Doug, That coin is fantastic. Whilst the best part of the legend is off-flan what is present is sublime. Thank you for that comment. I am not...
Now we skip on to A.D. 198.... and the Battle of Ctesiphon where Severus succeeded in sacking the Parthian capital. The eastern mints had taken...
From the limited gathering of information I have been able to perform over the years with lots of input from Curtis Clay who probably has the most...
@Marsyas Mike - there is a minor type here ADAIB should be ADIAB
I have the bound captive with arms type [IMG] and the "woe is me" pose with the arms and sword in exe. This time combined with the SPE for SEP...
We have explored the Moneta standing type previously and I held back from sharing any of my Moneta seated types so have decided to share them now....
It looks like they have just attributed it as a standard COS II issue and not really read the obverse legend properly. I have notified them a...
Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin tied under chin. Behind head, hunter's net Rev:– Gryphon running right; in ex., L. PAPI.; in...
The BM example with PERET, different reverse die also seems to have the dots in the fields. This coin is also mis-attributed as a COS II example...
This one is not a AETERNITAS type but does have a couple of factors that make it interesting to me at least. It isn't "Emesa" but comes from the...
A lesser seen reverse type at the eastern mints is Roma seated. It occurs at both Alexandria and Emesa. Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP - SEV PERT AVG,...
I will freely admit that Alexandria is my weakest of these mints and I don't actively collect them at the moment. In fact the majority of my...
The type also occurs in "Laodicea" IMP-II, INVICTO IMPER [IMG] IMP II [IMG] The type also comes with the dejected captive IMP-II, INVICTO IMP...
Another regularly depicted type at the eastern mints is the "Trophy of Arms". Some are scarcer than others. I don't have any from Alexandria - I...
"Emesa" AVG II C [IMG] COS I [IMG] Here are a couple with the "COS" obverse. The seconf shows two thin lines.... are they the missing Is? MAREI...
Rome mint. IMP IIII, MARS PATER [ATTACH] IMP IIII, MARS PACATOR [IMG] IMP V, dated reverse, laureate bust... [IMG] IMP XI PART MAX, MARTI...
@dougsmit stated above that he likes Minerva... well I like Mars and Mars from Alexandria is harder to find.... Obv:- IMP CAE L SEP - SEV PERT...
Have a good trip Doug. I hope that you take a Basket of fruits for you and your wife to enjoy on your trip out. Obv:– IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Draped...
Imitation
As a follow on to @dougsmit and his high quality / grade coins I must say that I don't collect by grade my collection focuses more on the mere...
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