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No, I had about 25 coins a couple/few years ago (including this Salonina) but finding this forum has ramped up my interest. and .... Yes, I have bought about 15 coins in the past year, half in the past month. I'm obsessed right now. I've been obsessed many times in my life. Not by demons or anything like that. LOL

After posting this I got a pop up which makes me very happy. Congratulations! You've increased your rank to Community Regular! I was always a little uneasy with the rank as "Collaborator", feeling a bit guilty of collaborating with others on some evil plot. It's good to be one of the Hoi polloi on Nvmis Forvms. I'm just a regular guy now.

Salonina, wife of Gallienus - Pudicitia seated 253-268 AD Info added 5-4-23 Salonina AE Antoninianus, Rome roughly 22mm obv SALONINA AVG, Diademed and draped bust right, resting on crescent. rev PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing left, holding patera and scepter VI in exergue. RIC 25 Obverse: SALONINA AVG, Draped bust right on crescent PVDICITIA, holding scepter and drawing back drapery from face. Mintmark VI She married Gallienus about ten years before his accession to the throne. When her husband became joint-emperor with his father Valerian in 253, Cornelia Salonina was named Augusta. Cornelia was the mother of three princes, Valerian II, Saloninus and Marinianus. Her fate after Gallienus was murdered during the siege of Mediolanum in 268 is unknown. One theory is that her life was spared and another is that she was executed together with other members of her family, at the orders of the Senate of Rome. I have learned that Pudicitia was the goddess of sexual virtue and modesty. This coin appears almost coal black and glossy in hand, much darker and better looking than these images. A small tight crack but solid. I wouldn't use it for turning a screw though.

What an amazing museum you have. Next time I'll read more. The pictures are pure eye candy.

1930 Ville Du Havre Bronze Medal This medal is signed PM Poisson on the reverse.Pierre-Marie Poisson was born in Niort France on November 19th 1876 and died in Paris on January 11th 1953. He was a French sculptor and medallist.Poisson was chosen to create the sculpture at The Le Havre War Memorial known as Monument de la Victoire.The composition has various figures grouped around a central female allegory for "Victory". The figures on the northern side represent martial virtues with neo-classical warriors and a wounded soldier whilst the southern group cover the civilian virtues with a depiction of a fisherman, a woman holding grapes signifying agricultural abundance and a mother who holds up her child, a symbol of motherhood. On the reverse is the Coat of arms of Le Havre, a castle that also resembles a crown within a half shell.I have found this medal dated by engraving as early as 1942 but have seen it identified as a 1930 medal. I don't know if there is any connection, but there was a French ship named SS Ville Du Havre that met disaster, sinking in 12 minutes after colliding with an English ship named Loch Earn in 1873.Shortly after the collision, Ville du Havre's main and mizzen masts collapsed, smashing two of the liner's life boats and killing several people. The time for saving life was very short, and as it sank it broke into two pieces as she went down.Captain Robertson of Loch Earn did all he possibly could to rescue the drowning and eventually 61 passengers and 26 of the crew were rescued and taken on board that ship.However, 226 passengers and crew perished.Loch Earn, herself in danger of sinking, was subsequently rescued by an American cargo ship, The Tremountain, and all Ville du Havre passengers and crew were transferred to that ship. Loch Earn, with its bow smashed in, commenced to sink as the bulkheads gave way, so she was abandoned at sea by her crew and sank shortly afterwards.

Amazing! Thank you for that informative write-up CPK and I am tickled with this decision to buy the coin. Thank you too Alegandron!

Hey, I am really excited to buy my first better coin that recently appeared in "The Cabinet" Pictures and information used with permission, thanks CPK The rest is from me and the internet condensed. Alexander the Great drachm (posthumous)Kings of Macedon(In the name and types of Alexander III (the Great) Alexander The GreatPosthumous Issue - Struck under Philip IIIKings of MacedonAR Drachm 323-322 BCObverse: Head of Heracles right, wearing lionskin headdress.Reverse: AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; torch beneath throne, NK in left field.15mm 4.23 gr. Now I've been reading a bit. If you didn't sleep all day in school, you certainly had to remember Alexander The Great being mentioned. This coin does not show Alexander The Great or Alexander III but I think, AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ on the reverse is telling me that the coin is one of a series of Kings of Macedon and that translates to ALEXANDROU. I am somewhat guessing this, please tell me I am on the right track. So, the obverse has the demi-god Heracles, son of Zeus, with a lionskin headdress. In Roman mythology, he would be Hercules. Of course, everyone knows a little bit about him. I'm going to learn a lot more. After Heracles was caused to become temporarily insane by Hera, he murdered his own wife Megara and their children. Hera was Zeus's wife but not the mother of Heracles. His mother was the mortal princess Alcmene. For the murders, he was sentenced for twelve years, in punishment. As part of his sentence, Heracles had to perform labors, difficult feats which were quite impossible. He did have the help of Hermes and Athena. The lionskin, is probably that of the invincible Nemean Lion. The claws of the lion were so sharp and strong, they could cut trough any armor. His first of a number of labors he had to complete was to kill this lion that terrorized the people of Nemea. After realizing that his arrows were useless, he cornered the lion in a cave and strangled it to death with his bare hands. He used the lion claws to skin the lion and wore it for protection. In his next adventure with the killing the 9 headed Lernean Hydra, he is often seen wearing the lionskin.

maridvnvm Thank you for letting me know about the description error. Too late for me to correct but will change my files. Thanks all for your pictures and input.

Egyptian Tetradrachm of Diocletian, Tyche Holding Rudder and Cornucopia. Ancient Coins - Egyptian Tetradrachm of Diocletian, Tyche Holding Rudder and Cornucopia. EGYPT. Alexandria. Diocletian, AD 284-305. BI tetradrachm, 21mm, 7.7g, 12h; Struck 286/7. Obv.: A K Γ OVA ΔIOKΛHTIANOC C?B, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: Tyche, kalathos on head, standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia; LΓ

Antoninianus of Probus, Clementia Type. Natural Desert Patina.Ancient Coins - Antoninianus of Probus, Clementia Type. Natural Desert Patina.Probus was a successful general and a conscientious administrator. During his six-year tenure, he repelled numerous barbarian invasions and quelled several internal revolts. According to Edward Gibbon in The Decline of the Roman Empire, he demonstrated leniency to the vanquished whenever possible. Hence, his most common coinage invokes Clementia, the goddess of mercy and acquittal.Probus, AD 276-282.AR antoninianus, 23mm, 3.7g, 12h; uncertain mint.Obv.: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.Rev.: CLEMENTIA TEMP; Emperor standing right holding scepter, receiving Victory from Jupiter standing left leaning on scepter; uncertain letter in exergue.

I used a couple "remove background " programs. They converted my jpg's to png's. No biggie. I can change them back with new backgrounds. I will use this in the future with new images. Thanks!

I'll go look it up. Thanks

I like the color of this one. I will confess that I used my photoscape to carefully paint around the coin images. I did pretty good. Gallienus, 253-268. Rome. Antoninianus Mars God of War. rare. Emerald PatinaBronze, 20 mm, 2.27 g, 4 h), Rome, 265-266. GALLIENVS AVGantoninianusThe name given in modern times to a Roman coin thought to be twice the value of a denarius. Originally a silver coin. The amount of silver in the mix dropped drastically over the years, and later antoniniani were hard to tell from copper or bronze.Obv. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Gallienus to right.Rev. MARTI PACIFERO Mars standing front, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground; spear leaning against his left arm; in field to left.

I may be making the typical mistakes a collector makes when collecting my ancients. Sometimes I think I might just be buying the stuff you experienced collectors consider quite common. I might look for others with the same specifications, identifications, whatever you call it, and compare like example sold prices. If there are few to compare, I figure it might not be so common. If there are a lot, I compare the prices people paid. None of that takes away from the fact that I like the coin. My budget has been on average, probably $20.00 per coin. So of course, that tells me my coins are not rare. I have become aware of those better coins I'd like to own. Those popular "Owls" and "Quadriga-zzzz". Owning an Alexander The Great would be awesome but I know as an experienced more modern coin and exonumia collector that I have to be more careful and informed before I pay the big money for the expensive ancients. My only regret is that I didn't collect ancient or medieval coins much earlier in my lifetime. The history is so vast and interesting. I admire you knowledgeable collectors. I gotta keep it interesting and fun and that is most important to me.

Honorius. 393-423 AD Obverse is: DN HONORIVS PF AVG Reverse is: VIRTVS-EXERCITI, emperor standing left, head right, holding spear and resting left hand on shield. Victory, standing beside him crowns him with a wreath which she holds in her right hand. Desert patina I like this one just the way it is. He apparently had a good barber. Flavius Honorius (9 September 384 – 15 August 423) was Roman emperor from 393 to 423.He was the younger son of emperor Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla.Honorius's reign was precarious and chaotic.After the death of Theodosius, Honorius ruled the western half of the empire while his brother Arcadius ruled the eastern half.During his reign over the western Roman Empire, Rome was sacked for the first time in almost 800 years on 24 August 410 by the Visigoths.The last known gladiator games took place during the reign of Honorius, who banned the practice in 399 and again in 404, reportedly due to the martyrdom of a Christian monk named Telemachus while he was protesting a gladiator fight.Honorius died of edema on 15 August 423, leaving no heir.

Looks like it spent a lot of time in the sand. I like it though, doesn't bother me a bit. The info I post is certainly not from me, nor is the image but used with permission. Antiochus VIII nicknamed Grypus, was the ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from 125 to 96 BC.He was the younger son of Demetrius II and Cleopatra Thea. He may have spent his early life in Athens and returned to Syria after the deaths of his father and brother Seleucus V.At first he was joint ruler with his mother. Fearing her influence, Antiochus VIII had Cleopatra Thea poisoned in 121 BC.Political instability affected most of Antiochus VIII's reign. From 116 BC he fought a civil war against his half-brother Antiochus IX.Antiochus VIII's wife, the Ptolemaic Egyptian princess Tryphaena, had her sister and the wife of Antiochus IX, the former Cleopatra IV of Egypt, murdered in 112 BC.Antiochus IX killed Tryphaena in revenge.In 102 BC, Antiochus VIII's aunt Cleopatra III of Egypt, the mother of the two rival queens, gave him the hand of her daughter Cleopatra Selene in marriage. Antiochus VIII was assassinated by his minister Heracleon in 96 BC.

Looking forward to buying some coins from members. Thanks for making use of that runner-up site name too. Great choice.

IMP GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right ABVNANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing, emptying cornucopiaWell, the legend may be weak but the subjects have nice derail. Glossy dark patina in hand.Gallienus AE Antoninianus. Rome mint. Sole Reign. 265-267 AD. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped bust right / ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing right, emptying cornucopiae. B in left field.

1899 Ville du Havre - Société canine de la Basse-Seine 1899 French Medal - Ville du Havre - Société canine de la Basse-Seine by Louis BotteeThis obverse appears on other medals but this one really caught my eye. I have been looking at these medals for quite some time.That rooster on the helmet or cap of Marianne is in my opinion amazing.The engraving and design of this medal is beautiful. I love the dogs on the reverse.Perhaps there was a dog show around 1900?Maybe the Canine Society is similar to the AKC?I do not know, but there seems to be a series of these similar medals.This same reverse with the dogs also appears on other medals with different images of Marianne on the obverse, but that rooster had me at first hello.The artist / engraverLouis Alexandre Bottee was born in Paris, France on March 14, 1852. At age 13 Bottée was apprenticed to an engraver. He later studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and privately with Paulin Tasset.He is best known as an engraver of international exposition medals including Expositions Universelles of 1889 and 1900 in Paris, the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) of 1893, Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St Louis World's Fair) in 1904. He also did the 1906 Restoration of San Francisco medal. He was made an officer of the Legion d'honneur in 1903. He died in Paris in November 1940.

I would never part with this one. 1879 Joan of Arc - A. Poncet - Silver Medal Joan of Arc is the patron saint of France, martyrs, captives, military personnel, people ridiculed for their piety, prisoners, and soldiers.An illiterate farm girl from Lorraine in eastern France.As early as the age of twelve, she began to have mystical visions, which were often accompanied by light and the presence of saints such as St Michael and St Catherine telling her to deliver France from her enemies.She made a strong impression on Charles de Ponthieu with her passion and conviction and given control over an army and allowed to lead them into battle. Within a year Joan of Arc had led the French army to victories at Orleans, Patay and Troyes.Joan of Arc disguised herself as a man during her battles against the English and armies of the Duke of Burgundy.She was finally captured and sold to the English, who had her tried for witchcraft in Rouen.According to historians, Joan of Arc was 19 when she was burnt at the stake by the English on 30 May, 1431. Witnesses recount she faced her ordeal with dignity. It is said that over 10,000 people came to see her execution by burning.The Cardinal of Winchester is recorded as having ordered her to be burnt a second time.Her organs still survived this fire, so a third burning was ordered to destroy the body completely. Her cinders and debris were to be thrown into the Seine.Joan of Arc achieved a remarkable achievement in her short life. In particular, she embodied religious devotion with great bravery and humility, her life helped change the course of French history.“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”– Joan of ArcJoan of Arc was canonised a saint in 1920. During the Second World War, both Vichy France and the French resistance claimed Joan of Arc as a national symbol for their cause.

Holy Cow! Thanks for this one too Finn (and the picture too) LOL Are you still selling coins?

AR Jital "Bull and Horseman"Obv: Nandi (the mount of Shiva) reclining; Nagari legend "Sri Samanta Deva", "Honorable Chief-Commander"Rev: Mounted cavalry wearing ornate mask and holding flag. This is a solid more typical specimen, but still solid on its own. Probably an earlier specimen and a good testimony to the longevity of this series. Nandi, The Sacred Bull

I'm going to quote myself. LOL Dougsmit (and others of course) This is exactly what I meant when I posted that. You know, I am just collecting things that I like for now. I'm having so much fun learning.

I see her little head. That is one pretty coin!

The stuff that dreams are made of.