Steve - Yours is an Apollo type rather than a Gorgon type.
Also the odd VSV denarius. Severina, denarius Obv:– SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev:– VENVS FELIX, Venus standing...
What about Lugdunum? Obv:– SEVERINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right on crescent Rev:– CONCOR-D MILIT, Concordia seated left holding patera...
There were at least two ther examples from that second obverse die (with the flower in the hat) that were also removed.
Like mine. Obv:– VRBS ROMA, Helmeted bust of Roma left Rev:– None, She wolf feeding Romulus and Remus, two stars above Minted in Lugdunum (*SLG)....
I have never bought a Rome mint denarius of Albinus. I did buy a rough As. [IMG] An Alexandrian mint [IMG] And some of him as Augustus...
I have asked him about a few coins that he had placed up recently which were all "uncleaned" silver but from modern dies. I stay well clear.
A couple I don't think I have shared here before. Septimius Severus imitation denarius Obv:– L SEP SEV PERT AVG IM C P X, Laureate head right...
Alexander III The Great, Macedonian Kingdom, 336 - 323 B.C., Lifetime Issue, Silver tetradrachm, Babylon...
Alexander the Great, Alexander III, silver tetradrachm, Marathus Obv:– Head of (Alexander the Great as)...
This one WAS in my collection...but hard times caused me to part with it a few years back. Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, Phaselis...
Doug, I am trying to do some die analysis on this series and have been busy documenting all that I have been able to find. I want to try and...
It isn't fake. The dealer simply didn't recognise it as a member of this odd sub-series.
I have seen much discussion on this over the years. Most seem to believe that the globe is a representation of the cosmos. Whether the cosmos was...
Another FEL TEMP that landed on my mat today. It appears to be from an unlisted officina. It is quite nice with a, even dark jade green patina....
One of a couple of FEL TEMPS that arrived today. A common enough coin but another one to add to my hoard. The obverse has a few hard green...
Amongst the eastern issues of Septimius Severus are an odd little sub-series that don't follow the full late Emesa obverse legend of "IMP CAE L...
I have a double die match to Doug's first coin with the C converted to an S. [IMG] and I have one like yours with the later style but from a...
I have a few Constans Lugdunum. This one is probably my nicest. Constans - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed...
Nice. I have a full mint set for Constans but only have 5 mints for Constantius II. I think that I was lucky to find my Alexandria. Constantius...
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