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Cool coins. Not the same type, no tag, but still an Albinus Bruti : Albinus Bruti F., Denarius - Rome mint, 48 BC PIETAS, head of Pietas right ALBINVS BRVTI F, clasped hands holding winged caduceus 3.83 gr Ref : HCRI # 26, RCV # 427, RSC, Postumia # 10 Q PS : Oh, and like you I have a soft spot for the 3rd century sestertii : Q

Interesting. My only contribution to the election would be the Cassius Longinus L. Cassius Longinus, Denarius - Rome mint, 63 BCE Veiled bust of Vesta left. Control mark L below chin LONGIN IIIV, togate citizen standing left, voting 3.93 gr Ref : RCV # 364, RSC, Cassia # 10, Crawford # 413/1, Sydenham # 935 Q

Not a brockage, not a flip over, but a spectacular error : coin struck with two different obverse dies. How in hell can this happen, I don't know Gaston d'Orleans (1627-1650), Double Tournois type 8 - SD - Atelier de Trévoux + GASTON . VSVE . DE . LA . SOV . DOM Buste fraisé à droite + GASTON . VSV . DE . LA . SOV . DOM Buste fraisé à droite 3,06 gr Ref : Divo Dombes manque, CGKL # 736v (ad) Next : follow up with errors Q

Both are beautiful. Now I want them 😀 Q

Glad to read you're doing better @DonnaML. Testing everyday is pointless IMO. Once you've been tested positive once, you remain contagious for five to seven days. Later on, even though there can be "viruses bits" able to turn a test to positive, they are not active anymore. At least that's the position we have in France when dealing with Covid+ patients. Take care Q

Interesting topic and explanations. Lazy me, I have never considered those marks in field, but I will now. I too have similar examples to those shown by @Tejas and @Al Kowsky with S| A in field 9.21 gr, 29 mm 7.40 gr, 26 mm Q

It's a fantastic portrait of Vespasian. Within a few days/weeks/months you will have completely forgotten the money spent and will still appreciate/like your coin. Now think the other way : coins that you didn't win, or forgot to bid on, or gave up bidding on because by the time of the auction you felt they were already too high for your budget. Got it ? Look at them five years later together with the realized prices. See that ? I do that sometimes and inevitably call myself names because I now feel prices were right or even cheap back then In a few words : you did well !! Q

>6 hours Hercules NOT carrying a trophy Gordian III, Antoninianus - Rome mint, 4th emission, AD 12-239/05-243 IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Draped and radiate bust of Gordian right VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing right, leaning on club set on rock 5.41 gr Ref : RCV # 8670, Cohen # 404, RIC # 95, Michaux # 385 Next : more Hercules, whatever he's holding, doing or leaning on Q

Great selection. What makes you think the Gallienus zoo (#5) is from Siscia rather than Rome (I honestly don't see the exergue) ? Q

Decius is my thing (well, one out of too many at least) The family, in antoniniani In Bronze, I have yet to find decent examples for the two lads, and in Antioch tetradrachms one for Etruscilla (I was the underbidder on one at last weekend Leu auction) Q

Although I don't collect them, I tend to have a look at every 2€ coin I come across in my change and keep them when they are new to me. I have probably about 140 of them now, from every country that issued them. Q

Carausius, Antoninianus - Colchester mint ? IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate bust right MONITA (sic) AVG, Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopia 3,64 gr Ref : RCV # 13629v, Cohen # 178 var, RIC, cf #867 Next : spelling error Q

Wow ! Excellent. You're a wise man @CPK, I wish I were able to downsize my collection and focus on less, but better. Anyway, talking of Judaea Capta, last december, @Curtisimo and I decided we would have a private Saturnalia exchange, and unsurprisingly the great Man gifted me with the following Vespasian (I am still astounded by such generosity) Vespasian, Denarius - Rome mint, 69-70 CE IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right Captive Jewess seated right, hands tied before, trophy of captured arms behind, IVDAEA in ex. 3.22 gr - 14x17 mm - 5 h Ref : RIC II # 2, RSC # 226, RCV # 2296 This coin belongs to the very sought after Judaea Capta series, minted 69-71 CE Q

Can we see it ? Q

Julius Caesar, Denarius - minted in North Africa 46 BCE COS TERT / DICT ITER, head of Ceres right AVGVR / PONT MAX, simpulum, sprinkler, capis and lituum, D in right field 3,81 gr Ref : HCRI # 57, RCV # 1403/1, RSC # 4a, Cohen # 4 Next : imperatorial Q

That's indeed amazing ! I have those two, from the Trajan Decius Divi series, sharing an obverse die for Severus Alexander, but with the two different reverses in existence Q

Vitellius, Denarius - Rome mint, July - December 20, 69 CE A VITELLIVS GERMAN IMP TR P, Laureate head of Vitellius right XV VIR SACR FAC, Tripod-lebes with dolphin lying right on top and raven standing right below 3.43 gr, 16-18 mm Ref : RCV # 2201var, Cohen cf # 110 et suiv, RIC I # 86 (this example illustrated in Wildwinds) Next : Vitellius Q

Unlike during the first 18 months of the pandemic, most people I've seen with Covid lately, even though some of them are old and/or have health issues, went on the up quite quickly. I haven't sent any patient to the hospital due to Covid in months. Some have a bad cough for a few weeks though. Hope you get well soon @DonnaML Q PS : The only time I got a documented Covid was right after my journey back from the USA in october 2022 ... and I didn't have to pay any import tax back then 😄

Republic, Sextans - Rome mint, circa 211-206 BCE Head of Mercury right, wearing petasus, two pellets above helmet ROMA, Prow of galley right, surmounted by a victory right 5.11 gr Ref : RCV #1218 Next : Mercury, but not a dime this time 😉 Q

25 grams a Valerian sestertius ? Wow, that's big by that tilme/period ! The Trajan decius is a nice coin with great patina and good portrait to it, congrats Q

wow ! Amazing gifts from amazing guys. What a treat ! Q

Antoninus Pius, Sestertius - Rome mint, 140/144 CE ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM, winged thunderbolt, S - C in field 25.86 gr, 31 mm Ref : Cohen #682, RCV # 4208, RIC III # 618 Next : thunderbolt Q

Nice one ! Mine Tiberius, Denarius - Lyon mint, after 15-16 CE TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGUSTUS, Laureate head of Tiberius right PONTIF MAXIM, Woman seated right on a throne (Livia ?) and holding sceptre 3.71 gr Ref : RIC # 30, RCV #1763, Cohen #16 Q

Hi there Among the dual portrait coins (dupondii) minted in Gaul at the end of the republic, just before Octavian switched to Augustus, some of them feature a portrait of Julius Caesar himslef together with Octavian (Vienna, Lugdunum), while others show portraits of Octavian and Agrippa (Nemausus). I had already found halved Vienna dupondii in the past, and was a bit unsatified with the JC half since it was very worn, but very pleased with the other half (Octavian) I had found previously. Last december, at Leu, was offered the full version and I sort of cleverly thought it would be nice to have the two folks reunited, especially so as the two portraits were more than decent : JULIUS CAESAR and OCTAVIAN – Dupondius, Vienna (Gaul), ca. 36 BCE •IMP• [DIVI•IVL•CAESAR•DIVI•]F bare headed portraits of Julius Caesar to left and Octavian to right C•I•V Prow of galley to right, surmounted by superstructure and mast (CIV for Colonia Ivlia Viennensis) 31 mm – 16,67 gr - 12 h Ref : RPC # 517, SNG Copenhagen # 703-4 Provenance : Leu web Auction # 28/2161 Vienna The Colonia Julia Viennensis (today Vienne, France, not to be confused with Vienna, Austria) was a gallic (Allobroges) fortified settlement (oppidum) before it became a roman colony ca 47 BCE. During the Gallic war, Julius Caesar had troops stationed in Vienna, and in 45 BCE, Tiberius Claudius Nero had some auxillaries settling down there too. After Caesar’s assassination, a revolt chased out the latters who therefore founded Lugdunum (today Lyon, France), which would quickly become the capital city in Gaul. Even though it is located only 20 miles south of Lugdunum, Vienna remained an important provincial capital. Some major roman constructions are still visible in the city, such as the temple of Augustus and Livia or the roman theater, where a famous international jazz festival takes place every summer Temple d’Auguste et Livie : By Troyeseffigy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21162568 Theatre gallo romain : By Hélène Rival - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4661055 The funny thing about it is while I was waiting for the coin to arrive home, my wife and I had the opportunity to Visit vienna. As it was december, the outside was not very welcoming and we visited the Romano Gallic museum in Saint Romain en Gal (old Vienna) instead, which is a must see, with lots of everyday's life artifacts, models of what it looked like back then, and the actual mosaics that have been found by archaeologists Please, post anything relevant or irrelevant you would like to see here 😄 Q

Wow, exceptional. And I'm fond of your pictures, especially the "water ones", amazing ! Q