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These must be close to worst of type 😄 I still buy some miserable specimens, but I was worse 😄 Moneyer: Q. Caepio Brutus (M. Junius Brutus) Coin: Silver Denarius BRVTVS - Head of L. Junius Brutus, the Ancient, right AHALA - Head of Caius Servilius Ahala right Mint: Rome (54 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.36g / 17mm / 6h References: RSC 30 (Junia) Sydenham 907 Crawford 433/2 Acquisition: Numismatik Lanz eBay 22-Oct-2011 In ny defence, this next one cost just £3.14 - couldn't really let it go to someone else for less than that! Moneyer: L. Livineius Regulus Coin: Silver Denarius L. REGVLVS PR - Bare head of praetor L. Livineius Regulus right REGVLVS F - Curule chair between two fasces Exergue: PRAEF VR Mint: Rome (42 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.34g / 16mm / 1h References: RSC 8 (Livineia) Sydenham 1113 Crawford 494/31 Acquisition: Den Of Antiquity eBay 24-Feb-2014 ATB, Aidan.

The video doesn't play for me 😞 Pierce seems a very nice guy - he's completely down-to-earth and nothing like the typical rockstar at his gigs. He's played Glastonbury, shared the bill on a Tibet House Benefit Concert with Iggy Pop and Patti Smith and his first two albums were produced by Philip Glass, so plenty of critical cred. https://www.pierceturner.com/bio/ I first heard of him in the mid-1990s when two friends of mine set aside their enmity to share a taxi to a gig at a remote pub in County Cork (Connolly's of Leap, IIRC). Pierce tends to play small venues and did one Irish tour where he played in private houses. Anyone who had a decent piano and enough room for a few guests to sit in (15) could ask him to play. https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wexfordpeople/news/pierce-makes-house-calls-on-a-tour-with-a-difference-27684069.html 2004, it didn't seem that long ago! ATB, Aidan.

I just saw that Pierce Turner is playing in Dublin next month - I'll definitely go! A review of a Pierce Turner album I read a long time ago said something to the effect that in a parallel universe Pierce would be #1 worldwide. If the Many Universes theory is true, then he is and that world is probably a better place. Here's one that arrived yesterday - a Roman Republican cast as, post-semi-libral weight standard, so not huge. Æ-As, 215/212 BC, anonym; 88,38 g.BMC 23; Crawf. 41/5 a; Syd. 101. ATB, Aidan.

My coins arrived today in a nice Kuenker box. The as broke out of its flip, but didn't escape the box 😄 Cr. 41/5 & Cr. 500/7 (Brutus denarius). Very happy with them 🙂 ATB, Aidan.

A nice box from the recent Kuenker sales was on my doorstep tonight 🙂 I'll take better photos later, but here they are - Cr. 41/5 as and Cr. 500/7 denarius 🙂 ATB, Aidan.

All super, of course! ATB, Aidan.

Here's a miserable enough didrachm - some previous owner thought it would be a good idea to scratch it a bit, to improve it, I suppose... Gens: Anonymous Coin: Silver Didrachm - Helmeted head of Mars left, oak-sprig behind ROMANO - Legend on tablet below head of bridled horse right, ear of wheat behind Mint: Metapontum? (ca 280-276 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 6.93g / 20.0mm / 6h References: RSC 4 (Anon) Sydenham 1 Crawford 13/1 Acquisition: Numismatica Tintinna Online Auction Asta Elettronica 26 #1000 21-Mar-2013 Notes: Aug 9, 13 - Unfortunately, a previous owner attempted to improve this coin by scratching it. Next - some other coin with scratches.

Here's a Caracalla large coin from Antioch in Pisidia that I got a few years ago: Ruler: Caracalla (Augustus) Region, City: Pisidia, Antioch Coin: Bronze AE33 IMP CAE M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS AVG - Laureate bust right COL CAES ANTIOCH - she-wolf standing right below tree, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus Exergue: SR Mint: (ca 198-217 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 27.19g / 33mm / 7h References: Krzyzanowska pl. 39, 70 SNG France 1141-1143 BMC 46 Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Sale 21 #522 31-Oct-2015 ATB, Aidan.

It's probably the Blue Banti - "I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali", which covers sestertii. I have the Red (Republican) and Green Banti sets (early Imperial coins), but not the Blue, so can't help. Looks like vol. III-2 from this upcoming auction of the 9-volume set - you may be able to find it on its own: https://www.deamoneta.com/auctions/view/843/353 ATB, Aidan.

Centenary of the first Transatlantic flight by Alcock & Brown in 1919. ATB, Aidan.

Very worn Port of Ostia sestertius. Next - another coin of Nero.

I got something the second day too, so not bad! I'll try not to jinx them by posting 'til they arrive 🙂 Congrats on successful bids, all. Aidan.

Wow! Whoever let that through should be fired. "SCARCE"... hmmm, one of the most common RR denarii. Madness! Aidan.

My CD copy of Telefís a Dó arrived this week and it's great. Sad that it will be the last work of Cathal Coughlan 😞 Here's a short one The Age of Cling: Here's a little fifth stater instead of the stater which I'd already posted recently! Rock on...

Here's an example of Cr. 432/1 I've had for almost 10 years - it's very dark. ATB, Aidan.

I won a RR cast as in Kuenker today. I threw in a lot of fairly low bids ages ago and was pleasantly surprised to win this. I have several more bids in tomorrow, so maybe my luck will hold 😄 I also got something in CNG's auction today. ATB, Aidan.

OK - kantharos, also late 4th century BC coin. State, City: Campania, Neapolis Coin: Silver Didrachm ΧΑΡΙ - Head of nymph Parthenope right; behind head, kantharos K / [ΝΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ] - Man-faced bull walking right, bearded face, crowned by Nike flying to the right Mint: Neapolis (326-290 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 7.36g / 21mm / 9h References: SNG ANS 356 HN Italy 579 Provenances: Ex. Stock San Diego Coin Acquisition: CGB Online auction Internet Oct 2018 #bgr_503636 30-Oct-2018 Next - man-headed bull

Plenty of big noses on display. I'm not sure what's going on here on the reverse of this victoriatus - Artemide suggested a "die scratch" - maybe the engraver felt the trophy needed a prop or, who knows? I think it's Cr. 166/1: ATB, Aidan.

Here's a New Style owl with the owl on an amphora. State, City: Attica, Athens Coin: Silver Tetradrachm - Head of Athena right, in Attic helmet ΑΘΕ - Owl standing right on amphora; BE monogram and cicada to left, MI monogram to right, B on amphora, all within wreath. Mint: Athens (ca 153-152 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 16.75g / 32.5mm / 12h References: Sv. 13 pl. 37 NSSCA. 66 b pl. 9 Provenances: CGB Ex. CGB Monnaies XI, 21st Jan 2002, no. 93 Acquisition: VSO 23 #86 27/11/2004 Next - flat strike

I've assembled a Vast and Varied Roman Republic-related list of Vs. Someone posted something somewhere recently referring to happenings at the Temple of Vespa, and indeed such modern-day chariots of gods and mortals probably have their own temple: though it may have been a typo' and the intended temple was that of Vesta, seen here on the reverse of Cr. 428/2: V is for Victory, flying right with a wreath here on the reverse of Cr. 61/1: An Anonymous V as, Cr. 87/1: A VB Victoriatus, Cr. 95/1A: A VAL as, Cr. 191/1: A Veturia gens moneyer's denarius, Cr. 234/1: A Vargunteia gens denarius, Cr. 257/1: The reverse of a Vibia gens moneyer's denarius, Cr. 342.1: A Vergilia denarius, Cr. 350A/1e: The reverse of a Valeria gens moneyer's denarius, Cr. 365/1b: A denarius of L. Volumnius Strabo, Cr. 377/1 (reverse of): Reverse of a denarius of M. Volteius M.f., Cr. 385/3: Reverse of a Vettia denarius, Cr. 404/1: Reverse of a denarius of L. Vinicius, Cr. 436/1: ATB, Aidan.

This might look a fine Augustus denarius, but it's two different coins 😄 The full pics aren't so exciting. RIC 199 denarius (auction photo'): RIC 187a denarius (my own really bad old photos, I need to update them with the better newer photos): No prizes for guessing the sides that stay up in the tray for these 🙂 ATB, Aidan.

I'd forgotten about Lansky and that thread. Looking in that sale of 2020, I see they describe a scarce Augustus "Tribute Penny" as the common Tiberius version - https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3962&lot=182 That said, I'm tempted to bid on at least one coin in the the latest auction 😄 ATB, Aidan.

A pile of books just arrived from the last St. James auction. I was already out of shelf space, so this doesn't help, but some interesting volumes at good prices. ATB, Aidan.

Lovely!

This isn't a valid entry as it's from Constantinople, but it's the only Constantius II Fallen Horseman I have, so... ATB, Aidan.