Qcumbor

Gold coins I guess Q

Nice ones Brian, thanks for sharing them. By the way, Nice to see you posting 😀 Q

Fabulous coin indeed. Q

Interesting idea. I couldn't do that myself, having only two denarii of his. The one I've shown on page # 1 was minted 232 CE, while the following was struck earlier, 225 CE, showing a much more juvenile portrait : Q

Excellent example @CPK, and others as well A favorite Sev-Al of mine As stated above, the second quarter of the third century was a kind of golden age for celators. Here are some other examples And, yes, decent portraits of Vespasian can be found 😉 Q

Despite Tiberius coinage being on the boring side with very few different types, those pictures prove a high diversity in portrait styles Mine : Q

And here's what it refers to : Next : follow up with ancient design on modern coins Q

Looks like a fantasy coin to me either Q

Not that I would dare comparing my pictures to his, yet I tend to agree with @AncientJoe when he writes "My suggestion would be to use very diffuse light, ideally cloudy sunlight". It's what I try to do myself, hence not everyday can you have the star alignment allowing to take nice pictures. For some reason I've always been at better ease with a black background, on a cloudy or a snowy day, with slightly underexposed shots to avoid glare And for that one, my pic follwed by NGC's and Leu's Q

Crude, yet interesting issues Here's a RY9 tetradrachm, with the year written in full Dioclétien (20/11/284 - 01/05/305) - Tétradrachme de l'atelier d'Alexandrie, officine A - AD 292-293 ΔΙΟΚΛHΤΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ, Buste lauré et drapé à droite, vu par l'avant L - ENATOY, Nike volant à droite tenant une couronne (9° année de règne), A à l'exergue 7.91 gr Ref : Emmett # 4064/9 (R3), Kampmann #119/89 Q

I particularily like this one of yours @Valentinian I don't have a lot of Constantine the Great myself, but some are very attractive nonetheless Constantine the Great, Follis - Nicomedia mint, 2nd officina, c. AD 311 IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG; Laureate head right VIRTVTIE-XERCITVS Mars/Virtus advancing right in military dress, holding transverse spear and shield ; trophy over shoulder. B in right field. SMN in exergue. 4.88 gr, 22 mm RIC-, C-, Roman coins - RIC lists this type only for Licinius and Maximinus . "Iovi Conservatori and Virtuti Exercitus both appear for Licinius and Maximinus, emissions for the former being the more scarce: coinage for Constantine is extremely rare. Date, c. 311". Coin should be listed after NICOMEDIA 70c. Please see Victor Clarks website for further information at :http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/unlisted/ Q

For some reason, when I saw this one auctioned, I thought it might be for you ! Q

Julius Caesar and Marcus Antonius - Denarius minted 43 BCE M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Marcus Antonius right, lituus behind him CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him 3.76 gr Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3 Next : triumvir Q

Sextus Pompeius and Q. Nasidius, Denarius - Mint moving with Sextus Pompeius, Sicily, 42-39 BCE NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the great right, trident before head, dolphin below Q.NASIDIVS at exergue, galley sailing right, star in upper field 3.92 gr Ref : HCRI # 235, RCV # 1390, Crawford # 483/2, Sydenham # 1350, Cohen # 20 Ex Freeman & Sear, Ex Barry Feirstein collection (NAC auction # 42/279) Ex Roma Numismatics Next : imperatorial Q

Should gold go up and up in a near future, this one will soon have a bullion value above what I paid LOUIS XVI Double louis d’or dit "aux écus accolés" 1786 Lyon LUD. XVI. D. G. FR. - ET NAV. REX. Tête nue de Louis XVI à gauche, signé DUVIV. sur la tranche du cou. Sous le buste, abeille, différent du directeur Jean-Claude Gabet. CHRS. REGN. VINC. IMPER (MG) 1786. Deux écus accolés de France et de Navarre, sous une couronne ; D (Lyon) 28 mm - 15,36 gr - 6h Ref : Ciani # 2182, Dy # 1706 Q

Otacilia Severa, Sestertius - Rome mint, 248 CE MARCIA OTACIL SEVERA AVG, Diademed and draped bust of Otacilia right SAECVLARES AVGG, Cippus, SC in field 22.44 gr Ref : Cohen #68, RCV #9171 Next : follow up with Rome millenium in 248 CE Q

Thanks. I didn't know that. Very interesting Q

I'm really jealous of this one. Pure gem , congrats ! My latest ancient is an alexandrian tetradrachm for Severus alexander Severe Alexandre ( 222 - 235) - Tétradrachme de l'atelier d'Alexandrie, AD 225-226 A KAI M AYΡ CЄOΥΗΡ ΑΛЄΞΑΝΔΡΟC ЄΥCЄΒ, Buste lauré et drapé à droite vu par l'arrière L ΠЄΜΠΤΟΥ (5° année de règne), Serapis debout, la tête à gauche, vetu de la Kalathos, levant la main droite et tenant dans sa main gauche un sceptre. 28 mm - 13.47gr - 12 h Ref : Emmett # 3134/5 (R1), Kampmann # 62.70, RPC VI online # 10333 (temporary), Dattari (Savio) # 4357 Q

L. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus and L. Scribonius Libo, Denarius - Rome mint, 62 BCE PAVLLUS LEPIDVS CONCORD, diademed and draped bust of concordia right PVTEAL SCRIBON above and LIBO below the puteal scribonianum, ornamented with garland between two lyres and hammer 3,11 gr - 19/20 mm Ref : RCV #368, RSC, Aemilia #11 Next : Scribonius Libo denarius, with either hammer, anvil or tongs (bonus point for anvil or tongs) 😄 Q

Yes, absolute junk. I'm so sorry for you mate. You would get much, much more pleasure from plastic !! Q

I see Brutus gold in almost every bag : very tempting Q

While we are at SPQRs, below is one that hasn't been posted yet Augustus, Denarius - Colonia Patricia mint ? ca. 19-18 BCE CAESARI AVGVSTO, laureate head right SP - QR on either side of a domed terastyle temple, in which is a chariot with aquila. 3,66 gr Ref : RSC # 279, RIC # 119 Q

Interesting type. Here is mine Q

The scecond best thing to do after not buying this coin would be to avoid that seller, right ? Q

Beautiful ostrich. I agree it's seldom seen on ancient coins No ostrich here, but an ibis, a heron and a rooster if allowed Q