Severus

Denarius (fouree) of Septimius Severus (193 – 211) IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II - laureate head right FORTVN REDVC - Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia minted 194 – 195 in "Emesa" 16.5 - 18 mm - 2.78 g RIC 379 , BMC 354 , RSC 173a Next: another fouree

@Romismatist: I am aware that there are Hercules countermarks in the RPC database (the link provided in the first reply to my post). My "problem" is that it is always head RIGHT and never head LEFT as on my specimen. I can not open the link in your post, but it cites Martini Pangerl Collection 99, which is also head right. Maybe I am overthinking it. There might not be a huge significance to the portrait looking to left or right. RPC online seems to share this thought, as nothing happened after submission.

Thank you @Marsyas Mike & @JAZ Numismatics for your input. @Marsyas Mike: You write that the Hercules head countermark is used on provincials a lot and refering to the RPC database. However I am not able to find a single specimen there with the head to the left. Is this just me? Am I not using the search correctly? Any help or a direct link to a specimen would be very much appreciated.

AE of Augustus or Tiberius (11,83 g - 24 - 27,5 mm) Obv: laureate (?) head right CM1: PR within square incuse (9 x 5.5 mm) CM2: bare head of Heracles to left (6 mm) Minted: 1. Century AD in Moesia/Thracia based on the attribution of CM1 according to Martini CM1: #87 in Martini, R., „The Pangerl Collection“, 2003; CM2: not in Martini, not in RPC online. That is how far I came. My knowledge of countermarks is rather limited and any inspiration on where else to look is highly appreciated. acsearch did not turn up any results. Thanks in advance.

Quite funny: I bought my specimen of that coin type the very same day this thread started ... 😀 It was in yesterday's mail and I want to share it with you

Concerning the tetradrachm from the first post: It is not RY2 of Diocletian but RY12 (295/6), which is the last year tetradrachms were minted in Alexandria. The I is not really visible, but must be there. Legend on obverse reads ΔΙΟΚΛΗΤΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, a legend not used in the early years of Diocletian. Even though style of portraits in this time vary considerably, the bust used and its overall "broad" (sorry, no native speaker here; I can not find any better word to describe) appearance are indications for a late issue. Parallels to the style of the portraits of folles can hardly been denied. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/76381

Link: Artemis AE of Caracalla (198 - 217) from Eucarpeia in Phrygia Obv: AY K M AVP - ANTΩNЄINO - C- laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right Rev: EY - KAP - ΠЄΩN - Artemis standing facing, head to right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow; stag to her right, cult statue of Kybele to her left diameter: 23 mm weight: 7.82 g die axis: 6 h Imhoof-Blumer KM I, 228, 3; BMC-; SNG Cop-; SNG Aulock-; ex Münzen & Medaillen GmbH Auction 6 # 472 (19.05.2005) = Slg J.-P. Righetti

I did not know either. Thanks for sharing your extremly interesting and educating coin.

I wanted to post an update concerning the coin's provenance. When comparing my coin to the pencil rubbing from the specimen of the Dattari collection, it becomes clear that it is the same piece. At least this is my interpretation. A big "Thank you" to K. Emmett for providing the rubbings.

I am from Germany and pretty sure that there is no such law. Is it possible that you are confusing it with Austria? There export limiting laws are in place. Numismatik Naumann for example always has it writen somewhere that there may be delays in shipping due to the process of getting the export permission. Even there the process seems to be smooth and fast, as it never took long for the coins to arrive.

I would like to share with you this new addition to my collection: Tetradrachm of Commodus under Marcus Aurelius AV: Λ AYPHΛIOC - KOMMOΔOC CEB - laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus right, seen from behind RV: LIZ - Nilus reclining left, holding reed in right and cornucopia in left hand, below crocodile to right diameter: 23,5 mm - weight: 13,80 g - die axis: 11 h minted: early 177 to end of August 177 (year 17 of Marcus Aurelius) Dattari 3835, Milne 2612, Kampmann/Ganschow 41.11, RPC online 3326 (—> Dattari 3835/Milne 2612), Emmett 2488 (R5, —> Milne 2612), BMC -, SNG Cop -, Demetrio -, Geißen -, SNG ANS -; The issues of Commodus under Marcus Aurelius are considerably rarer than the later issues of Commodus as sole emperor. It is not that easy to find them in auctions (or anywhere else). I am not in posession of the Dattari-Savio. If someone does, could you please check if this is the specimen of the Dattari collection. I do not really expect it to be the one, but with coins this rare one never knows.