I read MARS VLTOR on the reverse. Is it just my bad eyesight?
https://ric.mom.fr/en/coin/1202
Here is a Julia Paula from my collection as an illustration. Julia Paula denarius Obv:– IVLIA PAVLA AVG, Bare, draped head right Rev:– CONCORDIA,...
A couple of standard whips... Aurelian, Probus... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] More fancy... Constantine the Great - London (this one is extra...
ALmost certainly B. The A is much more angular on this issue. See my example below (nowehere near as nice as yours....) [ATTACH]I have a smallish...
Not as nice, nor as scarce. I did own this one but parted with it when slimming down my collection some years back. Vespasian Dupondius Obv:– IMP...
I believe that these were trying to be pretending to be "real" uncleaned coins rather than barbarous imitations. They were seeded into large...
I do indeed. I will corrct my records now.
Sabina Denarius Obv:- SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust left Rev:- VESTA, Vesta seated left holding palladium and scepter...
None of the references seem to make any differentiation on these attributes on the attribution. As such I think it would be RIC 360 Bust type F...
RIC 360 Bust Type F? https://probvs.net/probvs/R360/R360.html Here is my bust type H example. [ATTACH]
The difference comes down to the style of engraving across all aspects, which comes with experience. There is also a "tell" with these. If you...
This one is a Rome mint example. An eastern example would look like this (from the Barry Murphy collection website) [IMG]
The new style Eastern Mint of Septimius Severus starts with an IMP VIII issue, followed by an IMP VIIII issue. There is then a gap in RIC, which...
They don't usually turn up this nice on both side.
I did build a collection of these sacrifice variations a while back. Here is one of them. Obv:– IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, horned, draped...
This is a great coin and is quite significant from a numismatic perspective. It is further evidence of the processes used in the mint. A few...
The IMP X - Genius is ex-my collection.. I am so glad it found a suitable home.
I am choosing to use "eastern" quite deliberatley. There is no real evidence of the location of the mints for the AVG-COS series or the IMP II,...
We are now a few years on and I have added another two reverse dies to the one in my OP. One is the MONET AVG type that I mentioned above, the...
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