This was sold as a Rome mint coin. Some Eastern mint portraits are almost good enough in style to be from Rome but the reverse style distinguishes...
We would expect AVGVSTVS P P, for Pater Patriae. I am aware of a couple of eastern dies that end with AVGVSTVS P. Strack did not list any. An...
It is down to the style of the engraving for the legends, portrait and deity. The style is much more crude than the Rome mint examples.
My newest Hadrian arrived yesterday. Another eastern mint oddity! Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P (sic), Laureate head right Rev:- COS III,...
JA, I owned one that sounds much like that one but parted with it a little time back when times were tough. [IMG]
Teos, Ar Drachm, Circa 540-478 B.C. Obv:– Griffin with curled wings seated right, forepaw raised Rev:– Rough quadripartite incuse square Minted...
Happy birthday! I need to go looking at the ages of my coins....
Still no dog and snake Steve! This one was a birthday present to myself. It has take about a week to arrive. As the song goes "I've go the key...
Wonderful looking example. Snap! Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 2, Dikaiosyne standing Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate,...
Steve, I have a Milne 4632 too. The portraits styles are quite different. Mine looks as though the emperor has as much of a beak as the eagle...
Two more Probus Tets bought from the same source as my new coin. A rough, scrappy tet. but a scarce year and one I didn't have. Probus, Billon...
I haven't bought myself any Probus Tets to add to my collection for a long time. I have stumbled across a few budget items and couldn't resist....
Great coin. No decent elephants here worth sharing. The one elephant type I would love to have is a bit beyond my current budgets - ATG tet. with...
My Posthumous issue suffers from a test cut. Philip II, Ar Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint Obv:– Laureate head of Zeus right Rev:– FILIPPOU,...
A close up of the altar and bull. [ATTACH]
A glorious looking coin of a type that I like a lot. My own example is nowehere near as sharp and also suffers from a flan flaw on the reverse....
Following on from my Elagabalus with horn on floor beside him that I posted recently I thought that I would inflict another Elagabalus (or two) on...
Some great coins folks. I think that this engraver was having fun engraving Genius. [IMG]
I agree with Doug. CERERI FRVGIF would be the logical legend for the base metal coin. Compare with mine. [IMG]
I don't actively collect Flavian coins but admit to being distracted by them occasionally. I have never taken the plunge and bought a Sestertius....
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