Qcumbor

My (wild) guess is Hadrian

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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

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2 hours ago, Victrix said:

Next: A coin minted in Gaul

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

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

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6 hours ago, ambr0zie said:

Next - a diva

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

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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

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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)

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

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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

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32 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Next - another Trajan bronze 

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

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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 :

On 9/18/2023 at 3:52 PM, Qcumbor said:

I'm on the lookout myself for an ecu de six livres of the Convention Nationale. I was very recently able to add an ecu de six livres of the Constitution (same as the above but still with the portrait of Louis XVI)

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

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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)

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Glad to have good news from Sev. I'm thinking of him almost everyday since I visited him in september 2022 while touring British Columbia and Alberta with my wife. We had planned a day together to have fun, eat somewhere out and discuss coins (of course). Unfortunately he'd been admited to hospital two days before our arrival, so the whole thing turned into a short visit in the hospital patio. That was great anyway, Sev is a very nice human being and we wish we had more time together. He promised he would visit us in France in return .... Sev, you know you have to go through all that mess and keep your word !!

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Another exceptional coin !

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Really nice Constantinus II so far.

Two more

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6 minutes ago, Roman Collector said:

Next: Wolf or boar.

P. Satrienus, Denarius - Rome mint, 77 BCE
Head of helmeted Mars right, XXX behind
ROMA, She wolf passing left, [P] SATRI[E/NUS] at exergue
3.79 gr
Ref : RCV #319, RSC, Satriena # 1

Next : mammal

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That's much better than any obituary. Thanks for bringing this wonderful interview to our attention @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix

RIP

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Some beauties. Thanks Al for showing them

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2 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Gaul --> Louis the fourteenth 

 

Louis XIV (1643-1715) - Quart d'écu aux palmes - 1694 D (Lyon)
LVD. XIIII. D. G (SOLEIL) - FR. ET. NAV. REX. Buste de Louis XIV à droite, cuirassé, avec la grande perruque
(croissant) SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. - D - .BENEDICTVM. 1694. Écu rond de France couronné entre deux palmes.
6,46 gr - 30 mm
Ref : C #1896, Dy #1522A

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Very sad news indeed.  Even though I didn't know him personally, I've greatly enjoyed his posts and even more his wonderful coins. 

He will be missed 

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9 hours ago, Prieure de Sion said:

Next: another "anonymous" issue...

Anonymous, Denarius - Rome mint, 115/114 BCE
Head of Roma right in winged and crested corinthian helmet, X behind, [ROMA] below
Helmeted Roma seated right on pile of shields, holding spear, two birds flying in field, she-wolf to right suckling twins at Roma's feet.
3,93 gr
Ref : RCV # 164, RSC # 176, Crawford # 287/1

Next : corinthian helmet

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The hockey puck would make my day any day. The whole is gorgeous though. 

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20 hours ago, Marsyas Mike said:

I am not sure how only part of the strike could be doubled,

It sometimes happens, for some reason I can't explain myself. See below a french royal quart d'ecu minted for Henri III (not mine anymore) where the legend erroneously reads HENRICVCVS instead of HENRICVS with only a very light doubling on the N of FRAN on the opposite. Other than that, the die shift/double strike doesn't seem to affect much the devices 

Henri III (1574-1589) - Quart d'ecu 1583 - Atelier d'Angers (F)
HENRICVCV8 . (sic !) III . D : G . FRAN . ET . POL . REX . 1583, croix fleurdelisée
SIT . NOMEN . DNI . BENEDICTVM . 8, ecu de France couronné accosté de II et II, F a la pointe de l'ecu
9.36 gr
Ref : Ciani # 1438

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Not sure a world state would be democratic though !

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Wow, @Ryro and @Curtisimo, I'm blown away with all the amazing stuff you guys received !

@bcuda is The Man !!

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