This is a deliberate part of the design as it is repeated on other coins too. I don't know the significance. Here are two of my Kyme coins with...
Doug, I have an ugly sister... [IMG]
During (probably late) in A.D. 193 there was a series of reverses minted in Emesa that had legends ending in II COS. They combine the A.D. 193...
Currently for sale on ebay as being ex CNG. It should be noted that the lot it claims to come from had some modern cast fakes that were not...
Not even close but we do both have an interest in some areas where there are very few known examples. I am waiting a very rare coin at the moment...
OK Doug. I know I overstated it but I hope you inderstand the spirit in which it was meant. I did pay a full retail dealer price for this example...
Probably something like this Claudius AE23 of the Koinon of Macedonia. Obv:- TIBERIOS KLAU KAISAR GERMANIKOS (or similar), bare head left Rev:-...
I have the same die link.... All three II CO examples show evidence of the die break at the first E of EVENTVC which isn't present on the AVG CO...
Doug already has an example of this type so we're good....
Utterly modern.
Here is my BONI EVENTVC from the same obverse die. [IMG]
This obverse legend variety is only known from one obverse die. It is combined with four known reverse types:- BONI EVENTVS, Fides standing l. (1...
I don't get a chance to add coins to one of specialist collections very often. It is focussed on the odd series of obverse legends from Emesa...
If he really looked like this I am not sure I would want to bump into him in the street as he looks fairly brutal. Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrios I...
Many of us will have some form of reson for choosing their avatar. Here is mine:- I have a real soft spot for the eastern denarii of Septimius...
They are weigth adjustments, often called Stannard Scoops. Clive Stannard published an article on them in 1993 that can be found here:-...
Here is my Papius wits adjustment scoop on the reverse. [IMG]
A nice find. I too looked for one for a long time and was luck enough to obtain one to add to my Papius, gryphon sub-collection.
A very interesting reverse type....
Reviving this relatively old thread with a some new additions relevant to this thread and this sub-series obsession of mine.... Obv:– IM-P CA L...
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