That is a lovely example, indeed! Here's mine: [ATTACH] Claudius, AD 41-54. Roman Æ as, 10.86 g, 28.3 mm, 7 h. Rome, AD 42. Obv: TI CLAVDIVS...
I knew you had a coin where the mark of value had been removed, but I didn't remember which particular issue it was. Yours is a double-die match...
Thanks! That's what attracted me to it. It, too, was in a dealer's bargain bin.
Claudius portraits -- like Gallienus -- can be all over the map, depending on the mint issuing them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Your Septimius Severus example is GORGEOUS, by the way!
Cool! It's always fun to pick up a new coin for the collection! Here's a Julian II VOT X MVLT XX from my collection: [ATTACH] Julian II, 361-363....
I think Tameanko's theory has been thoroughly discredited. We've discussed this before.
Gorgeous! Wow, you're making progress. Good luck on the Legio IIII.
I think all of those will clean up quite nicely. While I have a Mason jar full of unidentifiable culls and a fair number of low-grade LRBCs in my...
Here's Mercury with a marsupium (and caduceus): [ATTACH] Gallienus, AD 253-268. Roman silvered billon antoninianus, 4.25 g, 21.3 mm, 11 h....
On a related note, Serapis is typically depicted raising his right hand and holding a scepter, as on this issue of Gordian and Tranquillina from...
Well, let's see it. Post a photo.
That's one busy pediment!!!
When the goddess of Roman provincial coin identification comes up empty, abandon all hope of IDing it. ;)
How did I miss this thread the first time it went around? Here are some in my collection: This one has a circle in the pediment, which I think is...
That's a common question, @britannia40 , and it's a relevant one. Those indentations are commonly called "centration dimples." What annoys me...
Thank you, @dougsmit , for your input. There is something fishy going on with that delta and I had been pondering this ever since I got the coin....
I suspect the die-engraver forgot he was supposed to engrave a mirror image of the inscription but caught his error after engraving VOT. Here's...
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