After looking through about 600 of my Probus coins I can only find one with any trace of a circle guide. Just the small section at 12 o'clock on...
Here is my coin in it's entirity and the match Mine:- [ATTACH] The Match:- [IMG] I will look into taking images of the edge.
Clodius Albinus - Alexandria. No joke. I am rather embarassed that I have been caught as I am a careful buyer.
When I started this thread I hadn't expected it either.
Well this is interesting. I hadn't had any doubts about this coin before posting it here. I was away searching for die matches and return to find...
This might just be too simple but can you identify who this is and then also identify the mint? I have left out the reverse and cropped off any...
I have found another example from matching dies to the OP coin. More than that they share the same flan shapes. This is the strongest indication...
They were made from Billon - a silver/bronze based alloy.
I have been browsing through my coins of Sepimius Severus to see if I couldfind any obverse circle guides. Out of about 450 coins I have six coins...
I suspect that they are not related to wear but more related to how fresh the dies were. If they are there on a fresh die then they will be on the...
Doug, I have a few circle guides from Emesa I am aware of the circle guide on coins from other mints too. I have seen it on very sharp coins of...
The detail of the coin on the die are cut in relief leaving the fields (which is where the lines are) as a flat surface. The filing could have...
All looks good to me.
This coin is one of my better examples as it is in relarively good condition, well centred and virtually complete legends. It has a variety of...
I don't want to kill the thread either but will add a couple more varieties of Eastern Septimius Severus coins as Fortuna Redux is a regular theme...
Slightly scarcer than usual couns of his due to the left facing bust though.
Similar to this. [IMG]
Yes. The genuine coins of both types are only known in gold.
I have described the other. Which should be gold and it isn't. As such it is also certainly fake I am afraid.
Could you please look at the reverses of your coins to confirm or refute my identification of the types? It is difficult with only partial...
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