What a gloriously typical portrait of Vespasian.
At the risk of flooding the board and boring you all to death... I do have a few more interesting purchases after this one to share but will save...
Bing, I know what you mean. My only other barb of the type is a bit of a horror. Constantius II - AE4 Obv:- DN IIIII, Pearl diaidemed, draped...
After some thought I have decided to give this coin it's own thread rather than piggyback on to the recent FH Barb thread....
Eric. I don't believe so. On other examples I have seen this appears to be an arm with drapery over it. Martin
The wonder of batches.... In my mixed batch was this coin. Sleeping, unobserved and ignored by me until I just photographed it. It's not pretty...
I thought that this was worthy of sharing with you. I bought a lots of 12 coins (it was spooky to see Doug's thread on buying lots appear just...
It is generally through die studies that they propose these emissions and yes thus the chronology.
My only slabbed ancient:- Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– L SEPT SEV PE-RET AVG IMP II, Laureate head right Rev:– FORT R-D-EVC, Fortuna seated...
Here we have the Philip dies used in jewellery. You can see the M above the horse. [IMG]
The Alexander the Great is a published fake:- Alexander the Great Obv:- Head Herakles right in lion's skin headdress Rev:- AΛEΞANΔPOY down right...
Here is a match to the Velia from the Forvm fake reports:- [IMG]
I have more than a passing interest in the Alexandrian issues of Probus. I disagree with your attribution of the Probus coin and the description....
The following coin was sold to me as a Barbarous Imitative of an Emesa - COS II issue of Septimius Severus. This was one of the first eastern...
The OP coin is absolutely stunning. The reverse is incredible.
Additionally. This community is spread across the world in many different time zones. Expecting a response immediately is unrealistic.
Despite what some people think, it is certainly possible to determine a coin as fake from photos alone. Knowledge of style and fabric can condemn...
Lefties of Sabina seem quite scarce. Sabina Denarius Obv:- SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust left Rev:- VESTA, Vesta...
From the same issue, different officina, much poorer example.... [IMG] An earlier issue from Alexandria Licinius I - Follis Obv:– IMP C VAL...
This is the closest I have had to the OP. [IMG] Though I like my spearing horseman like Algendron too. [IMG]
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