Am certainly struggling with that as an issue. I recognised this obverse legend as being a rare variety and the price was less than a third of...
Very, very nice Steve. Welcome to hang out any time...
Well now this is kind of embarrassing..... I was scooting through my trays and have found I have yet another example in there....especially as it...
The standard obverse legend for this series is IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II so this coin varies in a few ways from this standard legend.
I don't normally buy double die matches but do sometimes make exceptions. I know that some people don't think that they add anything to a...
A new arrival. Nothing rare but another pseuso random purchase. I was attracted to this coin by the details on the Genius. It has a very...
I don't believe it to be ancient at all. I have seen it somewhere before and believe it to be from crude modern dies. I am still searching for the...
The Probus is absolutely fine. It just suffers slightly from a slightly uneven strike. I am ambivalent about the Caracalla.
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Steve, That is a glorious Galerius. I absolutely love it. Martin
It is a really beautiful type. Nice examples one and all.
The Agrippa looks great. An iconic coin.
Doug, The thought has crossed my mind but without and real evidence of the potential under-type it is a tough call to make. I am trying to find an...
Two nice coins with as much that is different about them as there are links between them. A lovely yet somehow disparate pair of coins.
Another site in French and English that is worth a visit (english link):- http://marchal.thibaut.free.fr/e_index.htm
You may already be aware of this site but it is one of the better resources on the topic:- http://ettuantiquities.com/Philip_1/index.htm Martin
The lion under the throne is GREAT.
Steve, I turned down two chances in 2014 as the coins were not up to the standard set by your example. I can but hope that 2015 will offer more...
Yes Bing both are mine and I need to update the photos on my Probus collection and will get round to it in time.
I have some fairly solid collecting themes and then sometimes I just go off piste and buy something on a whim. This time I bought two coins just...
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