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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

CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames), Satrap AR Stater. 10.7g, 24.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsos, circa 375 BC. Tarkumuwa (Datames), as Satrap. SNG Levante 85 (this coin); Casabonne Type 2; Moysey Issue 6; SNG France 282 = de Luynes 2839 = Traité II 609. O: Baaltars seated right, torso facing, holding grain ear, grape-bunch, and eagle-tipped scepter; lotus below throne; all within crenelated wall. R: Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, holding arrow; winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right; c/m: bull standing right within incuse square. Ex CNG 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1553; ex CNG 96 (14 May 2014), lot 516; ex Eduardo Levante Collection (CNG 64, 24 September 2003), lot 337 Next: Any example of a type cataloged in SNG Levante

I'm sorry to have missed out on that one, but I was happy to have won this little Valentinian II, formerly from your collection. VALENTINIAN II Scarce. AE4. 0.79g, 12mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 384-388. RIC IX 62a.2; LRBC 1864. O: D N VALENTIN[IANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: GLORIA REI-[PVB]L[I]CE, campgate with four layers, no doors and two turrets; A in left field, TES in exergue. Ex Terence Cheesman (“Maple Leaf”) Collection

Goose: MACEDON, Eion AR Trihemiobol (Holed). 0.81g, 11.8mm. MACEDON, Eion, circa 460-400 BC. HGC 3.1, 521; SNG Cop 174. O: Goose standing right, head reverted; lizard above, retrograde N below bottom of goose. R: Incuse square. Ibis: HADRIAN AE Chalkous. 1.66g 13.7mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 10 (AD 125/6). Dattari (Savio) 7961; Geissen 926; RPC III 5627. O: Laureate head of Hadrian to right. R: L Δ-E, Ibis standing right. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection Falcon: VESPASIAN AE Obol. 7.91g, 23.7mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 72/3. RPC 2440; Emmett 222.5; Dattari 415; Milne 430. O: AVTOK KAIΣ ΣEBAO VEΣΠAΣIANOV, laureate bust right. R: Horus falcon wearing sekhmeti crown right; LE in left field. Ex Dr Walter Neussel Collection

This Theo II with the 'Three Little Emperors' reverse (that's him in the middle) is one of my favorite LRBs. Likewise this AE4 campgate of Magnus Maximus...

Athena does have a very nice face on yours, @ambr0zie. Congrats! I think she's kind of "let herself go" on mine. 😅 KINGS OF THRACE. Lysimachos AR Tetradrachm. 16.78g, 29.1mm. Klazomenai mint, 294-290 BC. Thompson –; Müller 129 var. (monogram); Meydancikkale 2719 var. (same); CNG E-322, lot 114 (same dies). O: Diademed head of the deified Alexander right, with horn of Ammon. R: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena Nikephoros seated left, left arm resting on shield, spear behind; monograms above arm and on throne, ram's head left in exergue. Ex William Stancomb Collection, purchased from David Miller As for a coin bought by mistake... once, when I was randomly scrolling through a live auction Gorny & Mosch auction on my mobile phone, I accidentally hit the bid button, and after a second or two of hoping someone else would outbid me, became the shell-shocked new owner of the coin below. It wasn't a type that was on my want list, but 7 years on and I've grown quite fond of it... even if that wasn't at all what I felt when I got the invoice for it! IONIA, Ephesos AR Drachm. 4.17g, 17.8mm. IONIA, Ephesos, circa 202-150 BC, Ekatokles as magistrate. Kinns, The Attic Weight Drachms of Ephesos, NC 1999, S.86; SNG von Aulock 7826. O: Bee between E-Φ. R: Stag standing right, in front of palm tree, EKATOKΛHΣ to right. Accidentally acquired at Gorny & Mosch Auction 229 (10 Mar 2015, lot 1343)

A classic! Here's a coin of Halos showing on the reverse Phrixos being taken by the flying ram to Colchis. Phrixos later sacrifices the ram and gives its golden fleece to King Aeëtes of Colchis. His four sons would eventually join the crew of the Argonauts. THESSALY, Halos AE Dichalkon. 5.34g, 20.1mm. THESSALY, Halos, 3rd century BC. Reinders Series 6; Rogers 241; BCD Thessaly 85; HGC 4, 4. O: Diademed head of Zeus Laphystios (Zeus the ‘Devourer’) right. R: ΑΛΕΩΝ, Phrixos hanging on to ram flying right; AX monogram to left. Ex BCD Collection, tag noting "Thr. V. ex Thessaly, April 1993, SFr. 150"

TITUS AR Cistophorus. 10.77g, 26.5mm. Rome mint (for circulation in Asia), AD 80-81. RIC II.1 515; RPC II 860. O: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; laureate head right. R: Tetrastyle Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, enclosing figures of Juno, Jupiter seated, and Minerva; in pediment, two anguiped giants holding large facing bust placed on a base, atop pediment, facing quadriga in center between facing bigas at corners; CAPIT across field, RESTIT in exergue. Ex Stein A. Evensen Collection; ex Harry N. Sneh (“Sierra”) Collection (CNG 88, 14 September 2011), lot 1298; ex CNG E-Auction 125 (26 October 2005), lot 222 Next: Temple

A Max Thrax provincial that was struck on an overly generous 38mm flan. MAXIMINUS THRAX AE Hexassarion. 20.44g, 38mm. CILICIA Anazarbus, circa AD 235-238. Ziegler 663 (Vs2/Rs4); SNG Levante 1480 (same obv. Die); RPC VI temp 7446/2 (this coin). O: AY K G IOY OYH MAZIMEINOC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: ANAZ END MHTRO B/G, female figure (Synthysia), holding bipennis over shoulder, standing left before bull standing left, CYNQYCIA OI/KOYMENHC, (ME and NH ligate). Ex Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 Mar 2000), lot 1130

Very neat group of fractions! I recently picked up this from one of Roma's unsold lists when I realized I didn't have a fourrée of Corinth. I don't a few different Corinthian fractions, but not the full set. Drachms: Diobols: Trihemiobol: Obol: And a recent photograph taken of one of my full size Colts:

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Here are two more from hoards not yet represented on the thread: GALLIENUS AE Antoninianus. 3.33g, 19.2mm. Mediolanum (Milan) mint, 2nd officina, issue 7, AD 266. MIR 36, – [1353f]; RIC V (sole reign) 482; Cunetio 1745; Normanby 474 (this coin, illustrated). O: IMP GALLIENVS P AVG, radiate bust right, with drapery on left shoulder. R: FORT REDVX, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; MS in exergue. Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Normanby Hoard (1985) [IRBCH 854], no. 474, purchased from C.J. Martin (Coins) Ltd., 1987 Pic of the coin from "The Cunetio and Normanby Hoards" book: And a Julia Maesa denarius from the 1953 Elveden hoard : JULIA MAESA AR Denarius. 3.08g, 19.5mm. Rome mint, AD 220-222. RIC 271; Cohen 45. O: IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust right, hair bound in a bun at the back. R: SAECVLI FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, her head to left, holding patera over burning altar in her right hand and long caduceus in her left; to right, star of eight rays. Ex Michael Kelly Collection; ex Elveden Hoard, Suffolk, found 23 March 1953 (Numismatic Chronicle 14, pages 204-208, 1 of 7 in hoard)