Additional information on your example - Alföldi type 73, n° 46. if it has XXIP in exe as I suspect. Regards, Martin
This is the same type but from Rome. [IMG] Oh how I wish I had a Lugdunum version to share.
Topcat. That coin isn't RIC 911 (Cyzicus) but is on fact RIC 776 (Siscia). The style alone would be enough to differentiate to a Probus collector....
One of my far too many RIC 911s [IMG] or my RIC 862 H like one of those above [IMG]
Here is my RIC 624. [IMG]
Not CM / XXIA though. it is CM / XXIh where the officina mark is as below. [IMG] Look at this page for the full sequence of RIC 911 mint marks....
The OP coin is a Lipanoff and looks like it was one of the struck fakes. The Toronto group operated by taking coins, some original and many fake...
Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 5, Dikaiosyne seated Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– None,...
Nice job Bing. Here is one I took on a few years ago. I don't ever attempt much in terms of cleaning. I simply don't have the skills (or...
Rusty Romans was a website specialising in supplying uncleaned coins and cleaning supplies and also a VCoins store run by Jerome Holderman. I...
I have been puzzling over this one for a while. Is the following coin an FH1? The horseman isn't kneeling on the ground but appears to be kneeling...
A fascinating coin that doesn't seem to quite hang together. I have never seen either die and suspect that it is unofficial. By the way I bought...
Trust me, I am not trying to encourage others to drift into this dark corner of collecting. There are a few of us who lurk in these shadows and if...
Minted in Rome around A.D. 321. Reference RIC VII Rome 236 rated as a common coin. Here is another example for comparison. [IMG]
Nothing wrong here. These coins are regularly seen in good shape.
This coin also arrived today and is much more within my collecting focus than the fallen horseman that arrived with it. I posted a thread on a...
This is one of two coins that arrived today. This one is an example of an impulse purchase. I don't actively have a focus on LRB or fallen...
Glorious.
I don't like it either. It looks soft with buubles and therefore cast to my eyes. The edge would be interesting to see.
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