Corrosion. The flan crack comes to your aid here is analysing the coin. On a cast you would find that the flan crack doesn't make it through the coin.
A lovely looking little Flavian. Congrats.
Because there aren't a great many dies it is useful for those of us that way inclined to look for die links to understand how these issues work....
The softness would make me believe it is cast from the image but it is really impossible to be sure from the images alone unless we have a...
Scanning through the coins contained on Barry Murphy's website, Doug's pages and my collection we would have an additional 20 COS I entries to the...
The following coin is not mine. It comes from the odd COS above. You can see two tiny little IIs under the bust. This is a moon and stars but with...
Your obverse die reads COS I. Or at least it did. The I has become merged with the tip of the bust over time in the die. Here is the same obverse...
Thanks, I didn't know that they'd been published. I will keep my eyes open.
Every now and again, provided they are cheap enough and I have some spare budget then I buy an upgrade to coins in my Probus Lugdunum collection....
One of a recent haul of coins to add to the FTR hoard. Constantius Gallus - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NBO(sic) C, Bare headed draped &...
I still need an Alexandrian Galley.... The Constantinople appears to be bare headed. Is this correct. Mine is helmeted. Is the Emperor with...
I parted with this one recently. Postumus Obv:– IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– VIRTVS AVG, Emperor...
Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:– VICT AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath in...
I do regularly. Lech covers RIC VI and VII. A version for RIC V would be huge.
Welcome to the joys of RIC V. As a Probus collector I lived with this pain for a while until I came to accept that RIC V is often wrong and...
I just looked through the stock. The Large bronze are certainly worth staying away from with the majority having been modified though not always...
You need to find a good die match and then determine what has been modified. It could be a small amount of work or the detail could almost all be...
Look through their sold listings. They know exactly what they are doing. They are selling $1 fakes for $20 to $500+. They have sold several...
Numerian Ant. Obv:– IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– PAX AVGG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre...
I have bought a few duplicateson purpose. This is one. First coin. Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, Laureate...
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