The picture is even more complicated than that. There are two eastern mints using "IMP CAE L SEPT SEV PERT AVG". These are differentiated by...
I had originally believed my coin to be a die match to the Barry Murphy example. This is simply wrong. The legend spacing is different. [IMG]...
I seem to be building another sub-theme, which is the FTR Galley coins from Rome. I am now up to 10. Someof the differences in the sereis are...
Here is a coin that is described as coming from the COS I issue. [IMG] Possibly the same engraver? Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SE - V PERT AVG COS I,...
@Terence Cheesman - A fantastic looking coin. I keep seeing these and would love to have a single example just for comparison.
I haven't seen any evidence that backs up the move of the mints by the BM to Cappodicea and Antioch. So now we have moved a little further...
15 or so years.
Or 170 coins of Probus just from the mint of Lugdunum!
Not Alexandria.
Excellent. What if I tell you that the coin is official but that the obverse legend that you describe is not thought to exist? Is there anything...
I missed out on another example last month.
Whilst I have a general focus on the eastern issues of Septimius Severus, I try not to buy much of his later eastern issues from...
Is more than 500 coins of a single emperor obsessive? If so then count me in.
I thought it might be interesting to set an exercise for people in describing and attributing a coin. As part of the exercise I would prefer it is...
I think it is.... here is the BM example [IMG]
The obverse is from the mint of Tripolis. These are only known with a very limited set of reverses. That wouldn't be one of them.
L Papius Denarius Serratus, Papia 1 Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, Harpa Rev:– Gryphon running...
Septimius Severus Denarius Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP-T SEV PERT AVG. Laureate head right Rev:– SAEC FRVGIF COS, Saeculum Frugiferum., radiate,...
A really good find.... well done.
http://www.ric.mom.fr/en/coin/944
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