Alegandron

12 hours ago, AETHER said:

Is noob a category?

LOL, if NOOB is a category, then I am at the lower levels of POND-SCUM category.  😄 😄 😄 

13 hours ago, Hrefn said:

Coin collector or numismatist?  If you often spot misattributions and errors in the catalog descriptions of coins at auction by major firms, you are a numismatist.  Collecting is another thing entirely. 

I like your distinction...

It also hints at why I became dis-interested in collecting Modern US coinage... same issues for ever and ever; slight, MACHINE variations; the minutia of dates and mints - such a minor (and in my eyes, MUNDANE) change in a coin and history; rarity defined by THOUSANDS of coins in the population...etc... all leading to a BORING collection.  Gee, I just get so "excited" by having a consecutive collection of Kennedy Half-Dollars...  

Even when I was younger, collecting US Coins, I focused on the off-beat, niche, rich in history, and NOT the same:  Hard Times Tokens, Civil War Tokens, Odd-Denoms, etc. etc. 

BE ECLECTIC!

I am not sure what I am.  However, I rarely if ever have sold any of my coins.

So far, my collection has been a Black Hole... I capture coins, but they never leave my clutches. 

I reckon I ACCREET.

Daric / Aureus were roughly the same weight, and is about a Quarter TOZ today.

At the time of the Daric, it was equal to 25 Drachmae:

ACHAEMENID EMPIRE


PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire.
Darios I to Xerxes II.
Circa 485-420 BC.
AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint.
Persian king or hero, wearing kidaris and kandys, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left /
Incuse punch.
Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27);
Meadows, Administration 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26.

Twenty-five drachmas equals one Daric

Wife of Claudius; Mother of Brittanicus

RProv Valeria Messalina m-Claudius 41-54 CE Alexandria BI Tet yr 42-43 13.1g 25mm RPC I 5131

Here is Claudius' Son, Brittanicus... not a portrait, but best I can do...

Judaea Claudius w-Britannicus CE 41-54 Æ Prutah 17mm 2.8g Antonius Felix-procurator Dated RY 14 54 CE 2-crossed shields spears - Palm tree BPIT K AI L IΔ date Hendin 1348

Here is one, that was sold to me as JANUS...

(I knew that it was not a Janus As... but had to learn what it was all about.)


RR Anon AE Sextans-Hieron II Overstrike 214-212 BCE S1211 Cr69-6

This was sold as a Roman Republic Janus Head... none were ever this small. It turns out to be an overstrike of a Roman Sextans over a Syracuse Hieron II.

A) Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II, 275-215 BCE AE head of Poseidon left, rev. IEP-ÙNOÓ, trident flanked by dolphins, Ó[?] below (SNG Morcom 828 var.), dark green patina.
Obv. Diademed head of Poseidon left.
Rev. IEPΩNOΣ, Ornamented trident head flanked by two dolphins; below, N.

OVERSTRUCK by:

B) Anonymous AE-Sextans, Sicily, 211-208 BC.
Head of Mercury right wearing winged petasos; • • above. Rev. Prow of galley right; grain ear above, IC before, ROMA below.
Crawford 69/6b; Sydenham 310d; BMCRR 280.

19mm / 5.3g

Sicily Syracuse Hieron II 275-215 BCE AE20 Poseidon Trident Dolphin Left


Then Rome conquered them, and overstruck their AE's to make Sextans:


RR Anon AE Sextans 211-206 BCE Prob Sicily-Katana mintage Cr 69-6a Sear 1211


But some of the overstrikes were not "too perfect". The Dealer tried to tell me this was a Janiform! It was a cool deal for me... He did not know.

RI Claudius 41-54 Ae As 28mm LIBERTAS AVGVSTA holding pileus S-C RIC 113

RI Claudius Ae As 28mm Minerva S-C RIC 100

DRUSUS d 23CE Rest Titus 80CE AE AS Rome DRVSVS CAESAR TI AVG F DIVI AVG N - SC RIC II 437Titus

RI Tiberius AE As 28mm TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST IMP VIII - SC IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG REST BMCRE II 284

RI Tiberius AE As 14-37 CE Laureate-Pont Max Globe Rudder sinister left RIC I 58

RI Gaius Caligula AE As 37-41 CE Vesta seated S-C Sinister Left

I agree with @DonnaML & @John Conduitt & others not ashamed. I never get ashamed of actually holding ancient living history with coins or artifacts.  I DO get FRUSTRATED when I discover I purchased a FAKE.  That is when I feel like we need to send Military Special Forces to solve the origin of that problem. 🙂

This is one of my Moderns, rather an ULTRA-Modern... around the time they started having Flying Cars...

I like Ancients, BCE era, where people were more real.  😄

Spain - Ferdinand and Isabella AE Blanca - Granada mint 1469-1504 CE

+-LOL, thank you.  Yeah, I knew that the coin depicted a local Celtic God.  Just have been seeing all these "attractive" Hollywood actresses portraying her, and laughed when I saw this last one.

Your Iceni Gold is wonderful.  Really enjoyed that posting!

I have enjoyed reading over the last several years:

"The Druids" by Peter Berresford Ellis

"The Celts" by Jean Markale

"The Celtic Empire - The First Millenium of Celtic History 1000BC-51AD" by Peter Berresford Ellis

@John Conduitt, I REALLY like your coin!  Celtic Art and their coinage is incredibly fascinating to me!

But, I have a rhetorical question...  for the life of me, I am trying to figure out how Boudicca's portrait on my coin is the same as the pictures everyone puts out of her...

😄

Celtic Britain Iceni Boudicca 61 CE 1.03g Celt Hd r Celtic horse galloping Scarce

🙂

Nice.

On 11/2/2023 at 6:54 PM, Phil Davis said:

Apollo on the new coin is utterly different, a genuinely new creation. I'm still captivated by his knowing smirk, his eyes peeking out at me right this minute, like he's just returned from carousing with his half-brother Bacchus, or he knows a universal secret but he'll never tell...

LUVIT!  Great find, @Phil Davis !

Mine looks BLOTTO from his night of carousing!  😄

Mine seems to have the same facial structure as yours... similar obv die?

RImp P Clodius Mf Turrinus AR denarius 20mm 3.6g Rome 42 BCE Laureate hd Apollo R lyre - Diana Lucifera torches Cr 494-23 CRI 184 Syd 1117

GOATS

THRACO-MAKEDON TRIBES- MYGDONES or KRESTONES 480-470 BCE AR Obol 0.79g 11mm Goat Quadripartite incuse square AMNG III 14

RR AR Denarius 3.88g L Pomponius Molo 97 BCE Rome Apollo Numa Pompilius stdng Lituus alter sacrifice goat Cr 334-1 Syd 607 NUMA

RR C Renius AR Denarius 18mm 3.8g Roma 138 BC Helmeted hd Roma r X - C RENI ROMA Juno driving biga goats r whip reins scepter Cr 231-1

RR Servilius 136 BCE Roma Dioscuri galloping S 116 Cr 239-1

How Many VOLTs to fry this Pig?

RR M Volteius Mf AR Denarius 78 BCE 18mm 3.96g Hd Hercules R lion skin headdress - Erymanthian boar Cr 385-2 ex SteveX6

How many VOLTS to fry this temple?

RR Volteius 78 BCE AR Den Jupiter Temple S 312 Cr 385-1

Something was going on in 78 BCE with this VOLTeius Dude!

Beyond awesome, @voulgaroktonou! What a great friend. I had my office in my home for the last 5 years, and Indy was always under my feet for the last 16 mos that she has been with me. I retired in Jan, but nothing has changed. Before that, I owned a business, and Blue, the last of my pack of dogs, was always with me in my offices. She was always at my side until a couple years ago when she passed. That was difficult. Nuttin’ bettr’n a Dawg.

i envy your pack, gorgeous dogs.  I saw your Univ Cincy in the pics. I was an IU man years ago.

@voulgaroktonou Mine is named Indy. We are always virtually arms-length from each other, and are real buddies. She is definitely a Corgi in behavior.  I like several dogs at a time. Is Thomas a Pem or Cardigan? 

SERVILIUS GENS

RR Servilius 136 BCE Roma Dioscuri galloping S 116 Cr 239-1

RR Servilius Rullus MF Rufus 100 BCE AR Den Minerva Victory Biga S 207 Cr 328-1 Left

And Brutus honoring one of his Servilius ancestors... Master of the Horse in 439 BCE

Roman Republic
AR Denarius
BRVTVS / AHALA
Struck by the famous Marcus Junius Brutus when he was moneyer in 54 BCE
Obv: Bust of L. Junius Brutus, the Consul of 509 BC
Rev: Bust of C. Servilius Ahala, master of horse, 439 BC.
Ref:Sear 398. Crawford 433/2. Junia 1
Ex: @Valentinian

FURIUS GENS

RR P Furius Crassipes 84 BC AR Denarius 19mm 3.84g Rome Turreted head Cybele right foot upward Curule chair Cr 356-1a Syd 735 Furia 20

RR Furius Purpurio 169-157 BCE Roma Luna Biga Linear Frame murex shell Cr 187-1

RR M Furius LF Philus AR Denarius 119 BCE Janus Trophy Carnyx Cr 281-1 Sear 156

FURIUS FUBAR:

RR M Furius ERROR DOUBLE-STRIKE AR Den119 BC Janus Trophy Carnyx S 156 Cr 281-1

28 minutes ago, voulgaroktonou said:

My answer: a Corgi, or any beloved dog! (We have four). 😄

AWESOME ANSWER! I agree!  😄 

Perhaps that is why I have a GOLD colored Welsh Pembroke / Mini Australian Shepherd mix (yeah, she doesn't show the Aussie unless you look into her eyes. ) 

I usually had multiple dogs (up to 5 at a time), for many years.  Just one this time... X-Corgis are wonderful dogs...  I reckon mine is an "Augie", but you cannot really tell