I recognise that obverse die. Yours is nicer than mine.... [IMG] same pose but also helmeted [IMG] [IMG]
And these occur in the coded EQVITI series too. Here CONS III [IMG] The detail on the imperial mantle varies a lot too and can contain a lot of...
Rome mint Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, Radiate, bust left in imperial mantle, holding scepter surmounted by eagle Rev:– SOLI INVICTO, Sol in...
How about a consular bust but with Victory on globe rather than the normal sceptre? Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate bust left wearing...
I used to actively collect Probus more widely but have focussed more on his Lugdunum production in recent times. I have gathered them (over 175...
Constans - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTANS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right Rev:- FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, emperor in military dress...
You can hardly tell the difference between these two but you can tell one isn't the real thing eventually!!!! Severus Alexander denarius Obv:–...
Not Alexandrian but hey ho....
The style of the Alexandrian coinage is quite distinctive, I find it especially so around the eyes. It is in the same style as the Tetradrachms...
Anither one that I found also offered at auction back in 2011 Augustus, denarius, RIC 473 Obv:- AVGVSTVS, bare head right Rev:- Laurel wreath...
[IMG] Julia Domna denarius Obv:– IVLA (sic) DOMNA AVG, Draped bust right, hair tied in bun behind Rev:– VENERI VICTI (sic), Venus, nude with...
Gaius Naevius Balbus, denarius serratus Newly added to fakes reports:- [IMG] and from a major auction house in 2017 [ATTACH]
Are they fainter stars behind seven bright stars...???
Since this thread I have been doing further digging on the subject. I have now seen quite a few COS II - SAECVL FELICIT with dots amongst the...
@dougsmit It's not the only Septimius fake they have offered either. The CONSECRATIO - funeral pyre type is often seen as faked but these are...
I don't have a die match. I do have a matching one for type. [IMG] I have double die matches for your first coin illustrated and an obverse...
Compare it to the one I showed above. Different venue, different lighting, different photos. Equally fake.
Every now and then I post something here about another batch of fakes that I have stumbled across that I feel deserve to be brought to your...
That is a real example from Siscia.
So how do these two go together historically? Septimius sets forth from the east (IMP VIIII) [IMG] and then arrives in Rome (IMP VIII) [IMG] or...
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