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Thank you @TIF for this beautiful tribute. Seeing that huge collage of his old avatars made me smile, laugh and tear up, reminding me that even as we mourn his loss, we also celebrate his life, his passion, and his humour. Thank you, Steve... good times! The ex SteveX6 coins that I was honored to give a home to:

Thanks for tagging me! It's certainly one of my favorites and I'd have hated to have missed the chance to share it. NERO AE Contorniate. 18.18g, 36mm. Rome, circa late 4th century AD. Alföldi, Kontorniat 200; Cohen VIII pg. 290, 129. O: IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX, laureate head to right; engraved palm leaf before. R: Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, reclining left on couch, extending hand to serpent coiled at her knee. Great coin, @Ryro! These Koinon of Macedonia issues celebrating Alexander are really fascinating. I'd love to add a few to my collection some day.

Wow, I hadn't seen your full collection of SA middle bronzes all together before. That's pretty darn impressive! Anyway, late to the party, but I'll toss in a few provincials that are favorites of mine... SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE25. 6.37g, 25mm. TROAS, Alexandria Troas, circa AD 222-235. RPC Online temp #3987 var. (obv legend); Bellinger A335. O: IM AR ƧE AΛEXANDROS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: COL AV-G TROA, drunken Herakles stumbling right, an arm around the shoulder of Pan to his right, a satyr on his left holding his hand and another behind him supporting (or restraining) him with both arms. SEVERUS ALEXANDER Potin Tetradrachm. 14.14g, 23.2mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 (AD 222/223). RPC Online Temp #10249 (34 spec); Emmett 3139.2; Dattari (Savio) 4373. O: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: Tyche standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L B (date) to upper left. Ex Hermanubis Collection SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE24. 6.97g, 24.6mm. TROAS, Alexandria Troas, AD 222-235. RPC Online Vol. VI temp #3994; cf. Bellinger A338 (obv A338, rev A225 Type 44). O: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped & cuirassed bust left, holding spear & shield decorated with head of Medusa. R: COL AVG, horse grazing right, the herdsman Ordes behind holding pedum (shepherd's crook), tree to left, TROAC in exergue.

An Aegina stater with its mini-me, a hemiobol... ATTICA, Aegina AR Stater. 12.12g, 21.1mm ATTICA, Aegina, circa 480-456 BC. SNG Cop 507. O: Sea turtle; [T shaped pattern of pellets on back]; Countermarks: Corinthian helmet and others. R: Large square incuse with skew pattern. ATTICA, Aegina AR Hemiobol. 0.52g, 7mm. ATTICA, Aegina, circa 480-457 BC. SNG Cop 512-3; HGC 6, 453; SNG Delepierre 1521. O: Cutest little sea turtle ever. R: Large square incuse with skew pattern. Ex E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection

CONSTANTINE I, as Caesar AE Quarter-Follis. 1.82g, 16.7mm. Trier mint, AD 306-307. RIC VI Trier 750; Mazzini 748 (this coin). O: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NC, laureate, cuirassed bust right. R: VO/TIS/X in three lines within wreath. Ex Giuseppe Mazzini Collection (1883-1961) Next: another Constantine I as Caesar

Link: ex Demetrios Armounta Collection CORINTHIA, Corinth AR Stater. 8.58g, 21.4mm. CORINTHIA, Corinth, circa 375-300 BC. BCD Corinth 115; Pegasi 402. O: Pegasos flying left, qoppa below. R: Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet; A below chin, Thessalian helmet behind. Ex Demetrios Armounta Collection (with old tag indicating purchase from Seaby on 10 August 1965 for £8)

NERO Billon Tetradrachm. 12.37g, 24.3mm. Contemporary imitation copying EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 11 (AD 64/5). RPC 5283; Dattari-Savio Pl. 316, 43 (this coin); Metcalf, Two Alexandrian Hoards. 1. A Hoard of Forgeries from Luxor," (Revue Belge de Numismatique Vol. CXXII, 1976, pp. 65-69) Obv V/Rev 6. O: ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΛV ΚΛΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕ, retrograde from lower right, radiate bust right, wearing aegis. R: AYTOKPA, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, palm over far wing; in left field, LIA. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, probably from the E.T. Newell Luxor Hoard (1908) Next: Nero provincial

Link = Horse's head THESSALY, Gyrton AE Dichalkon. 3.72g, 18.5mm. THESSALY, Gyrton, early-mid 4th century BC. Cf. Rogers 228; BCD Thessaly II 78 var. (ethnic); HGC 4, 370. O: Bare head of the hero Gyrton right; to right, head and neck of bridled horse right. R: ΓΥΡΤOΝΙΩΝ, head of the nymph Gyrtone left. Ex BCD Collection (with handwritten tag stating "G/ni ex Thessaly, May 95, SFr. 40")

POSTUMUS AE Antoninianus. 2.86g, 20mm. Cologne mint, AD 266. RIC V 300; Cunetio 2429; Elmer 398. O: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right. R: DIANAE REDVCI, Diana advancing right, head to left, holding bow in her left hand and leading a stag with her right. Ex Belgian collection (acquired from Martina Dieterle); ex A.K. Collection (acquired privately from CNG); ex M. Weder Collection (reportedly from the inventory of the British Museum) Next: A Gallienus "Diana" type

Well, since I've got no choice, here it is again... 😊 I enjoyed the Coinweek video and can relate to what Shanna Schmidt said about collectors of Cretan coins. Now, I just need more Cretan coins! I thought the Gortyna stater they showed was great and would love to have something like it in my collection (can't afford the $10k being asked for that particular piece on Vcoins though!). Even if the undertype doesn't seem like the most exciting, it serves to illustrate the prevailing notion that coin production of the Cretan cities began in conjunction with the arrival there of Aegina's staters, which gave the cities a supply of silver with which to strike their own coins. It's possible that my coin was an Aeginitian turtle before it became a stater of Knossos, before finally becoming the mess of a Gortynian stater it is. The coin below (not mine), shows what the undertypes originally looked like:

I've always liked this one which clearly shows a UFO in its lower half. Of course, I'm pretty sure @antwerpen2306 is going to tell me it's not actually evidence of ancient Egyptians encountering aliens.

Caracalla and his brother Geta had a famous meeting in their mother's chambers in 211 from which only one of them walked out alive. I hope your work meetings had a better outcome! Here's a coin depicting Caracalla and Geta in a meeting with their father, who was at least able to keep the two from killing each other while he was alive. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AE29. 11.18g, 28.8mm. BITHYNIA, Prusias ad Hypium, circa AD 197/8. RecGen -; BMC -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Cop -; ISEGRIM -. O: ΑΥΤ Κ Λ ΣΕΠΤΙ ΣΕΟΥΗΡΟΣ Π, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ΕΙΣ ΕΩΝΑ ΤΟΥ-Σ Κ-ΥΡ-ΙΟΣ / ΠΡΟΥΣΙΕΩΝ, Septimius Severus, in military attire, standing front, head to left, holding scepter in his left hand and clasping his right hand with Caracalla, on the left, standing right in miltary attire and holding scepter in his left; on the right, Geta, togate, standing front, head to left, holding patera in his right hand and scroll (?) in his left. Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and possibly unique.

Neptune on one side in his biga of hippocamps, wifey Amphitrite on the other. ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius. 3.69g, 18mm. Rome, 72 BC. Crawford 399/1b. O: Bust of Amphitrite or Venus right, seen from behind; octopus behind and E before. R: Neptune in biga of sea-horses, brandishing trident, [E?] above, Q. CREPER. M. F. ROCVS in two lines below. Ex Andrew McCabe Collection MACEDON, the Macedonians. Time of Philip VI Andriskos (?) AE Serrate. 10.0g, 25mm. MACEDON, Amphipolis mint, probably under Philip VI Andriskos, circa 149-148 BC. SNG Cop 1294; HGC 3.1, 331 (S). O: Diademed head of Poseidon right, trident over shoulder. R: MAKE-ΔONΩN, Club; monograms below left and right; all within oak wreath.

Nice coins and great presentation as usual, DR. I was just handling and admiring my ex @dougsmit double sestertius of Decius last night. TRAJAN DECIUS AE Double Sestertius. 32.54g, 35.8mm. Rome mint, AD 249-251. RIC IV 126a; Cohen 115. O: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right. R: VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch; S-C across fields. Ex Doug Smith Collection, acquired by him from Don Zauche at a coin show in September 2015

Did someone say holed coins? I count this one has having one and a half. 😊 CONSTANTIUS II AE3, Holed. 2.27g, 18.3mm. Antioch mint, AD 324-325. RIC VII Antioch 60 (R2). O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: CONSTAN / TI • VS / CAESAR in three lines; SMANTΔ / • below. Siliqua, same mint and workshop as Sev's upthread. CONSTANTIUS II AR Siliqua. 2.2g, 20.5mm. Sirmium mint, AD 355-361. RIC 68; Cohen 343. O: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX in four lines in wreath; SIRM in exergue. Ex Michael Kelly Collection