I am waiting delivery of a copy myself as it does span into some of my collecting interests.
This is my second addition to my Probus Lugdunum collection in 2019 making me hope that it is going to be an above average year for my collection....
As a specialist collector that has been collecting a series for some time I have to resign myself to the fact that quite often the coins I am now...
Neat. I recognise 4 (the last 4) of the 5 instantly. The first one has me frowning and scratching my head and getting annoyed with myself.
And a coin I had forgotten I had. It is one that didn't survive one of my enforced coin purges a few years back.... Ho hum.
The divergent wreath ties are apparently the clue.
I have been envisaging the engraver having just completed GAL VAL...... and starting this one and starts with the F and then gets distracted and...
What a good find and a classic portrait of Constantius too..
Severus Alexander Obv:- IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG; Laureate head right Rev:- VIRTVS AVG; Virtus seated left on cuirass, holding branch and spear. RIC 221.
Perhaps it is a copy (in the wrong metal) of a Bruttium Av Hemidrachm. [ATTACH]
Severus Alexander
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s6264.html#RIC_0040
A fake of a denarius of Elagabalus.
Sometimes we all have dry spells. It causes me to get tempted by stuff I'm not focussing on. I always tell myself not to but end up giving in to...
That's a lovely looking example of the eagle issue which is always sought after.
I seem to have developed a strong liking for the Folles of Alexandria. Whilst browsing through loads of coins from a dealer I saw a portrait that...
Interesting indeed. I have not studied these much. You have set out a perfectly valid set of possibilities. I cannot guess which is correct. Your...
About $30.
Yours is Rome mint rather than Antioch however.
This was purchased alongside another couple of coins for very small price (about a quarter of the cheapest example I could see on VCoins). The...
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