I decided to pick some Probus coins out of their trays and update their photos. Here is my first attempt:- Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F...
Doug's great IVST AVG coin looks like a slightly uneven strike.
I won't start with all my Probus coins as I still have more than 500 in my trays.....
Engravers of this period quite often engraved a B by engraving a D and placing a line though it. Odd but true.
I also have a II COS from Emesa though it is quite scrappy... Obv:– IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right Rev:– MONETAE AVG II COS, Moneta standing...
One of my ancient collections focuses on the coins of Probus from his mint at Lugdunum. I have gathered around 150 examples of the years and the...
Antoninus Pius Denarius Obv: IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS, bare head right Rev: AVG PIVS P M TR P COS II P P, Modius with corn ears. Minted in...
The rest of the coins in this thread have more eye appeal than the Domnas I usually go after. Julia Domna denarius Obv:– IVLA (sic) DOMNA AVG,...
I had a Julia Domna through today but not a lovely Ant. like Steve's coin, just a plain old denarius but it was accompanied by another denarius of...
Here is the favourite of my Getas..... another RIC 68 like Mat's coin above [IMG]
Lovely. When you fall off the wagon you fall off good and proper.
Steve, That's a good, strong protrait. A very nice coin all round with a decent pedigree. What's not to like? Martin
The dies were modern and they were used to create hundreds of fakes. ALarm bells started rining due to their style being off and then several die...
I must admit that you image of the coins side by side has made me even more convinced that they are obverse die matches.
Some examples were published in the IAPN Bulletin Of Counterfeits Vol 15, No. 1 in 1990 I had permission to add these to the Forum Fake reports....
gVF would seem fair.
Every now and again I manage to add another coin to my Greek collection. This one arrived today. I am pretty sure I didn't actually NEED another...
Legends read "CORNWALLIS IND" and "BRITISH TARS". It is an imitation halfpenny.
I am sorry but I don't like the Metapontum coin. It looks like a match to an example from the "Black Sea Hoard" which was the name given to a...
No way to compete with that sort of quality! This is the sort of Hadrian denarius I normally collect... Hadrian Denarius Obv:- HADRIANVS...
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