A lovely strong portrait.
Eagle, eagles everywhere. As the primary reverse detail... [IMG] [IMG] A minor detail At the end of a sceptre [IMG] At the foot of...
Here is a coin that has quite a bit of damage due to corrosion which has impacted on the surfaces. Along with that is flan damage that was made...
A lion's head on a single lion's leg forming each leg of a marble tripod table base also from Pompeii. [IMG]
I took this photograph from a wall moulding in Pompeii. Not sure what it would be called. Half lion-half fish being ridden by a Cupid. Nobody said...
Your first coin, the irregular one is so cool. A COS -II imitative! Wow. Your Venus seems to be the same obverse die but a different reverse die...
I would certainly attempt a gentle chemical cleaning on that one as it looks like it might turn out to be a gem.
I have many coins that were used in the plates for ERIC II but am not sure that counts.
Impossibe to tell from the reverse alone. PROVIDEN_TIAE AVGG campgate with two turrents star above
IVS P F rather then VSD. This would be Constantius II.
Looks like Constantine the Great with a helmeted bust right. The reverse is desribed as "two captives seated at base of banner inscribed VOT XX"....
I suspect it is a barbarous imitative of Tetricus II similar to my coin below:- Barbarous imitation of Antoninianus Obv:– S (sic) P E TETRICVS...
A 1st Century A.D. bronze artefact displayed in Museum at Caerleon, the Roman City of Isca Silurum in South Wales showing Victory with a trophy....
Some Victory types for Septimius Severus. Victory walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left [IMG] Victory advancing right,...
That looks like a modern treatment rather then anything ancient.
These are all fascinating. I don't own any coins and only have plaster casts relating to these. I have a couple of small groups of old uniface...
I only have one holed coin. A rare denarius of Commodus from Alexandria. Commodus denarius Obv:– M COMM ANTO - N AVG PIVS BRIT, Laureate head...
I collect Probus coins from Lugdunum. The busts with imperial mantle and eagle tipped sceptre are common from the majority of the mints for Probus...
They are all 100% fake. Here is the Hadrian reverse with a different obverse on another known fakefromthe Forvm fakes database. An untoned and a...
And that one is from the Ticinum coded series.
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