Curtis JJ Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, ambr0zie said: Next - a tetartemorion with oblong flan Once again, that's a tall order! Took me a lot of looking to find any oblong flans in my tetartemoria. As you can see, I had to dig deep. Both are seemingly unpublished (except for a few auction sales). The "oblongiest" (4mm, 0.04g) is a type that's been described as a "hemitetartemorion" by CNG EA 347 (and a couple others citing CNG EA 347)... but they also think that's a boar head, so... So, to be sure, I'll put in one other, beardless head/swastika in incuse (5mm, ~0.10g) (described as a Tetartemorion by Gorny). Both are probably from Ionia. NEXT: TINY ARCHAIC COINAGE FROM ASIA MINOR (any metal) Edited August 19, 2022 by Curtis JJ 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 Probably this one. I sold some silver that Dad left me and "invested" in a few nice coins that were better than my average fare. Kings of Macedon. Demetrios I Poliorketes, 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.10g, 7h). Amphipolis mint, struck circa 293-292 BC. Obv: Nike alighting atop prow of galley left, blowing trumpet she holds in her right hand, and holding stylis in her left. Rev: BAS-ILEW-S/DHMHTRIOU; Poseidon Pelagaios, nude, standing left, throwing trident held in his right hand, mantle over his left arm; Z to left, HP monogram to right. Ref: Newell 97 (dies LXXXVIII/163); HGC 3, 1012f; SNG Berry 346. Good Very Fine, nice toning. From Bill Kalmbach at Nilus Coins. A coin that you spent too much on, but you will never regret buying... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 Sestertius of Caligula with three sisters reverse - absolutely no regrets. same theme.... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANTE Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) By far the most I ever spent on a coin, but I never regretted it: not even for a second: Next: still the same theme. Edited August 19, 2022 by DANTE 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 Plotina Augusta AR Denarius Obv.: PLOTINA AVG IMP TRAIANI, Draped bust right. Rev.: CAES AVG GERMA DAC COS VI PP, Vesta seated left on throne, holding palladium and sceptre. Ag, 3.57g, 19mm Ref.: RIC II 730 [R3], CRE 15 [R2] Next: same theme, but with the restriction that it should not be a rare coin 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted August 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 19, 2022 Highest I've ever paid, just under 1000 AUD. Next- your second most expensive coin. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 2 hours ago, JayAg47 said: Next- your second most expensive coin. Pescennius Niger AD 193-194. Denarius. Antioch mint. Obverse..IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG, Laureate head right.Reverse...FORTVNAE REDVCI, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC IV #26d. Next...Your cheapest silver ancient coin 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted August 19, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Got it for €10, Achaemenind Siglos, 5.4g. Next, your cheapest ancient gold coin (at least pre-1500s). Edited August 19, 2022 by JayAg47 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Next: your most beautiful gold coin, any era… Edited August 19, 2022 by Etcherdude 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 This is my most beautiful gold coin. Gold Stater Obv.: Head of Tanit (Kore-Persephone) left, wearing barley-wreath, bar and triple pendant earrings and necklace with pendants Rev.: Unbridled horse standing right Mint: Carthage (ca. 350-320 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 9.12g / 19mm / 0h References: Jenkins-Lewis Group III MAA 4 Provenances: Ex. M.J. Collection Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live 54 #47 15-Dec-2019 Next - a favourite coin in any metal. 12 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis JJ Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Lol, I was literally about to click "Submit Reply"! Almost the same type, just mine is the EL version which is also a bit smaller ... Hopefully this qualifies (electrum, the type supposedly 55-60% AV). The only one of my gold coins I consider beautiful in terms of artistic dies and attractive enough state of preservation. (The others are interesting or historical.) Greek World (N. Africa, Late Classical). Zeugitania, Carthage EL Stater (19mm, 7.43g), c. 310-290 BCE.Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain, triple-pendant earring and necklace with nine pendants.Rev. Horse standing right on ground-line.Ref: Jenkins Group V, 280 (avg 55-60% gold content); Alexandroupoulos 365, 12.Prov: Ex Gorny & Mosch 265 (2019), 668 [ex Sammlung Süddeutschem Privatbesitz (?)]; Jacquier 44 (2018), Lot 138.Notes: Coin-in-hand video: https://imgur.com/gallery/pbkk8PK too late, so NEXT is still on @akeady's "A FAVOURITE COIN IN ANY METAL" Edited August 19, 2022 by Curtis JJ 11 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 Iberia. Indigets. Emporia Æ AS...27.88mm/10.05grams..27-25 BC.. Obverse:Head of the goddess Pallas Athena wearing a Corinthian helmet with the visor raised and a large plume. Reverse: Pegasos flying right, laurel crown above rump; EMPO below. Villaronga, ACIP 1098 - R6 Ex Archer M Huntington Collection (HSA 1001.1.10234). Next...a favourite coin in any metal. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) To be honest, I don't know if I actually have A favorite coin, but right up there would be this aes grave As of the Roman Republic. next... same theme.. Edited August 19, 2022 by Octavius spelling 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis JJ Posted August 19, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) "A Fave, Any Metal"... Probably shouldn't be dumping it out so roughly, but this is one of my favorites, mainly since it's probably my first Roman coin (purchased in the 1980s when I was ~8-9 years old, purchased at a coin shop in Paris, Florence, or Rome while traveling with my parents): Hadrian Sestertius First Roman Coin - Made with Clipchamp.mp4 (Slightly longer, unedited video on imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/6BtlncZ ) Roman Imperial. Hadrian (Augustus, 117-138 CE) AE Sestertius (25.28g, 30mm, 6h), struck 134-138.Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP. Laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder.Rev: S - C. Diana Venatrix, draped, standing left, holding arrow and bow.Ref: RIC II 777; Banti CNR 713; BMCRE 1546; Cohen 1364.Prov: Ex-Rome (or Florence or Paris) coin shop, 1980s, purchased by CSJ on family trip. NEXT: COIN YOU'VE HAD FOR A LONG TIME Edited August 20, 2022 by Curtis JJ 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted August 19, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) For ancient coins, this might be my earliest purchase (not counting the very cheap and almost unidentifiable Late Roman AE3s and AE4s I bought as a child): Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, AΛEΞANΔPOY. Price 2121 [Price, M., The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London, 1991)]; Pella database at http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en; Müller 847 [Müller, L., Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. Next, same theme. Edited August 19, 2022 by DonnaML 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Phil Davis Posted August 20, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 20, 2022 Purchased from Victor England in 1986, before there was a CNG: Next: Multiple wreaths 13 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanB Posted August 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 20, 2022 8 hours ago, DonnaML said: For ancient coins, this might be my earliest purchase (not counting the very cheap and almost unidentifiable Late Roman AE3s and AE4s I bought as a child): Macedon, Alexander III (under Philip III Arrhidaeus), AR Drachm, Miletos mint, 323-319 BCE. Obv. Head of beardless Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Rev. Zeus seated left on stool-throne, holding long scepter in left hand, with eagle standing right with closed wings on his right hand; KH monogram (Price Monogram 476) in left field; in right field, AΛEΞANΔPOY. Price 2121 [Price, M., The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus (London, 1991)]; Pella database at http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2121?lang=en; Müller 847 [Müller, L., Numismatique d'Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III, et Lysimaque (Copenhagen, 1855-58)]. 16 mm., 4.21 g. Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd., New York City, 21 Feb. 1986. Next, same theme. I wish I could go back in time and see child @DonnaML buying those almost unidentifiable AE3's and AE'4s! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 20, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 20, 2022 Technically, two wreaths counts as multiple. Augustus with Agrippa, 27 BC - AD 14. Roman Æ dupondius, 12.99 g, 26.3 mm, 4 h. Nemausus, after 16/15 BC. Obv: IMP/DIVI F, heads back to back of Augustus, right, bare, and Agrippa, left, wearing rostral crown. Rev: COL-NEM to left and right of palm shoot, its tip to right, behind chained crocodile; two wreaths above palm tip. Refs: RIC 155; RPC 523; Cohen 7; AMC 411; RCV 1729. Notes: Sear (p. 338) notes this initial revival of the Nemausian series on a lighter weight standard is probably to be associated with Augustus' visit to Gaul in 16 BC. Next: Augustus on a bronze. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2022 23 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Augustus on a bronze. Phoenicia, Arados 2 B.C Aradus mint, year 258 (local Era) = 2/1 BC. 8,9 g - 20mm Obverse: Bust of Astarte-Europa right with smaller head of Augustus in front. Reverse: Humped bull galloping left, head facing, Phoenician letters beth (B), taw (TH), zayin (Z) & aleph (´) above, Aradian era date 258 (ΣNH) below. RPC I 4483. Next ...Minted in France. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) Gaul, Massalia (Marseille) AR Drachm or Tetrobol 130-121 BC Obv.: Draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder. Rev.: MAΣΣA/ΛIHTΩN H–A, Lion standing right Ag, 2.62g, 16.5mm Ref.: Depeyrot 41/20 Next: Minted in a city or region located in what is now Germany. Edited August 20, 2022 by shanxi 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Posted August 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 20, 2022 ARCADIUS, Siliqua TRPS Treveri, 392-395 Next: Siliqua of Honorius 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Alwin said: Next: Siliqua of Honorius Honorius, Siliqua - Mediolanum mint, 2nd officina DN HONORIVS PF AVG, diademed draped and cuirassed bust right VIRTVS RO - MANORVM, Roma seated left, holding victory and sceptre, MDPS at exergue 2.09 gr Ref : Cohen # 59, Roman coins # 4250 Next : Mediolanum mint (Milan, Italy) Q 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2022 Gallienus, 253-268. Antoninianus , Mediolanum, 258-260. Obv.: IMP GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right. Rev.: DIANA FELIX Diana advancing right, holding bow in her left hand and drawing arrow from quiver with her right; at feet, hound springing right. AR, 20 mm, 3.15 g, 6 h Ref.: Cohen 169, MIR 920l, RIC 380. Ex Leu Web Auction 2, 3 December 2017, 752. Ex Leu Web Auction 17, 14-16 August 2021, 2822 Next: Gallienus (but not from Rome) 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 20, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 20, 2022 Just now, shanxi said: Next: Gallienus (but not from Rome) Gallienus, Antoninianus - Cologne mint, AD 257-258 GALLIENVS PF AVG, Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus, seen from front VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus, standing right, holding spear and standard 3,93 gr Ref : RCV #10413, Cohen #1309, Göbl # 8821 Next : another, "non Rome mint" for Gallienus Q 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 20, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 20, 2022 Gallienus AD 260-268. Antioch Antoninianus Æ silvered 21 mm, 3,60 g GALLIENVS AVG, bust of Gallienus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory, winged, draped, standing or walking left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand RIC V Gallienus 663 Next - a coin with the same reverse legend. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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