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I always liked the funeral pyre reverse, originally I thought it was a temple or fortress and was only slightly disappointed when I found out what it really was and that I couldn’t attribute it to an existing ruin.

Great write up, thanks! I now have even more appreciation for the coin.

Such optimism, I like it! I want to relate it to the optimism the people of the Palatine must have had when the concept of Rome was just a twinkle in their eye.

Thanks for the welcome. I also have two, the one I posted is the recent replacement. The one it replaced has the same reverse as your second. Could you please expand on the historical significance of this reverse?

Spectacular example @DonnaML

One of my favourite recent additions to my collection, it has been in the bucket list for a while but only recently had a chance to pick one up. A very beautiful 8 Scudo from Bolivia. I absolutely love the designs on the Central and South American coinage of the (now not so) recently independent states. Republic of Bolivia, Gold 8 Scudos (27.02g, 36mm), 1837 LM, Potosí mint. Obverse: Cerro Rico Mountain to the south of Potosi, radiant sun above, Llama standing to the right and sheaf of grain at base, crescent of six stars below, mintmark “PTS” monogram, denomination, date and assayer mark surrounds below, legend surrounds above, “REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA”. Reverse: Bare-headed bust of Simón Bolívar facing to the right, wearing military uniform, his name “BOLIVAR” below, legend surrounds, “LIBRE POR LA CONSTITUCION·”. KM-99; Friedberg-21; Onza-1583. An imposing and rare early Bolivian Republic gold piece featuring a bold rendition of Simón Bolívar, the face of the Latin America fight for independence from the Spanish Empire; two minor cuts in the rim, possibly to recut the milling or test the metal, otherwise details good Very Fine to near Extremely Fine. Please share any of your Central or South American republic coins.

Very cool. Oddly I always assumed it was Septimius Severus

Ah yes. How about I raise you with a the year of the six!

Thanks. Over the last few weeks I’ve been pulling out my ancients out of their 2x2 flips and assembling them Chronologically in their new home (the lighthouse mahogany cases). Some I haven’t handled ever, purchases in a 2x2 and kept in it. The L Verus was one of them. Once I started handling it, it Alamo’s looked like it could be a forgery, but very good one. I had it checked out by someone with more knowledge than me, they concluded it was real but likely the soil it was found in caused the silver to give a bit of a dead tone. regardless I set out for a better example and came across this one, the rest is history

Not the best photographs (I do have better but will need to dig them up). Persian Daric, Carthage Stater (my favourite coin of all time hence my avatar), and Alexander III Stater.

Will check it out. Still getting used to the new controls here!

Thanks guys. Nice example @Alegandron!

For the past month I’ve been been on Reddit coin forums and haven’t frequented CT, only to come back and all the familiar names are gone… skimming through a few chats only to stumble across a few hints of what happened and some kinda sketch looking link of where everyone went. Anyway, I’d like to share my latest acquisition . In my opinion one of the nicest Lucius Verus denarius I’ve come across yet. Let me know if you agree and please share any of yours.