Aurelian, denarius Obv:– IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking left, holding wreath and palm....
Augustus Denarius Obv:– AVGVSTVS DIVI F, Bare head right Rev:– IMP X either side of Apollo Citharoedus standing left with lyre, ACT in exe,...
Cappadocian Kingdom, Tetradrachm, In the Name of the Seleukid King, Antiochos VII Silver tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of the Seleukid King...
Cappadocian Kingdom, Drachm, Ariobarzanes I Silver Drachm Obv:– Diademed head of the Ariobarzanes I right Rev:– BASILEWS ARIOBARZANOY FOLORWMAIOY,...
Cappadocian Kingdom, Drachm, Ariarathes VIII Silver Drachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ariarathes VIII right Rev:– BASILEWS ARIARAQOU EPIFANES, Athena...
Alexander the Great, silver tetradrachm, Mesembria Obv:- Head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion-scalp headdress Rev:- ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ,...
This is completely unfair. To choose only 5 is harsh, cruel and unnecessary punishment. As a Probus and Septimius Severus collector I needed at...
I did collect the denarii of Geta as Augustus at one point.There are some interesting coins in these issues. Obv:– P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT,...
Cut and paste error, Symbols are Altar / Lighted altar
Another Papius onto the pile. Steve -- it's not a dog type.....yet L Papius Denarius Serratus, Papia 1, Sym. var. RRC Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita...
I don't like the look of the Philip III drachm. There are holes in the surface that look like casting bubbles.
This one takes me back to the days when you could buy a coin like this (this coin in fact) for $30 shipped to the UK from a US VCoins dealer. The...
I learned more about the coins of Probus from buying this coin than I had up to that point. I started to learn about the different styles of the...
Here's another scarcer bust type from Lugdunum Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left wearing imperial mantle, holding Victory on globe...
I would have to include this one. It is a rare bust type with a gorgon on the cuirass combined with my favourite reverse type. The reverse isn't...
I'm not sure this would be in my top 10 but it would be in the top 50 and I had just updated the photo so what the hey. Another half decent...
I do have a better Lugdunum Bust Type G than in my OP. This is my favourite Probus. Obv:– VIRTVS PRO-BI AVG, Radiate, helmeted, cuirassed bust...
They were varied, a huge number of busts, reverses and legend varieties, generally easily accessible (cheap) at the time I was getting into them....
Here is the earlier, more normal bust type for the MARS reverse from Lugdunu. A large flan. Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate cuirassed bust...
Most engravers could engrave a B and the D converted is certainly less common than the standard B but certainly not unheard of.
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