Kali

Even though I gave it it's own thread, it's being largely ignored, so here is what I consider a "grail". You're the one that confirmed it.🙂

Titus (79 - 81 A.D.)
EGYPT, Alexandria
BI Tetradrachm
O: Laureate head right.
R: EVQHNIA LG.Draped bust right of Euthenia, wearing wreath of grain ears; grain ears and poppies on her left shoulder; star behind.
Alexandria Mint RY 3 (AD 80/81)
12.62g
25mm
Köln 321; Dattari (Savio) 421; K&G 22.5; RPC II 2469; Emmett 232.3.

Ex.CNG Coins Electronic Auction 538, Lot 863

I've owned a few Titus tetradrachms, in my collecting lifetime, but this particular one is the rarest I have acquired.

Titus (79 - 81 A.D.)
EGYPT, Alexandria
BI Tetradrachm
O: Laureate head right.
R: EVQHNIA LG.Draped bust right of Euthenia, wearing wreath of grain ears; grain ears and poppies on her left shoulder; star behind.
Alexandria Mint RY 3 (AD 80/81)
12.62g
25mm
Köln 321; Dattari (Savio) 421; K&G 22.5; RPC II 2469; Emmett 232.3.

Ex.CNG Coins Electronic Auction 538, Lot 863

Clodius Albinus (193 - 195 A.D.)

AR Denarius
O: D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right.
R: MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing front, head left, holding a spear and leaning on a shield.
Rome Mint
3.21g
19mm
RIC 7, RSC 48, RCV 6144, BMC 98

I don't see many Retrograde Valerian I either.

Here is mt favorite Valerian I Tet.

Valerian I (253 - 260 A.D.)

Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: A K Π ΛI OVAΛEPIANOC EV EVC, Laureate and cuirassed bust right
R: Tyche seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia; L Δ (Year 4, 256/7 A.D.) to upper left.
10.54g
24mm
Köln 2867; Dattari (Savio) 5174; K&G 88.28; Emmett 3721.4.

Great distraction. Mine is the usual "Pax".

Carausius (287 - 293 A.D.)

Æ Antoninianus
O: IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and sceptre; S in left field; P in right field.
Camulodunum(?) Mint
4.53g
23mm
RIC 475

Impressive, wonderful additions.

Trajan (98 - 117 A.D.)

AR Denarius
O: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder.
R: COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Spes walking left, flower in right, raising hem of skirt.
Rome
3.5g
20mm 
SRCV II 3127, RIC II 127, RSC II 84

Severus Alexander (222 - 235 A.D.)

Æ Sestertius
O: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate bust right with slight drapery on far shoulder.
R: SPES PVBLICA S C, Spes advancing left, flower in right, raising skirt with left.
Rome Mint, 232 A.D.
19g
29mm
RIC IV 648

Very handsome bronze!

Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)

Seleucis & Pieria, Antioch
AR Tetradrachm 
O: NERO CLAVD DIVI CLAVD F CAESAR AVG GER, laureate head of Nero right; star behind.
R: [DIVOS] CLAVD AVG GERMANIC PATER AVG, laureate head of Claudius right.
Syrian Mint - 63-68 AD
14.11g
26mm
Prieur 48; RPC I 4123; BMC 172; Sydenham 65 (Caesarea); RSC 2; McAlee 270.

Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)

AR Tetradrachm
SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch
O: NEPΩNOΣ KAICAPOΣ ΣEBAΣTOY, Laureate bust right, wearing aegis.
R: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with wings spread; palm frond to left, H/IP (dates) to right.
Dated year 110 of the Caesarian era; RY 8 (AD 61/62).
27mm
13.4g
RPC I 4182; McAlee 258; Prieur 82.

Nero (54 - 68 A.D.)

Billon Tetradrachm
EGYPT, Alexandria
O: NERW KLAY KAIS SEB GER, radiate head right, aegis on chest.
R: AYTO-KRA, draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant skin headdress; date LIB to right.
Alexandria, Egypt. Dated Year 12 (65 - 66 A.D.)
12g
25mm
RPC 5289; Milne 238; Dattari 204; Geissen 172; Sear 2004.

I usually buy 1 or 2 coins, from each new auction. I can say there wasn't anything that I HAD to have. And I agree with others, prices seem higher than usual, even for Berk.

Wonderful. I wouldn't mind an Antioch tet. of his.

I have Alexandrians.

Otho (69 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: AYTOK MAPK OΘΩNOΣ KAIΣ ΣEB, laureate head right, LA (year 1) lower right.
R: EΛEY-ΘEPIA, Eleutheria (Liberty) standing left, wreath in extended right hand, scepter in left hand, leaning with left elbow on column, simpulum (ladle used for tasting and pouring sacrificial libations) left in lower left field.
12.58g
24.4mm
Milne 359; RPC I 5354 (5 spec.); Dattari 327; BMC Alexandria p. 25, 208; Curtis 238; Kampmann 18.6; Emmett 184

Ex. Jyrki Muona Collection

This variety with a simpulum on the reverse is much rarer than the same type without this control symbol. RPC reports only 5 specimens with the simpulum and 17 specimens without it. This variety is missing from the important collections in Cologne, Paris, and Milan, and we know of only one example offered at auction in the past two decades (CNG 76, 12 Sep 2007, lot 3152, VF, $430 plus fees).

Otho (69 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: ΑΥΤΟΚ ΜΑΡΚ ΟΘΩΝΟΣ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ, laureate head right; L A (date) to right.
R:ΡΩΜΗ, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Roma right, holding shield and spear.
13.4g
23mm
Dattari (Savio) 330; K&G 18.9; RPC I 5362; Emmett 186.1

I'd say all but #2 & #4. I don't really fit in one area, unless #10 can be "Generalist".

Otacilia Severa (244 - 249 A.D.)

Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: MWTCEOV HPACEMCTPA diademed draped bust right.
R: Nike advancing right. L-B (Year 2) to right.
Alexandria Mint 245 A.D.
23mm
13.28g
Dattari 4989, Emmett 3557.2

Rarity 5

Otacilia Severa (244 - 249 A.D.)

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch
AR tetradrachm
O: MAP ΩTAKIΛ CEOYHPAN CEB Draped bust of Otacilia Severa to left, wearing stephane, set on crescent.
R: ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC YΠA TO Γ / ANTIOXIA / S C Eagle with spread wings, standing facing, with it's head and tail to right, holding wreath in beak.
10.51g
25mm
McAlee 1093. Prieur 381

L. Valerius Flaccus, (108 - 107 B.C.)

AR Denarius
O: Winged and draped bust of Victory right, X below chin.
R: LVALERI / FLACCI (downwards on left), Mars walking left, spear in right, trophy in left over shoulder, apex left, head of grain behind.
Rome
20.0mm
3.89g
SRCV I 183, Sydenham 565, Crawford 306/1, RSC I Valeria 11

Depends on the coin and how much it is going for. Mostly likely I would pass.

Yes, I have actually done it a few times before and I haven't regretted it.

No, I wouldn't.

Depends, I have done that once or twice & over the time, I end up selling one or the other.

Nice!

Diocletian (284 - 305 A.D.)

Egypt, Alexandria
Potin Tetradrachm
O: DIOKLHTIANOC CEB; Laureate, cuirassed bust right.
R:  Elpis advancing left, holding flower and hem; D in exergue, L ENATOV (date) around.
Alexandria mint, 292/293 A.D.
20mm
7.89g
 Köln 3262; Dattari 5677; Milne 5086; Emmett 4046

Thanks for the post.

Maximinus (235 - 238 A.D)

AR Denarius
O: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head left, holding olive branch and transverse scepter.
20mm
3.1g
Rome
RIC 019 RSC 037

Maximinus I (235 - 238 A.D.)

Egypt, Alexandria
Potin Tetradrachm
O: AYTO MAΞIMINOC EVC CEB Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: Athena standing facing, head left, holding shield and spear; L Δ (date) across field. Dated RY 4 (237/8 AD)
9.4g
24mm
Köln 2580 var. (obv. legend); Dattari 4567; K&G 65.57; Emmett 3274.4

Maximinus I (235 - 238 A.D.)

Billon Tetradrachm
O: AVTO MAΞIMINOC EVC CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right .
R: Nike walking left, wearing long chiton, carrying wreath and palm; LΓ in left field. Y 3 = AD 236-237.
13.38g
23mm
Dattari 4583; Emmett 3288.3

Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 36, Lot 242, May 5, 2017

Macrinus (217 - 218 A.D.)AR Denarius
O: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, from front, younger features with medium beard.
R:PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Jupiter standing half left, nude, no cloak, thunderbolt in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand.
2.73g
20mm
Rome Mint, Sep 217 A.D
RIC IV 15 (S), RSC III 55b, BMCRE V 31, SRCV II 7342, Hunter III 

Maxwell Hunt Collection

I would pass on it. Even with the lower price point, the coin is still unattractive to the eyes. And that's a lot of money to spend, on an unappealing looking coin.

I'm surprised they didn't reveal who the seller was. But with some hard detective work, I think I solved the mystery.

Hadrian (117 - 138 A.D.)

Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ, laureate head of Hadrian, r., drapery on l. shoulder; to r crescent.
R: Nilus reclining on crocodile, l., holding reed and cornucopia L Ϛ = year 6 (121/22 A.D.)
23.5mm
13.7g
http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/5335/

That is a special one, congrats, David.

2 minutes ago, CPK said:

I hadn't heard about this before seeing the thread. It will be interesting to see how things turn out. Hopefully, for the better.

One of the guys thugs has Nazi tattoos on himself, I doubt that is a good thing.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12229365/Wagner-Groups-senior-figures-key-players-25-000-strong-militia.html