As some of you are aware, I have several areas of collecting focus but a lack of ability to really focus on those areas. Every now and then I buy...
I have bought 6 coins of Septmius Severus in the past week alone. Admittedly two were part of the lot mentioned above that I intend to part with.
Some would argue that BMCRE (Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum) is more thorough for several periods. Personally I don't value the...
RIC VIII - Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume VIII Carson, Sutherland and Kent. The Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol VIII, The Family of Constantine I,...
Doug, I don't actively collect Rome mint. I did buy some mules and some draped bust Rome examples as well as some legionaries but sold them all to...
Hmm good question. It looks like I have around 350 to 400 eastern mint denarii, which is my primary focus for Septimius Severus.
I stumbled across another example to add to my Alexandrian hoard of Mars coins. This one is a double die match to the first of my II COS examples...
A coin with lots of eye appeal. Very nice indeed. A nice piece of ancient art.
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Soter (285 - 246 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY...
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter, Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:– ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle...
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY BASILEOS,...
I believe that Probus can be seen wearing it on coins often described as cuirassed. [IMG]
I left out Alexandria... Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG, Laureate head right Rev:– TR P IIII IMP II COS II, Mars standing right, resting on...
Trajan [IMG] Domitian [IMG]
Doug, The II is faint but visible (below the bust) on this example of mine (overlooked in my post above). [IMG] I couldn't justify the four...
Now moving to the Laodicea, IMP issues. It should be noted when reading the references (RIC and BMCRE) that their implication of the existence of...
There are many Mars varieties that I have come across. I have an egocentric attraction to collecting the Mars reverses, which is the thing that...
I have had this first coin in my collection for a few years. This was one of only two examples known to Curtis Clay of the MARTI VICT type with...
You gotta like a croc....
This one is already there:- Galerius. 299-303 AD., Carthage mint., AE Follis MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right. Large head type. SALVIS...
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