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I am the frogless frogeater here 😞 Q

No MS+ examples, a few british crowns though Q

OK, now french royal Charles VI, blanc guenar : Charles VII (yes the one involved with joan of Arc) Q

Nice to see you here too David Q

Diana Lucifera being a subset of mine (one out of too many) I can pile on a few Q

Wow, that's the kind of pile-on thread I like. Unfortunately I can't contribute with strictly greek ones apart from the owl my dear wife gifted me with However I can add a couple of parthian tets and a bunch of syrophenicians : Orodes II : Phraates IV : Q

This is where you force me to contribute with my Dombes coins 😄 You must be aware I have 300+ of them... be prepared ! Louis II de Montpensier (1560-1582), Teston - 1575 - Atelier de Trévoux LVDOVI . D . MONTISP . D . DOMBAR Buste cuirassé a gauche, + sous le buste + DNS . ADIVT . ET . REDEM . MEVS . 1574 Ecu de Bourbon couronné, dans le champ deux lambdas couronnés. Les N sont rétrogrades 9.45 gr Ref : Divo Dombes # 31, PA # 5113v, Mantellier - Q

My Lizzy 6 pence Q

My avatar coin : Next : a roman didrachm (heavy denarius according to a certain @Alegandron 🙂 ) Q

Thanks for posting these folks. Another black toning I quite like too : not just the white color matters 😄 Q

I would certainly not even try to challenge this marvelous as with mine (I still remember being defeated by Sev's hockeypuck in another life), but anyway I quite like it too 🙂 Q

Nice to see you here @Orfew And what pleases me the most is to see here so many people I would have imagined moving in such a saddening situation Q

Of course, you would expect from me to show mainly french, so to begin with here are some british 🙂 Q

Beautiful examples guys, put mine to shame 😉 Q

Thanks folks. Q

I'd gladly contribute too. Q

For now I'm afraid we can edit posts for a couple of minutes only : can it be fixed ? Q

At the same coinshow in Lyon I was talking about in this other topic I acquired another RR denarius that I like very much for its style and black patina, even though it has not the perfect centering one would expect Mn. Acilius Glabrio, Denarius - Rome mint, 49 BC Laureate head of Salus right, SALVTIS behind MN ACILIVS III. VIR VALETVALBINVS BRVTI F, Valetudo standing left holding snake and resting on a column 3.98 gr - 18,5 mm Ref : HCRI # 16, RCV # 412, RSC, Acilia # 8, Crawford # 442/1 Comments welcome and post whatever inspires you or black patinas on silver Q

Thanks ! And I'm glad myself to be here together with so notorious nice people and experts ! Q

I don't think I have any 3rd century Empress' as to show, and yours are awesome @Severus Alexander but I have two I can show from the 2nd century, one of them I've snagged at a famous auction 😉 Diva Faustina Senior, As - Posthumous issue, Rome mint, after AD 147 DIVA FAVSTINA, Draped bust of Faustina right AETER NITAS, Eternity standing left, holding Phoenix in right hand and her dress in left hand 11.45 gr Ref : Cohen #13, RCV #4638 Crispina (178-183), AE As, Rome mint AD 180-182 CRISPINA AVGVSTA; Draped bust right, hair knotted in a bun in back. LAETITIA; Laetitia standing left, holding wreath & rudder on globe. 11.80g, 25mm Ref : RIC # 683; BMC # 435; Cohen # 28 Q

Welcome here buddy ! What a fine style on the portrait ! Thanks for sharing Q

You asked ... Here's a virtual tray of the whole bunch to date : To make it more precise and clear to all about how rare they are : 1st row, left to right : Jean II franc à cheval (6 known) ; Pierre II franc à cheval (17 to 20 known in two types with a minor obverse legend variation) 2nd row : Louis II pistole 1578 (50+ known) ; Louis II pistole 1579 (unique to date) ; Louis II demi-pistole 1576 (unique to date) 3rd row : Louis II demi-pistole 1578 (50+ known) ; Louis II demi-pistole 1579/8 (<5 known) : Francois II pistole 1587 (the best of 2 known) 4th row : Gaston d'Orleans pistole 1640 (5 known, Gaston d'Orleans écu 1641 (probably 20+ known) ; Anne Marie Louise d'Orleans sequin (probably 20+ known) 🙂 Q

Exceptionnal @Phil Davis as usual should I add Q

@Alegandron my friend, you know how to speak to a french guy, and you know my loving for Nemausus coinage. Here are a few Q

I wouldn't even think of it ! At some point I considered building a quinarii series, and immediately after I have bought Kathy King's book I knew I wouldn't even try. And I have the impression quinarii are easy in comparison to sestertii My only sestertius : Roma seems in a hurry, almost gone when the pic was shot 😄 Republic, Sestertius - Rome mint, ca 211-208 BC Head of Roma right, IIS behind Dioscuri riding right, two stars above, ROMA at exergue 1.06 gr, 13 mm Ref : RCV # 46, RSC # 4 Q