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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TTerrier, post: 3021315, member: 76835&quot;]I&#039;ve some fun with this particular type due to our very own [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER]. I saw the Γ· version in one of his auctions and the bust looked so unusual I bid on it and won.&nbsp; At that time, I think John (and certainly me) thought it was just an Antioch mint coin with an unusual bust type.&nbsp; Shortly after the auction he e-mailed me with the same links Doug provided above.&nbsp; Great stuff!</p><p><br /></p><p>After that I thought I should check my other Probus coins (I only have a few) and lo and behold I had the A· workshop.&nbsp; Of course now it&#039;s game on to try and find the other four workshops.&nbsp; I have 5 of the 6 - the only one I don&#039;t have is the OP coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]751415[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]751416[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Something has clearly gone wrong when I resized the second image but it should give you the idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know why the style of the eastern mint portraits differs from Rome so often - i&#039;ve noticed it as well in the eyes of the denarii of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander I have.&nbsp; Surely they had access to coins minted in Rome so copying the &quot;official&quot; design should have been easy to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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