It's not a severed head; but a bust, like a statue. Two examples below that demonstrate this better, with the second example (bust of Sol) showing...
If you haven't seen it, DOC is available online. Here is volume V--...
OCRE has two examples from different workshops http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.6.anch.132a
I think this one is neat because in the reverse legend, it looks like the engraver made an error and then re-engraved it-- the first S of CAESARIS...
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No need to read anything into it...the similarity of the bust types might just be like all the tetrarchic coins; in which all the busts look a...
he's just one of many fake sellers on eBay. I added him to my fake seller list last month...
One of my favorites from Diocletian because somebody at the mint really messed up. Though RIC attributed this issue to Trier, it is actually from...
Mars was commonly held to be the father of Romans because he was the father of Romulus and Remus.
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Constantius I and John Belushi...mainly because of how Constantius has his eyebrow arched. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, though only listed in RIC for Maximianus, several examples are known for Constantine as Caesar.
[ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 307- 310 25x26mm 6.8g IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; Laureate and cuirassed bust right. MARTI PATRI PROPVG; Mars,...
if you are talking about the Edict of Prices, you have to post some of his "sacred money" [ATTACH] Diocletian A.D. 303- 305 26x28mm 8.3g IMP...
That one is from Ticinum
I was motivated to photograph some more examples for my page, now up to #150. this is another example overstruck on an IOVI. You can just make...
The IOVI coinage of Licinius had less silver than the VLPP's; which is why you find these overstrikes. I did a metallurgical study of a group of...
When talking about these unofficial issues, specifically Siscian VLPP's, there is not much point in talking about specific groups of people,...
I've been chasing them for years! I have 144 on my page, with a few hundred more to sort through--...
here's one with some serious side eye...and a cross on altar [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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