19th century bronze bust of Lucius Verus: [ATTACH]
Here is a base metal imitation from what might very well be the same dies as the OP coin: [ATTACH] If so, this would would further proove that...
I think this here shoud proove that the OP coin´s obverse die was indeed in the hands of the Goths and was used to produce and inspire a whole...
I can agree with the OP coin being struck by an official Roman mint (the one at Cyzikus, to be precise, which was not only the only mint that...
You are right, but RIC 598 always has a right facing obverse, while Nr.4 and the similar barbaric pieces with COS III always have the obverse...
If the OP coin is indeed an original, it must have ended up in the hands of the Goths who not only added a loop and smoothed the reverse down by...
Thanks, so I finally have something to contribute to this thread :) [ATTACH] IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANUS AFR AVG Laureate, draped, and cuirassed...
My Severan Sestertii: [ATTACH]
My Antonine Sestertii: [ATTACH]
But doesn´t this certainly official Aureus here look like an obverse die match to the OP coin(s)? Nr.3 (6,39 g): [ATTACH] On the other hand,...
During my research on Gothic imitative coinage I came across these two coins: Nr.1 (weight: 5,54 g) was found in the western Ukraine (Chernivtsi...
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That is an amazing find! Here are my observations and conclusions: 1st observation: 28 of the 29 coins of this type listed (Nr.7 is my coin)...
Congratulations for that handsome Macrinus! I don´t have one from Antioch yet... There are also rare coins with an intermediate beard, such as...
[ATTACH] This Saloninus is my first purchase for three months, so I attempted a little biography using the recent German literature and showing...
As we can see from unpatinated specimens, Dupondii and Sestertii were struck in yellow orichalcum until the reign of Antoninus Pius and again from...
Update: I was (luckily) outbid, but someone paid 800 Euros (plus commission etc) for OP coin Nr.6 yesterday. It cannot have served as the host...
My Sestertius features a rather realistic portrait of young Severus Alexander: [ATTACH]
Here are six large bronzes of Vitellius, RIC 141, obviously from the same pair of dies (or casting form) - note the unusual GERMA-N and the...
The Sestertius of Tiberius from the Lugdunum mint is highly sought after. As it is the only large bronze portrait coin of Tiberius ever struck...
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