Qcumbor

Alexandrian coinage has been a focus of mine for decades (out of too many I believe) Alexandria provincials Alexandria imperials : Q

Too shiny for my taste. I think I would pass whatever the price. Q

Jean II le bon - Gros à la couronne - 22/08/1358 Avers : Légende intérieure : + IOHANNES - DEI : GRA (deux rosettes superposées entre DEI et GRA) Légende extérieure : [+ BNEDICTV: SIT: NO]ME: DNI: NRI: DEI [: IHV: XPI]. Croix latine fleurdelisée et recroisetée, coupant la légende en bas. Revers : FRANCO/RV: REX. sous une couronne ; bordure extérieure de douze lis. 30,4 mm - 4,36 gr Ref : Ciani # 397, Dy # 305 Next : long cross Q

6 hours Not my coin any more : Balbinus, Antoninianus - Rome mint, 238 CE IMP CAES D CAEL BALBINVS AVG, Draped and radiate bust of Balbinus right PIETAS MVTVA AVGG, Clasped hands 4.23 gr Ref : RCV #8486, Cohen #17 Next : clasped hands Q

Wonderful medal @DonnaML. Now I want one for my "French Revolution" themed collection too Q

Urbs Roma, AE 3 - Lyon mint, 1st officina, ca. 332 CE VRBS ROMA, Helmeted Roma left Anepigraph, She wolf suckling twins Remus and Romulus, two stars in field, Crescent dot PLG at exergue 2.86 gr Ref : Bastien # 221, RIC # 257 Note : Die clash on the reverse, with incuse remains of ROMA backwards and the rear of Roma's helmet being visible, thus reading AMOR ❤️ Next : die clash Q

Of course we don't have that sort of stuff here in France, hence every year I need a couple of seconds to get the pun ... Here are two owls to have me forgiven Q

This was a gift from our own @Curtisimo and minted my dad's birth year Next : winged helmet Q

Here are some of My Trajan Decius portraits/coins : Q

Some great examples ( @Octavius 😮!) Sadly, I don't have a Victor German example, and only a modest Victoriae Gothic one : Claudius II "Gothicus", Antoninianus - Cyzicus mint, 269 CE IMP CLAVDIUS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. VICTORIAE GOTHIC, Two captives leaning besides a trophy. 3.08 gr Ref : RCV # 11381; RIC V pt. 1 # 252; Cohen # 308 Q

Thanks for posting those very impressive medals @DonnaML. They are beautiful ! The one showing the execution of Louis XVI is outstanding. Four years ago, on the "other forum", I commited a thread (featured since) which i somewhat cleverly titled "the shortened King" About your first medal, commemorating the siège de la Bastille, I have a modern version of it (private strike in the 80's if I recall correctly), which is silver, 21mm and 6,45gr (sorry, the ugly picture isn't mine) Q

I love when you're "flat broke" @panzerman and can still afford such beauties ! Here's a demi franc I could buy while I was rich enough to afford it 😄 Henri III (1574-1589) - Demi franc 1587 - Atelier de Riom (O sous le buste) + HENRICVS . III . D . G . FRAN . ET . POL . REX (monde = Maître CHAMBIGE), buste au col plat a droite + SIT . NOMEN . DOMINI . BENEDICTVM . 1587 (rose = Graveur FAURE) croix feuillue avec H horizontale au centre 6.64 gr - 148.039 exemplaires Ref : Dy # 1131, C # 1430, L # 971, Sb # 4716 Q

Napoleon I° Empereur - 40 francs or 1812 - Atelier de Paris (A) NAPOLEON EMPEREUR (losange), tête lauree a gauche EMPIRE FRANCAIS, couronne de lauriers entourant 40 FRANCS en deux lignes. A l'exergue : coq 1812 losange A . Tranche inscrite DIEU PROTEGE LA FRANCE 12.90 gr Ref : Le Franc 10 # 541/9 Next : anything minted under Napoleon I's domination Q

My (wild) guess is Hadrian Q

Some excellent comparisons ! You may not know him since he was a french actor, probably unknown abroad, but I've always found Lino Ventura to look like Marcus Antonius Q

What about a Croc for a change ? Augustus & Agrippa, Nemausus (Nîmes) Dupondius - Nemausus mint, after 10 CE 4th type IMP DIVI F PP, Laureate heads of Augustus looking right and Agrippa looking left, back to back COL NEM, Crocodile chained to palm tree 13,52 gr Ref : RPC # 525, RCV #1731, Cohen #8 Next Agrippa Q

Big thank you for putting this into light @Curtis JJ. Q

Diva Paulina, Denarius - Rome mint, 236 CE DIVA PAULINA, Veiled and draped bust of Paulina right CONSECRATIO, Paulina on peacock flying 3.3 gr Ref : RCV #8400, Cohen #2 Next : her husband or her son Q

I don't know about merovingian, but the following has some nice colour plates for Sassanian : You can find it here : https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/charles_davis/44/product/gyselen_new_evidence_for_sasanian_numismatics_the_collection_of_ahmad_saeedi/107834/Default.aspx Q

A really beautiful Bosporan stater if you want to know I got mine last year from the Okidoki collection : while both feature Hadrian, yours was minted by Rhoemetalkes, a few years later than my Kotys example Bosporan kingdom – El stater, dated 420 (123-124 CE) ΒΑϹΙΛΕⲰϹ ΚΟΤΥΟϹ (anticlockwise). Draped and diademed bust of Cotys II right. Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian right. KY at exergue (year 420) 7,71 gr – 19 mm - 1 h Ref : RPC III # 878 (this coin illustrated), Anokhin # 471, MacDonald # 422 Provenance : Ex CNG e-auction # 454/236 (10-16-2019) In NGC encapsulation 4285327-002, graded Ch VF, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Ex Eric (Okidoki) Ten Brink collection, Leu web auction # 26/2523 (07-10-2023) Q

I quite like Athena's pout. Imagine her with orange hair ! 😄 Q

Very interesting write up about the Commune and wonderful example of the 5 francs Camelinat, one of the best I've seen Thanks for sharing this Q

Trajan, Bronze - Laodicea ad Mare, c114-115 CE ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ΚΑΙϹ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡ ΔΑΚ ΠΑΡ, laureate head of Trajan right with drapery on left shoulder ΙΟΥΛΙΕⲰΝ ΤⲰΝ ΚΑΙ ΛΑΟΔΙΚΕⲰΝ ΒΞΡ, Turreted bust of Tyche right, IOY in right field 9.97 gr Ref : RPC vol III # 3796, Sear #1080 Next another Trajan provincial Q

My first purchase of importance arrived earlier this week. I'm very pleased to welcome in my trays echoes what I was writing four months ago : Here is an ecu de six livres of the Convention Nationale, minted in 1793 at Paris mint Convention - Ecu de six livres 1793 - Atelier de Paris (A) Lyre (différent du graveur François Bernier (1774-1793) • REPUBLIQUE FRANCOISE • / L'AN II • autour d'une couronne de chêne. Au centre SIX / LIVRES • / — / A. En fin de légende léopard, différent du directeur Alexandre-Louis Roettiers de Montaleau (1791-An II) REGNE DE LA LOI • le Génie de la liberté à droite, gravant la CONSTITUTION. Dans le champ à gauche, faisceau de licteur surmonté d'un bonnet phrygien. Dans le champ à droite, coq. A l'exergue 1793 Signature Dupré sur le piédestal. Tranche inscrite : LIBERTE (bonnet phrygien) (rinceau) ÉGALITÉ. (niveau) (rinceau) 29,59 gr - 39 mm Ref : Clairand # 37100, Gadoury # 58 Q

I would certainly love a Caligula sestertius, and yours isn't so bad @JayAg47 My only coin of his, isn't very bad, but is pitted too, through an otherwise nice glossy patina, giving it hard time to take good pictures of (i didn't succeed so far) Q