I must admit to liking to handle my ancients and have busted out every slabbed one I have had over the years. It has always given me a smal sense...
I am glad that people like them. I think that these Stephanophori are beautiful coins. They are very broad lumps of silver and are generally of...
I have added another Kyme Tet. to my collection. This one from magistrate MHTPOΦANHΣ. [ATTACH] Regards, Martin
Looking at the obverse I believe that the head is bare rather than laureate so that narrows things down a bit. Looking at the reverse we can see...
There is a similar one in the Forum Fake reports but it is a lost/stolen coin report where people are allowed to identify coins that are missing....
The Constantinopolis is indeed from Lugdunum and the style looks fine. I don't see anything to indicate fake. A little harshly cleaned though. I...
The crescent moon is the symbol of the Antoninianus when the bust is female. I suppose representing the moon as opposed to the radiate crown for...
I am trying to understand your comments.... Could you define re-strikes? Are you saying that they are created from modern dies or dies created...
Whilst I share a similar passion for the coinage of Septimius Severus to Doug I also have a strong soft spot for Probus. During a period of...
Tidy! As they say in West Wales. Martin
This is a coin from my small Greek collection: Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 B.C., Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of...
I am sorry to say that your coin is a modern fake made in Bulgaria by the faker Slavey. See this one from an online forgery database:- [ATTACH]
That is a really nice example of the type. It is what I would consider a classic Nerva denarius profile. I bought a Nerva denarius quite recently...
I am one of those people who didn't just stop with two examples either and only stopped after having 3 different Tripolis variants and 12...
Eduard's sestertius is simply superb and I have nothing in my collection that would hold a candle to it. Hi denarii can be nice too and they...
I echo Doug's comments. Here is what I take as a mappa in the right hand. [IMG] Regards, Martin
This is probably the nicest Constantine the Great that I ever owned. No longer however... :( due to personal circumstances causing the downsize of...
There are some variations on this very nice looking Lugdunum coin that are possibly worth keeping your eyes open for. Walking left instead of...
I had started collecting Roman coins with a MARS VLTOR denarius of Severus Alexander. My second ancient was a MARS VICTOR of Probus from Lugdunum,...
One of the best Probus sites is http://probvs.net/. It's just a shame it is no longer being updated with new types. It still provides a great...
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