There is a series of denarii of Septimius Severus from Emase which we believe date after the earliest AVG issue of A.D. 193 and before the COS II...
It looks like a barbarous radiate purporting to be Tetricus with a SALVS AVG reverse
I have a wide spend range. I have spent >$1500 a few times and have been tempted to pull the trigger on some higher priced items a few times but...
I will take the opportunity to display mine too. The A below makes it quite common but it is a pleasing grade. [IMG] Martin
Steve, I am not sure the world is quite ready for you but that is just fine. It's just you and we accept you the way you are. (my attempt at...
There is a great deal of doubt that Lyons was actually being used in the minting of any of these coins.
It is a good job you can't see the rest of the room..... I am in the process of trying to sort through the older coins in my collection in order...
Here is my latest purchase that I thought I would force on you all. Hadrian denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head left Rev:-...
All from the same die pair.
I think that the 7 reflects the examples cited by Bastien combined with the ones that we are aware of that are in a couple of private collections...
Those look good old green crusties rather than BD. Very nice coin BTW.
Some of his reverses are more interesting. This one is unique to him with an odd depiction of the emperor using a sword. [IMG]
A very nice example of the type with lost of great detail, a good strike, good centering on a full flan. You see them referred to as a Reduced...
Nice coin. The distinctive style of the Antioch mint shows through strongly in the bust. They had a particular way of illustrating the beards that...
Steve, I am aware of one that is on the market that I missed with one dealer and it has now truend up with another dealer. The price was high in...
The engraver of you reverse seems to have a much more refined hand on him than mine.
I have always liked Alexandrian coin but have never pulled the trigger on a Nero Tetradrachm... until now. This was another purchase without any...
This was a bit of an impulse buy and the coin simply doesn't match in with any of my collecting themes at all. Perhaps it was that I had been a...
Very nice indeed. I like the retired series and have a real liking for the London mint, this coin combining the two scores on both.
This is my setup. [ATTACH] A Canon digital SLR on a tripod. The coin is on a dowel, which is placed through black velvet all within a light...
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