ominus1 Posted April 21, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2023 ..i have 6 HRE(Holy Roman Empire)'s and one Roman Republic holed... 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted April 24, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2023 On 4/21/2023 at 8:33 PM, Prieure de Sion said: As of tonight yes... I just got this seltzer of Marcus Aurelius at Bucephalus. I found the reverse so interesting. I have to look first, what I got there at all exactly. Description of the auction house: MARCUS AURELIUS, 161-180 AD. AE, sestertius. Rome. That's a very interesting reverse and an attractive coin, despite its wear and tear. You may find another example here - it comes with a stiff price tag, but there's your information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted April 24, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2023 This is a very attractive coin in excellent condition (save for the usual striations), but it has a little hole, like a tache de beauté. A tenth-century wonder of islamic calligraphy, in my opinion. Samanid dynasty, AE fals. Abd al-Malik I b. Nuh + Ashath b. Muhammad. Mint Quba (Ferghana) 349 AH = 960 AD. Obv. Three concentric circles, the outer showing place and date, the second the Kalima. In the centre, a cruciform monogram formed from 4 x the name Muhammad, the midpoint ringlet being the first M! Rev. 6 lines in stipple circle, surrounded with text. 26.5 mm, 3.16 gr. Zeno 69828. Album 1463. Quba or Quva is in the east of current Uzbekistan. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted May 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 1, 2023 Here's one of two Spanish colonial coins that I own that were holed somewhere along the line. I'll photograph the other coin tomorrow. This coin is very interesting. It appears to have been struck in the normal manner but then flipped and struck again! Why this happened is a mystery for me and it is the only example that I have. The coin does have a hole, and coming from Guatemala during this time that is quite normal. The indigenous clothing lacked pockets, so the story goes that the coins were were holed to accommodate a string to hold them together. It seems a plausible explanation. It could be that there was a profit motive as well, since the silver removed through this process creating the hole could be quite a windfall for the individual perform the service if done enough times! Guatemala, 8 reales, Philip V, 1740 J. Flip double struck and holed. Date on both sides. KM 6 22..88 grams 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted May 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 1, 2023 I love holed coins - they are affordable. And they might reduce fakery... By which I mean the Azores crowned G.P countermark of 1887 has been extensively faked, but usually on suspiciously pristine host coins. But maybe on a holed host coin there is some hope it is genuine? Portugal 1809 400 reis with the crowned G.P countermark. And a giant hole. Maybe the real deal? 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted May 1, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 1, 2023 Here's one more holed cob, with two dates. Potosi, 8 reales, (1)773 V(Y), Charles III, holed . This is the last year of cobs for this mint. KM 45 26.94 grams 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegandron Posted May 1, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 1, 2023 China ANCIENTCowrie -Shang Dynasty (1600 BCE - 1046 BCE)BONE2 holes for clothing or funeral bier20mmHartill 1-2v Coole 51-66Ex: Scott Semans CoinCoinChinaShang Dynasty 1766-1154 BCE or Zhou DynastyGhost Face Ant NoseAE 1.65gHartill 1.4Holed (filled with debris) 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coinmaster Posted May 3, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 3, 2023 This is a great publication related to this topic: https://www.academia.edu/37325921/Suspended_Value_Using_Coins_as_Pendants_in_Viking_Age_Scandinavia_c_AD_800_1140_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Simon Posted May 11, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 11, 2023 This giant Justinian follis was not only pierced but it was silvered as well. 38.22 mm and 20.7gm This came as part of a freebee, I bought a group lot from a dealer, and he surprised me with adding this oddity. I wonder who wore it and how cool it must have looked when fully silvered. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akeady Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 This arrived during the week. Ruler: Caracalla (Augustus) Coin: Gold Aureus ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT - Head of Caracalla, laureate, right P M TR P XV COS III P P IOV VIC - Jupiter, nude to waist, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, left, eagle Mint: Rome (212 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 7.46g / 20mm / 6h References: RIC 200 Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live 80 #644 2-Apr-2023 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtisimo Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 My favorite holed coin is this Corinth issue with Bellerophon struck for the Peloponnesian War. Corinthia, Corinth AR Trihemidrachm, struck 431 BC Dia.: 14 mm, 6h Wt.: 3.95 g Obv.: Bellerophon, bareheaded and naked, riding on Pegasos flying to right; Koppa below. Rev.: Chimaira to right on ground line; square incuse. Ref.: HGC 4, 1850; Warren, J., “The Trihemidrachms of Corinth”, Plate 13-1 Ex VCV Collection 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theoderic Posted May 14, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 14, 2023 12 hours ago, akeady said: This arrived during the week. Ruler: Caracalla (Augustus) Coin: Gold Aureus ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT - Head of Caracalla, laureate, right P M TR P XV COS III P P IOV VIC - Jupiter, nude to waist, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, left, eagle Mint: Rome (212 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 7.46g / 20mm / 6h References: RIC 200 Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online auction NN Live 80 #644 2-Apr-2023 Congrats on this aureus acquisition as I was one of the unsuccessful bidders on it. I did just win the similarly holed Septimius Severus aureus from their auction last week but haven't received it yet. I'm intrigued by the double piercing which is somewhat typical of Roman aurei found in India. If one could only know the story of these well travelled coins! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Aussie Posted May 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 16, 2023 I win with this triple hole Trajan, bought because I couldn't afford one without holes 😃 Trajan (98-117). Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.54g, 6h). Rome, c. 107-111. Laureate bust r., slight drapery on l. shoulder. R/ Octastyle temple with portico on either side, seated figure within; Jupiter on pediment seated facing, seated figures on either side; Victories at corners, standing figure at point. RIC II 577. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Factor Posted May 21, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 21, 2023 I really like this coin, despite having a hole it is one of the best examples of this scarce type. Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Philadelphia, Decapolis, BronzeAE 27, RPC IV online T6636 (9 spec.); Spijkerman 17; SNG ANS 1387; BMC Arabia, p. 39, 9 & pl. VI, 7; Rosenberger 18; Sofaer pl. 160, 20 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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