Oval flans can occur for a whole range of reasons. Here we have a coin that would have probably been round if not for an off-centre and uneven...
If you look at the coinage of Diocletian and Maximianus Herculius from this period you will notice that each emperor generally favoured their...
Lots of the coins from these early issues come of nice full flans. I saw that one but already have two of the type in my collection. Bastien...
Whilst my focus on Lugdunum is primarily with the output of Probus, I do occasionally delve into the wider coinage of the mint. I have gathered a...
The 4th emission coin is lovely but the 5th Emission coin is great.
The first of these two really is nothing much to write home about but I don't have many strike errors from this mint. Septimius Severus Obv:–...
Decentius as Caesar Obv:- DN DECENTIVS NOB CAES; Cuirassed bust facing right. Rev:- SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; Large Chi-Rho flanked by A and W...
@barnaba6 was also generous enough to offer me the change to buy another coin from his collection which I was more than willing to provide a home....
Could it be this? From Milan. http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1429
And that is a great example of the type.
The Abundantia type is introduced in Lugdunum in the 4th Emission (Middle to End A.D. 277) and is carried on through the 5th Emission (Fancy busts...
I would side with Siscia. http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/2152
Possibly Aeolis. Myrina. Pseudo-autonomous. Ae (2nd century AD). Bust of Apollo, Lyre reverse?
I used to actively buy lmost anything I could get hold of from the large eastern COS II series of Septimius Severus. Over the years I have tried...
After the generous offer by @barnaba6 I now have completed the sub-series. Obv:– IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust...
The IOVI CONSER type is plentyful and not really sought after. So why on earth have I added one to my collection when I don't actively collect...
Here are a couple of my own Barbs that I either don't believe that I have shared here before or at least not for quite a while.... Claudius Ae AS...
@Inspector43 I suspect that your Probus is something very similar to the following based on what is visible (including the officina mark):-...
What makes you believe that the Probus is barbarous? It looks like a straight forward RIC 911 to me where the silvering has separated from the...
Maximianus Herculius, Billon tetradrachm Obv:– MAXIMIANOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– None, Herakles, standing facing,...
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