Octavius

Thank you very much David. I appreciate your informing me of this. I guess it's something that happens to most of us in this hobby at one time or another. Maybe in 2000 years it will be valuable!

1st-3rd century Roman lamp with scorpion....

Some c. first century Roman lamps, griffin , ass, bull , and Pegasus..

RR Aes grave As , Janus / prow, c. 225BCE. next.... another aes grave.

Trajan dupondius with Dacia seated next to military trophy... Trajan sestertius with emperor spearing fallen Dacian same scene with dupondius.... Sestertius of Trajan addressing his troops

I'm so sorry to hear this news. I know how you are feeling. I lost my best buddy one year ago this week. It's very hard, but worth the price. Percival...

Several silver retaining Antoniniani.... Valerian , Gallienus, Diocletian, Probus, and lastly, Gallienus...

Roman legionary tile of Legio II Augusta...

Two Antoniniani of Claudius Gothicus - the first with reverse of Victoriae Gothic(ae) - hence his honorific title "Gothicus". second , with Mars reverse ( with an exceptionally large butt!).

Wow @DonnaML! Thank you so much for that news. I am especially fond of that period of Egyptian history. I am thrilled, but feel awful about Antwerpen's figurine!

Ae Teanum Sidicum. next... another from Campania...

Ae Antoninianus of Aurelian from Bing. next, coin with red patina...

Lot 126. Roman bronze bread-stamp 1st - 2nd century AD; length cm 6; height cm 2,5; L VISVLCAE / MISTICI, and with engraved caduceus on the handle; English private collection, bought before 2000. Roman terra sigilata - c. 1st - 2nd century CE This is a columbarium burial plaque of Gaius Taflenius C(aii F(ilius) V(ixit) Mens(es) VII - evidently he was just an infant son of Gaius Taflenius who lived for only seven months. This is a Roman beaker from the 1st century BC. This painted terracotta vase from Thailand, c. 3000 - 2000 BC, is actually not mine - It belongs to my cat. I was online early one morning participating in a London auction, waiting for a particular coin to come up, dozing off, eyes half closed, when she suddenly jumped up on my desk and whacked the blinking green light on the screen. 500 pounds later, this arrived.

Here are several RR denarii with dark patinas....

C. Servilius denarius, c. 136 BCE....

Hi @Prieure de Sion. I just right-clicked the photo, copied and saved the photo of my coin to "pictures". The photo was from the dealer - Shanna Schmidt.

My double maiorina of Julian II with bull reverse...

ROMAN REPUBLIC. A. Postumius Albinus. Rome, 81 BC. AR Denarius, 3.94g (18mm, 2h). HISPAN Veiled head of Hispania r. / A - POST.A.F. - S.N.- ALBIN Togate figure standing l., raising hand; to l., legionary eagle and to r., fasces with axe. Pedigree: Ex Frank Sternberg 2000 (35) lot 390; former Clarence Sweet Bement (1843-1923) collection, Naville 1924 (8) lot 303. References: Crawford 372/2; RBW 1393. Babelon Postumia 8. Sydenham 746

Two antoniniani of Probus - first, his victory over Germanic tribes ; second , ADVENTVS antoninianus, retaining full silvering.

Very beautiful coin! here is my Brutus selection...

As always, beautiful artifacts and informative. Thank you.

Nothing wrong with rummaging through junk bins. I started out that way as a little kid with my dad, and decades later I still do. There is an excitement associated with it. To a true collector, coins have an intangible value, not just monetary. Just look at all those beautiful coins listed above to see that that's true.

Very handsome coin. Certainly worth "eating gruel" for.

Beautiful Egyptian artifacts @DonnaML. I love this thread - makes me feel like Indiana Jones.

I have used acetone on a number of my bronze and silver coins to remove the sticky residue of PVC. I just dipped them in a small saucer of pure acetone for several seconds and gently dabbed them with a cotton Q-tip. It worked like a charm. ; did not affect the patina at all. After at least 10 years , there has been no change to my coins. I think you run more of a risk of damaging your coins if you do NOT remove the sticky, PVC residue. Please remember that acetone is extremely flammable!