Broucheion

Hi @Prieure de Sion, I’m sure you know rNumis shows description here: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/hamburger1932_10_25/0041/image,info . But of course it should be included with the coin image when/if found. - Broucheion

Hi All, All things being equal, I want the coin but I’ll take the stamp since there is no chance it could be repossessed by a foreign government with more lawyers than I can hire. - Broucheion

Hi All, COMMODUS (177 - 192 CE); Year 28 of MARCUS AURELIUS ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 28 (187/188 CE) Bi Tetradrachm Size: 25x27 mm Weight: 11.7 g Axis: 00:00 Broucheion Collection R-1995-06-05.003 Obv: Commodus head laureate, facing right. Legend: MA●KOM●ANTω - CЄBЄYCЄB. Dotted border. Rev: Serapis bust wearing modius and facing right. In left field: K above L; In right field: H. Dotted border. Refs: Emmett-2555.28; Geissen-2231; Dattari-3881; Milne-2673; BMC-1419; see Vogt I-147f, 153; Vogt II-109 Prov: Bought from David Hendin Next, any coin of Commodus. - Broucheion

Hi All, FWIW: Buddy Ebsen's coin collection was sold in May-June of 1987 via the Superior Pre-Long Beach Sale. Those were US coins. I Picked up (from another blogpost) the following description: "Superior Galleries "The Buddy Ebsen Collection" May 31, June 1-2, 1987. The sale included 3211 lots that realized a total of $7,669,691.81 (including the 10% buyers fee). The top grossing coin was an 1879 Coiled Hair Stella (lot 2444) which realized $165,000. He had an amazing collection of Gold and Type, both. Most of his silver type coins came with great original toning." The catalog and PRL is freely available at https://archive.org/details/buddyebsencollec1987supe/mode/2up - Broucheion

Hi @Robi, Neat little Sphinx in the right corner. Thanks to @Sulla80! - Broucheion

Hi @Sebastian, You may already know that the countermark on the obverse was noted by Lorber for another tetradrachm (CPE-59) where she explains: "The countermark is similar to the primary control of Uncertain Mint 1, but also to the primary control of Uncertain Mint 2. Possibly the tetradrachm was submitted in error to one of these auxiliary Egyptian mints for recoining and, since its weight had already been reduced, reissued with the countermark of the workshop." - Broucheion

Hi @CPK, The book @shanxi noted is online here. See #153. - Broucheion

Hi All, I don't collect these but it was a snack I could not resist for under $28 with all S&H included. As far as I know the 2001 Hesperia article by Camp & Kroll ("The Agora Mint and Athenian Bronze Coinage"), is the latest on Athenian bronzes. JSTOR link is here. If you know of any newer research please let me know. Thanks! Greece, Athens ca 166-80 BCE Size: 17x18 mm Weight: 6.77 g Die Axis: 00:00 Obv: Head of Zeus r., bound with tainia. Dotted border. Rev: Athena, striding right, hurling thunderbolt in raised right hand, holding shield on extended left arm. in left field: A over wheat ear; in right field: Θ over E over coiled serpent facing right. Dotted border not visible. Refs: Svoronos pl 22, 53-58; Kleiner Type 3, pl 2, 34-37; Camp&Kroll-89. - Broucheion

Hi @Nikodeimos, Try rNumis (https://www.rnumis.com/house_auctions.php?house=BASEL&db_minyr=1844&db_maxyr=2024&dbcountry=All Countries ) - Broucheion

Hi All, I recently posted this Mamea https://www.numisforums.com/topic/6281-eclipse-day-coin/#comment-82421 . The only other I have is https://www.numisforums.com/topic/10-post-it-and-pick-it/page/69/#comment-17570 . - Broucheion

Hi @MrZun, I'd be much more concerned with the crystallization shown by the chip on the second Vespasian coin. - Broucheion

Hi All, Overstruck coin and its undertype. Æ Hemiobol Ptolemy I Soter (306/305-283 BCE), Egypt, Alexandria / Cyprus? Series 2A: ca 306-294 BCE Size: 17x15 mm Weight: 2.5 g Die Axis: 1:00 Broucheion Collection 2001-02-08.001 Obv: Alexander the Great, diademmed and horned bare head with long, curly hair, facing right. No border visible. Overstruck on coin of Demetrius with reverse prow of ship. Monogram AP and labris below chin (reverse undertype) showing through at base of Alexander's head. Rev: Εagle facing left, wings spread. In right field: ΚΛ above Corinthian helmet. Legend: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ; to right: [ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ] off flan. No border visible. Refs: Lorber: CPE-B022; Svoronos-171, pl A, 26 [9 listed]; SNG Copenhagen-43 var: different monogram. Undertype: (Æ 17mm; 2.63g; Die Axis:00:00): ET Newell, "The Coinages of Demetrius Poliorcetes," pl. II, 9 & 10. Neither example shows the curving tip of the prow all the way up to the ornament, but 10 shows enough to assure the identification of the undertype. See also Newell 163; SNG München 1056; SNG Alpha Bank 956. Provenances: David Hendin (Ptolemaic coin) Praefectus Coins (Demetrios coin) From CC Lorber - CPE: "Ptolemy’s final currency reform can be dated with precision. The overstriking of bronze coins of Demetrius Poliorcetes with the types of B22 establishes that the reform can be dated no earlier than the Ptolemaic recovery of Cyprus in 294, while the overstriking of Demetrian bronzes with the types of B78 indicates that the process of overstriking the enemy’s coinage continued after the currency reform. The evidence of the overstrikes can be supplemented by control links between the reformed precious metal coinage of Alexandria and issues of Cyprus, Sidon, and Tyre. The earliest Cypriote issues share four of the above-mentioned controls (CPE 217-218, 221-222, 230, 234-236), while the earliest issue of Sidon and the second of Tyre share one of them (CPE 241-242, 244-245). The first Ptolemaic tetradrachm of Tyre (CPE 243), though not involved in this nexus of control links, was closely related to the coinage of Demetrian Tyre but struck on the weight standard of the reformed coinage. The currency reform is thus fixed between the Ptolemaic reconquest of Cyprus and the surrender of Tyre. CC Lorber (2012) has now demonstrated that the latter event must be situated in the immediate aftermath of the victory on Cyprus." - Broucheion

Hi All, This overstrike can be used to confirm the order of the controls for the coins of this series. OBV: Alexander the Great in elephant scalp headdress facing right wearing scaly aegis tied by snakes. No centration depresion. Dotted border. REV: Εagle on thunderbolt facing left, wings closed; In left field: ΔΙ above grain ear. Legend to left: [ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ]; to right: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]. No centration depresion. Dotted border. Refs: Lorber CPE-B318**; Svoronos-382 / Svoronos-363, pl xi. 9; SNG Copenhagen-99 (die axis 12:00) **This coin noted in CPE references description under coins CPE-B110 and CPE-B318 - Broucheion

Hi All, The Greek incarnation of Aurora was Eos, the goddess of the dawn. Eos is the sister of Helios, the god of the sun, and Selene, the goddess of the moon. From Wikipedia: "In Greek literature, Eos is presented as a daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, the sister of the sun god Helios and the moon goddess Selene. In rarer traditions, she is the daughter of the Titan Pallas. Each day she drives her two-horse chariot, heralding the breaking of the new day and her brother's arrival. Thus, her most common epithet of the goddess in the Homeric epics is Rhododactylos, or "rosy-fingered", a reference to the sky's colours at dawn, and Erigeneia, "early-born". Although primarily associated with the dawn and early morning, sometimes Eos would accompany Helios for the entire duration of his journey, and thus she is even seen during dusk." [For more see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eos ] Here are two Alexandria drachmas showing Eos holding a torch and trying to hold onto one of the horses of the sun. LUCIUS VERUS (7 Mar 161 - 169 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 04 (163/164 CE) Æ Drachm Size: 33 mm Weight: 26.3 g Axis: 11:30 Broucheion Collection R-1995-08-11.002 Obv: Lucius Verus laureate draped bust facing right. Legend: [ΛAYPHΛIOC] - OYHPOCCЄB. Border not visible. Rev: Eos standing facing left with head turned to right. Holding torch inoutstretched right hand. Left hand leading one of the horses of the sun facing right with head turned to left. Above: Hω; Left field: [L]; Right field: Δ. Dotted border. Refs: Emmett-2391.04 var: HWC; Geissen-2153 var: HWC & date above; Dattari-3719; Dattari-Savio pl 199; RPC IV.4-2642; Milne-2499; BMC-1372 var: L-Δ. LUCIUS VERUS (7 Mar 161 - 169 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 04 (163/164 CE) Æ Drachm Size: 32x33 mm Weight: 20.9 g Axis: 11:00 Broucheion Collection R-2020-09-12.001 Obv: Lucius Verus laureate draped bust facing right. Legend: [ΛAYPHΛIOC - OYH]P[OCCЄB]. Border not visible. Rev: Eos standing facing left with head turned to right. Holding torch inoutstretched right hand. Left hand leading one of the horses of the sun facing right with head turned to left. Above: L[Δ]; Below right: Hω. Dotted border. Refs: Emmett-2391.04 var: HWC; Geissen-2153; Dattari-3721 pl xii (rev); Dattari-Savio pl 199; RPC IV.4-2659; Milne-2499; BMC-1372 var: L-Δ; Mionnet-2242. - Broucheion

Hi All, For anyone interested, "Medieval Coins with Rory Naismith", a 47 minute discussion at https://www.medievalists.net/2024/04/medieval-coins-with-rory-naismith/?utm_content=291277370&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-142691943 “Because they’re so familiar, coins can sometimes seem to be a part of the natural order. But in the Early Middle Ages, just about everything to do with coins was in flux, from where they were sourced, to who was using them. This week, Danièle Cybulskie speaks with Rory Naismith about the complex world of medieval coins. Rory Naismith is Professor of Early Medieval English history at the University of Cambridge, where his research focuses on economic and monetary history including coins. You can learn more about Rory from his university webpage ( https://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/people/Rory.Naismith/ ) or Academia.edu page ( https://cambridge.academia.edu/RoryNaismith/ ) or follow him on X/Twitter @Rory_Naismith “ - Broucheion