicea ad...
Probus is renowned for hois bust varieties. I no longer own this one. It is by far the most expensive Probus I have ever or will ever own. Probus...
My favourite Papius was what I consider a bargain at $160 from a German dealer in 2010. L Papius Denarius Serratus Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita...
Related to that one:- Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII-I, Laureate head right Rev:– ARAB ADIABENIC, Victory...
The earliest form of this legend in the east occurs on a single obverse die. It is known for three reverse types. ALL are very rare. Obv:– L SEP...
I have had a few of the Mars variety... I have never bothered with the Sol one. [IMG] [IMG] All the examples here are Trier but both types also...
I spotted the follwing coin for sale on VCoins I had to come and ask people here about it. We had some discussion recently on whether a tooled...
Corrosion. The flan crack comes to your aid here is analysing the coin. On a cast you would find that the flan crack doesn't make it through the coin.
A lovely looking little Flavian. Congrats.
Because there aren't a great many dies it is useful for those of us that way inclined to look for die links to understand how these issues work....
The softness would make me believe it is cast from the image but it is really impossible to be sure from the images alone unless we have a...
Scanning through the coins contained on Barry Murphy's website, Doug's pages and my collection we would have an additional 20 COS I entries to the...
The following coin is not mine. It comes from the odd COS above. You can see two tiny little IIs under the bust. This is a moon and stars but with...
Your obverse die reads COS I. Or at least it did. The I has become merged with the tip of the bust over time in the die. Here is the same obverse...
Thanks, I didn't know that they'd been published. I will keep my eyes open.
Every now and again, provided they are cheap enough and I have some spare budget then I buy an upgrade to coins in my Probus Lugdunum collection....
One of a recent haul of coins to add to the FTR hoard. Constantius Gallus - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NBO(sic) C, Bare headed draped &...
I still need an Alexandrian Galley.... The Constantinople appears to be bare headed. Is this correct. Mine is helmeted. Is the Emperor with...
I parted with this one recently. Postumus Obv:– IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– VIRTVS AVG, Emperor...
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