shanxi Posted July 20 · Supporter Share Posted July 20 (edited) discreet enough ?? (if not then six-hour rule ) Ruler: Mexico, Charles IIII, 1788-1808 Av: Bust Rv: Coat of arms Value: 8 Reales Year: 1807 Material: Silver, 26.1g, 40mm Next: more chop mark Edited July 20 by shanxi 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted July 20 · Member Share Posted July 20 Wanli Emperor Ruled 1572 - 1620 This is called the first chopmark, occurring in the late 1500s or early 1600s. They're thought to be from Manila, Philippines and thus are called the Manila Chops. Next: anything considered a "first" 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 20 · Patron Share Posted July 20 First issue for Faustina II. Faustina II, 147-175 CE. Roman orichalcum sestertius, 21.26 gm, 29.3 mm, 11 h. Rome, December 147 – early 148 CE. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, bare-headed and draped bust, right (Beckmann Type 1 hairstyle). Rev: VENERI GENETRICI SC, Venus Genetrix standing left, holding apple and child in swaddling clothes. Refs: RIC 1386(a); BMCRE 2146n.; Cohen 237; Strack 1306; RCV –; Banti 128. Note: Scarce with bare-headed bust. Next: Mottled but pleasing patina. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted July 20 · Supporter Share Posted July 20 18 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Mottled but pleasing patina. Marcus Aurelius, Sestertius - Rome mint, 173 CE M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXVII, Laureate bust of Mercus Aurelius right VICT / GERM / IMP VI / COS III / SC in five lines within a laurel wreath 20,50 gr, 30 mm Ref : RCV # 5015, C # 995 (15), RIC #1090 Next : sestertius from the Antonine dynasty Q 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 20 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 20 Antoninus Pius (138-161). AE Sestertius, 159-160. Obv. Laureate head right. Rev. Pietas standing left, holding globe and child; a child standing on either side of her. RIC III 1031. AE. 25.61 g. 32.50 mm. Good F/About VF. Next: Chocolate patina 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 20 · Supporter Share Posted July 20 Elagabal Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis Obv.: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNEINOC, Laur. bust right Rev.: VΠ ΝΟΒΙΟV ΡΟΥΦΟΥ ΝΙΚΟΠΟΛΙTΩΝ Exergue: POC ICT PΩ, Nemesis/Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia, wheel at feet AE, 12.12g, 25.8mm Ref.: Varbanov 3945 (picture not text) Next: red patina 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 20 · Supporter Share Posted July 20 Diocletian AD 284-305. Potin Tetradrachm (19.5mm, 7.38 g.) Egypt, Alexandria mint, dated RY 6 (AD 290/1). Obv. A K G OYA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC CEB, laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev. Eirene looking left, holding branch and scepter, SL (date) across field. No reverse legend. Scarce variety with unusual date order,SL instead of LS NEXT: Stag(s) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted July 20 · Member Share Posted July 20 Kaulonia, Bruttium 475-425 BC AR Didrachm (20mm, 7.82g) O: Apollo, nude, walking right, holding branch in raised right arm; small daimon running on outstretched left arm; stag standing right in field to right, head reverted, KAVΛ (retrograde) to left. R: Stag standing right, laurel branch to right; KAV (retrograde) above. Noe, Caulonia, Group F. cf 97; HN Italy 2046; Sear 462 ex NB Numismatics Next: a really huge coin 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 20 · Supporter Share Posted July 20 Not an ancient, but still big! Currency Balboa (1904-date) Composition Silver (.925) Weight 129.59 g Diameter 61 mm Thickness 4.7 mm NEXT: Same theme 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted July 21 · Supporter Share Posted July 21 (edited) Central Italy, Uncertain. AE Aes Grave As 66 mm (334.5 g), 3rd century BC. Helmeted head of Minerva left. Reverse: Kantharos. ICC 257; HN Italy 344. Fantastic glossy apple-green patina. Choice Very Fine. Ex Julio Belluscio Collection, purchased between 1980 and 1990. Ira and Larry Goldberg. next , large coin... Edited July 21 by Octavius 10 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 21 · Supporter Share Posted July 21 Unfortunately, this one falls short of @Octavius's three-quarter pound chunk of bronze, but it's still pretty large by most standards: 😉 BRITISH CANADA, Nova Scotia Time of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) CU Penny Token (33.18mm, 14.92g, 12h) Dated 1856. Heaton (Birmingham) mint Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D:, crowned portrait of Queen Victoria left; LCW at base of neck, date below Reverse: PROVINCE OF NOVA SCOTIA above mayflower plant; ONE PENNY TOKEN below References: Numista 22498 Smooth brown copper toning. "This was the first official (government-approved) coin of Nova Scotia. The reverse design, a sprig of mayflower, is now the provincial flower and is considered one of the most beautiful coins made for North America." - Numista webpage Next: More Queen Victoria 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted July 21 · Supporter Share Posted July 21 Great Britain. Victoria, AD 1837-1901. Milled AR Crown. Dated AD 1889. Obv: Victoria, her crowned Jubilee head left. Rev: St. George on horseback, attacking the dragon. Ref: KM765, SCBC 3921. NGC AU58, purple and gold toned. Ex Heritage Weekly June 2019, Lot: 62241. Next: Another Crown. 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 21 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 21 George II AR Crown 1746, Obv. (Type C) Old-head; mature bust, left, wearing armor with the face of a mature lion on his shoulder epaulette, GEORGIVS • II • – DEI • GRATIA •; LIMA below bust [“LIMA” = provenance of Spanish silver captured by Admiral Anson during his round the world voyage, 1740-44] / Rev. (Type 3) Crowned cruciform shields, plain in angles, Leg. around from 1:00, ∙M∙B∙F∙ET∙ H∙REX∙F∙D∙B∙ET∙L∙D∙S∙R∙I∙ A∙T∙ET∙E∙17-46 [King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Arch-Treasurer of the Holy Roman Empire and Elector] / Edge DECVS • ET • TVTAMEN • [An ornament and a safeguard] ANNO REGNI • DECIMO • NONO. S. 3689, ESC 1668 at p. 238 (ill. p. 237) [Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage since 1649 (Spink, 7th ed. 2020)]; old ESC 125 [H.A. Seaby & P.A. Rayner, English Silver Coinage from 1649 (Seaby, 4th ed. 1974). Purchased Jan. 12, 2023 at NYINC 2023 from Baldwin’s [A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd.], London, UK. Next, another 18th century British silver coin. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted July 21 · Supporter Share Posted July 21 3 hours ago, DonnaML said: Next, another 18th century British silver coin. George III (1760-1820) - Six pence, 1787 Ref : Spink # 3749 Next : follow up with George IV silver Q 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 21 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 21 A George IV official silver coronation medal. Next: George V silver. Great Britain, George IV, Official AR Coronation Medal, 1820, by Benedetto Pistrucci. Obv. Laureate bust left, GEORGIUS IIII D.G. BRITANNIARUM REX F.D. / Rev. King enthroned left, crowned by Victory behind him; before him stand Britannia, Hibernia, and Scotia; PROPRIO JAM JURE ANIMO PATERNO around; in exergue, INAUGURATUS DIE. JULII. XIX ANNO. MDCCCXXI. 35 mm., 16.93 g. BHM 1070 (ill. p. 264) [Brown, Laurence, British Historical Medals Vol. I, 1760-1837 (Seaby 1980)]; Eimer 1146a (ill. Pl. 125) [Eimer, C., British Commemorative Medals and their Values (2nd ed. 2010)]; Wollaston p. 12, no. xv & ill. 24 [Henry Wollaston, British Official Medals for Coronations and Jubilees (1978)]. Mintage in AR: 800 (see Wollaston p. 16). Purchased from Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) Auction 267, 1 Feb. 2023, Lot 788; ex Sir Gerard Clauson Collection of British Historical Medals [see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Clauson: “Sir Gerard Leslie Makins Clauson (28 April 1891 – 1 May 1974) was an English civil servant, businessman, and Orientalist best known for his studies of the Turkic languages”].* (The areas of blue and and other dark coloring turn out to be simply iridescence in hand. Noonans noted the "small dig at top of reverse," which I don't think detracts from the coin all that much, but described the medal as "otherwise extremely fine and toned.") *See Sir Gerard's biography from Noonans, published in connection with an auction of his ancient coin collection in 2022, at https://issuu.com/noonansauctions/docs/coins_13_oct_22: 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted July 21 · Supporter Share Posted July 21 9 minutes ago, DonnaML said: Next: George V silver. Crown, fourth type, 1927 Ref : Spink # 4036 Next : a crown as a device, either on obverse or reverse Q 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted July 21 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 21 Just to be consistent, here's a George VI silver crown, using a crown as part of the device on the reverse. It was the last British crown minted for circulation in silver; all the later ones were issued in cupro-nickel, with silver specimens minted only for the collectors' market: George VI AR Crown 1937, S. 4078 (Coronation commemorative). Next, Elizabeth II in silver (bullion coin, special issue, medal, or anything else). 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 21 · Supporter Share Posted July 21 (edited) Showing 300 years of Manx coinage, with various examples of past coinage on the reverse. 70,000 struck Composition Silver (.925) Weight 28.28 g Diameter 38.47 mm Next:Coins showing other coins as featured image Edited July 21 by expat 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 22 · Supporter Share Posted July 22 (edited) General edition Year: 25 (1936) Av: 中華民國二十五年, zhōng huá mín guó èr shí wǔ nián (Republic of China year 25), star Rv: 壹分, yī fēn (1 fen), ancient spade money Value: 1 Fen Material: AE 26.1mm, 6.48g (year 25) Literature: KM Y#347 similar example: Next: same theme Edited July 22 by shanxi 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanzi Posted July 23 · Member Share Posted July 23 It's been a bit over 6 hours China, Ming Dynasty, anonymous dated late 1500s AD Imitating earlier Northern Song Dynasty issue Obverse: Xian Ping Yuan Bao Reverse: Blank So-called 'Amoy Pitis' issued from the Quanzhou/Xiamen area of China, minted for trade with Indonesia and Vietnam kingdoms Found in Surabaya area, Java Next: another imitative coin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted July 23 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 23 Next: Artemis 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted July 24 · Supporter Share Posted July 24 Antoninus Pius Egypt, Alexandria. Tetradrachm 141-142 (year 5) Obv.: ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹΒ, laureate head of Antoninus Pius, r. Rev.: Artemis advancing, r., drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow; at feet, dog r. and in field, L-Ɛ Ref.: Dattari-Savio Pl. 108, 2152 (this coin). Billon, 24mm, 13.53g Next: Artemis with stag 6 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted July 24 · Patron Share Posted July 24 (edited) Otacilia Severa, 244-249 CE. Roman provincial Æ 23.5 mm, 6.89 gm, 7 h. Thrace, Bizya, 244-249 CE. Obv: M WTAKEIΛIA CEBHPA CEB, diademed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΒΙΖVΗΝΩΝ, Artemis Phosphoros standing right, holding arrow and torch; stag at her feet. Refs: Tachev, Bizija 5 (this coin); Moushmov 3514; Sear GIC 3991; Varbanov 1592; Lindgren II 759; Jurukova 147; Mionnet Suppl 2, 193; RPC VIII, (unassigned; ID 48718); CN 3897; Milano IV/3 --; BMC Thrace --; SNG Tubingen --; SNG Copenhagen --; Wiczay --. Notes: Double die-match to RPC specimen and to Lindgren II 759. Next: Otacilia. Edited July 25 by Roman Collector 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted July 24 · Supporter Share Posted July 24 Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Otacilia Severa, Augusta, AD 244-245. Potin Tetradrachm (22mm, 13.71g, 11h). Dated RY 2 of Philip I (AD 244/245) . Obv: M ωT CЄOΥHΡA CЄ M CTΡA; Diademed and draped bust right. Rev: Serapis standing facing, head right, holding sceptre in right hand and drapery in left; L-B (date) across field. Ref: Dattari (Savio) 4997; Köln 2762; Emmett 3564.2 (R3); K&G 75.18. RPC VIII online 2559 (unassigned, 5 examples). Rare. Very Fine, nice chocolate brown patina. Next: Philip I 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted July 24 · Supporter Share Posted July 24 Philip I depicted on reverse Philip II, AR antoninianus. 22.4 mm, 4.91 g.(Thick flan), Rome mint, 249AD. IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / LIBERALITAS AVGG III, Philip I, holding short sceptre, and Philip II seated left on curule chairs, extending right hands. RIC 230; RSC 17, Sear 9265. NEXT: Father and son on same coin 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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