One of collecting themes is the eastern mint denarii of Septimius Severus. I primarily concentrate on the earlier issues but sometimes wander...
The only two that I have images of at present, both EIC from 1835.... EIC Half Anna [ATTACH] EIC Quarter Anna [ATTACH]
Another couple of Gorgon heads..... Apollonia Pontika, Silver Drachm, SNG Cop 454 Obv:– Facing Gorgoneion, wearing taenia?. Rev:– Inverted...
Ras, I take it that ERIC III will be even heavier than ERIC II. This is going to make shipping to those poor souls amongst us in Europe an even...
Athens, Silver tetradrachms Obv:– Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with olive leaves and bent-back palmette, wire necklace,...
Hercules Seleucid Kingdom, Seleukos I, 312 - 281 B.C. Silver tetradrachm Obv:- Head of Herakles right, clad in lion head headdress Rev:- BASILEWS...
Mules are official mint products where the obverse and reverse dies from different issues have been used to make a coin in error. Many limes are...
I would not use the term "limes" or "limes-falsa" in association with this coin. I suspect it is an ancient barbie. It does indeed have...
The SEVERVS AVG PART MAX legend is pretty well executed. The reverse legend is less well done. It would certainly appear to be a contemporary,...
Not a coin but... In 1820 James Mudie published his series of forty "National Medals" commemorating events of the Napoleonic period, from a...
Argentina - 2 Centavos - 1890 [ATTACH]
Russia - 1 Kopek - 1859 [ATTACH]
Russia - 2 Kopek - 1811 [ATTACH]
Russia - 5 Kopek - 1791 42.97 mm. 55.30 gms [ATTACH]
Not quite the wonderful die match illustrated above but a reverse type match:- [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Septimius Severus and Julia Domna from Alexandria [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hadrian and Sabina [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Vespasian is horrible. A horrible modern concoction. The Owl is fake. I don't trust the Nero from the images. The Augustus looks believable...
The third coin is a Caracalla. Also appears to be a cast fake. See the following fakes of the type. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Aurelian and Severina from Lugdunum [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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