Steve, Yours is Virtus. Virtus and Mars look very similar when fully dressed but Virtus exposes the right breast. Your coin is clearly Virtus on...
The figure in your Severus Alexander example is laureate and thus would be interpreted as Severus Alexander himself. When Virtus is depicted, she...
So here I am again trying to explain away even more of my purchases and my rationale behind my purchases. As mentioned before, I don't focus on...
That is a very pleasing looking junior sized portrait.
Following on from my post recently illustrating my newly purchased Tetricus I I thought I would follow it up with another new Gallic Empire...
Here is a comparitor for you. My coin comes from the adjacent workshop to yours and is from the same issue. This coin isn't slabbed and cost me...
Doug has given a masterclass explanation on these IMP II and IMP VIII old style coins. The series have not been well studied and thus we have no...
As most of you are no doubt aware I collect the eastern denarii of Septimius Severus. I have been sharing a few of my "Emesa" mint coins recentle...
Probus engravers had more real estate to work with. [IMG]
Here are a few others of this fake, [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
But it is a modern fake.
It is hard to let this go by without adding an eastern Severan Victory. [IMG]
Lugdunum [IMG] Arles [IMG] Cyzicus [IMG] Trier [IMG]
A very classy looking coin.
The practice can be difficult to spot and is quite well executed. It came to light after some people spotted coins being sold by a major dealer...
From the time of the Tetrarchy onwards there was a steady rise in the prices of goods combined as a result in a decline in the size of the follis....
Doug, I am not aware of any easy method of telling genuine from false without risking a genuine coin. I know that I was burned with a few a couple...
Doug, Are you aware of the more up to date reference for your coin? This is maintained by Dr. S. Estiot and J. Mairat. This will form the basis...
My 212 is a left facing head rather than the draped and cuirassed bust right. I have come to mistrust sandy patina after the patina fell off a few...
I have the POMA but not the ROMA from Emesa. [IMG]
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