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Ah, right you are 🙂 ATB, Aidan.

It was a Dr Arnold-Peter Weiss, the then-owner of Nomos. I don't think he's still involved with Nomos. https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/weiss-enters-guilty-plea-on-confiscated-coins.html ATB, Aidan.

Mostly obverse, but often the reverses are the interesting parts, so a bit of each - here are a couple of trays of sestertii... ATB, Aidan.

I first heard of Rodrigo y Gabriela from some Spanish friends in the early 2000s - someone had heard them playing in a pub in Rathmines (I think) and we went to see them a few times. They're Mexican and moved to Europe to pursue music and ended up in Dublin where their careers really took off. The last time I saw them was as a support for the Stone Roses quite a while ago, but they're still going strong and I see they'll play in Dublin again in October. Anyway, here they are in Grafton St., long after they'd "made it". Here's a coin from Mexico City with some interesting chopmarks. Coin: 1796 FM 8 Reales CAROLUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1796 - Laureate, draped cuirassed bust right HISPAN ET IND REX M 8R F M - Crowned arms between pillars Shape: Round. Mint: Mexico City Wt./Size/Axis: 26.50g / - / 0h Acquisition: Ibercoin Online #2154 29-Nov-2011 ATB, Aidan.

It happens... I managed to buy these three examples of Cr. 244/1 in September 2020 - it was only after the first auction that I realised I'd bids in on two more. Which, in strict compliance with Murphy's Law, I won as well. It happened again today - I wanted two coins in the Tintinna auction, but ended up with 7 because I watched it live. One of the coins I wanted wasn't attributed correctly and I won it, so good, but another coin wasn't attributed correctly and with the timer running out, I realised I didn't have the type listed, so clicked a few times and outbid whoever was winning. Of course, within about 10s of the auction ending I realised that the attribution was wrong and I had a better example of the type already. Note to self - look at the coins properly before the auction and stick with the plan 😄 ATB, Aidan.

There are quite a few interesting RR coins in the auction, but I've spent a lot already this year, so maybe I can't afford to bid. Aidan.

This was the first appearance of Microdisney in 30 years. And the same song from the full band in 1984... Here's a modern proof set - Ireland 1928. Keep the chunes coming 🙂

Serrated... Moneyer: T. Vettius Sabinus Coin: Silver Denarius TA / SABINVS / S·C - Head of King Tatius right Togate figure in biga left, holding reins in right hand and magistrate's staff in left hand - IVDEX Exergue: T·VETTIVS Mint: Rome (70 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.93g / 20mm / 6h References: RSC 2 (Vettia) Sydenham 905 Crawford 404/1 BMCRR Rome 3370 Provenances: Ex. Augustus Brown, November 1970 Acquisition: DNW Online auction #1305 13-Apr-2022 Next - Bearded figure

Here are two carnyces 😄 Moneyer: Albinus Bruti f. Coin: Silver Denarius - Head of Mars right, wearing crested helmet ALBINVS [BRVTI•F] - Two carnyces in saltire; above, oval shield; below, round shield Mint: Rome (48 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.93g / 17mm / 2h References: RSC 26 (Junia) Sydenham 941 Crawford 450/1 HCRI 25 RBW 1576 Provenances: Ex. Collection Dr. iur. Hans Krahenbuhl Purchased from Numismatica Arimiensis, 18-Sep-1978 Acquisition: Leu Numismatik Online auction Auction 9 #268 23-Oct-2021 Too late! - Ryro's serrated coin next!

A great collection - I got there in 2015. ATB, Aidan.

Ruler: Saloninus (Caesar) Coin: Silver Antoninianus SAL VALERIANVS CS - Radiate bust right PRINC IVVENT - Saloninus standing left holding baton and spear, one standard behind him Mint: Milan (258-260 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.01g / 25mm / 6h References: RIC 10 Acquisition: HJB eBay 12-May-2010 Next - standard or standards

All to do with bubbles, I suppose... ATB, Aidan.

I hadn't noticed him before, but he had some nice coins - there was at least one other I considered. I think he's a doctor "In Real Life", so I suppose this is a part time activity. ATB, Aidan.

These were the last two coins I picked up at NYINC. Some cash was burning a hole in my pocket and these looked nice, so... Moneyer: C. Naevius Balbus Coin: Silver Denarius S·C - Head of Venus, right, wearing diadem X (Control mark)/ C·NA͡E·BA͡LB (exergue) - Victory in triga, right, holding reins in both hand Mint: Rome (79 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.69g / 20mm / 5h References: RSC 6 (Naevia) Sydenham 769b Crawford 382/1b Acquisition: Keith Candiotti Coin Fair NYINC 2023 15-Jan-2023 Moneyer: M. Porcius Cato Coin: Silver Denarius ROM͡A / M·CA͡TO - Female bust (Roma?), right, draped, hair tied with band - Victory, seated right; holding patera in right hand and palm-branch in left hand, over left shoulder Exergue: VICT͡RIX Mint: Rome (89 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.99g / 20mm / 2h References: RSC 5 (Porcia) Sydenham 596 Crawford 343/1b Acquisition: Keith Candiotti Coin Fair NYINC 2023 15-Jan-2023 Not really the latest, then - but reasonably recent and not posted here before. ATB, Aidan.

Great coins & photos! Aidan.

You got it for a very good price. ATB, Aidan,

Just the 21 coins today. For some reason, I bought four tetradrachms of Philip I/II & Trebonianus Gallus and a didrachm of Trajan and a pile of other stuff I don't normally collect. There's a fairly worn RR denarius I wanted and a group lot of four worse ones which had one I needed. I don't remember why I bought the rest - well, a Marius because I didn't have a Marius and the rest probably looked cool and/or were at a good price! From Naville in December - they took forever to come. A similar batch from Artemide is on its way too, ETA this week 🙂 ATB, Aidan.

There's a lot of useful information on Roman Republican coins on Andrew McCabe's site: https://andrewmccabe.ancients.info/ Anonymous Republican denarii and victoriati can be difficult to attribute and tell apart - Crawford catalogues many different types but gives the same descriptions for most of them so we're left to squint at the plates and guess. Well, these pages clarify a lot - for denarii & victoriati: https://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/ https://www.stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/AnonymousVictoriatii.html ATB, Aidan.

I don't have the Wayne Sayles book, but the others, yes. I have one of Wayne's other books and it's great, so I presume this is also good. In fact, he has a sale at the moment on his Vcoins shop, but doesn't post outside the US, so no good to me! "Coinage in the X World" books are excellent and Sear's Byzantine book is a fairly complete catalogue of Byzantine coins. I've yet to do mich with the ID book, though I have a few Byz coins to attribute, so might give it a whirl. ATB, Aidan.

I've always liked this little coin. State, City: Bithynia, Kios Coin: Silver Hemidrachm - Laureate head of Apollo right ΟΗΝ / ΔΩΡΟΣ - Prow of galley left Mint: (ca 350-300) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.50g / - / 6h References: SG 3757 BMC Pontus pg. 131, 4 Hunterian pg. 242, 1 Acquisition: Mark Rasmussen Irish International Coin Fair 27-Feb-2010 Next - Greek silver.

Coin: Bronze Quadrans - Diademed male head right; uncertain Iberian letter before. Border of dots. CaSTeLE in Iberian letters - Boar right; star above; legend below exergual line Mint: Castulo (Late 2nd century BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.95g / 16mm / 6h References: Alvarez-Burgos 736 Acquisition: Q.A. Coins AP Auction #17 8-Nov-2015 Next... a boar

It's slightly easier to complete a collection of reference works on coins than the coins themselves - at least, if one sets strict limits to the extent of the collection. And, within such limitations I completed two sets last weekend! At least until new volumes appear, but for now I'm claiming victory. My first coin book purchases of 2023 were RIC V part II and HGC vol. 12, so I now have all current RIC volumes and all the published HGC volumes. There are gaps in the HGC series, so more books are coming and RIC II part 2 is due sometime and I believe other RIC volumes are being worked on. I now need to move things around to find place on the shelves for these with their colleagues. HGC 12 isn't difficult to find, but I have only one Bactrian coin, so didn't see the need for it until I saw it for sale on Sunday, so picked it up! RIC V has been out of print for quite a long time AFAIK and I think the last RIC volume I got was V part I, so I snapped this up when I saw it as well. Has anyone else picked up any interesting books so far in 2023? ATB, Aidan.

A super coin, Steve! ATB, Aidan.

Thanks! - I really like it. By some way the biggest coin I have 😄 ATB, Aidan.

I won this in the recent CNG Triton XXVI auction and picked it up on Friday - got home and photographed it yesterday - I think it needs a dark background, but this will do for now. It's a huge coin and looks great in-hand - very happy with it. I need a 6-slot Abafil extra deep tray to fit it. Auction description. Anonymous. Circa 225-217 BC. Æ Aes Grave As (64mm, 249.2 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of bearded Janus; – (mark of value) below; all on a raised disk / Prow of galley right; | (mark of value) above; all on a raised disk. Crawford 35/1; Sydenham 71; HN Italy 337; ICC 74; Haeberlin pl. 10, 1–16; BMCRR Rome (Aes Grave) 1–9; Kestner 112–3; RBW 83. Earthen green patina. Good VF.From the S & S Collection. ATB, Aidan.