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Ruler: Timoleon Third Democracy State, City: Sicily, Syracuse Coin: Gold Hemidrachm ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ - Laureate head of Zeus left ΣYPAKOΣIΩN - Pegasus flying left, A in left field, three pellets beneath Mint: Syracuse (344-335 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.10g / 12mm / 0h References: SNG ANS 493 HGC 2, 1284 Acquisition: Gitbud & Naumann Online Auction Pecunem 5 #32 7-Jul-2013 This photo' was quite blurred so I ran it through the Topaz Sharpen AI - it's sharper, but I should just take new photos. Next - Pegasus

Here I have four dolphins State, City: Sicily, Entella Coin: Silver Tetradrachm - Wreathed head of Arethousa left; four dolphins around - Head of horse left; palm tree to right, [‘]MMḤNT (in Punic) below Mint: Entella (ca. 320/15-300 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 16.78g / 26mm / 11h References: Jenkins, Punic, Series 3a CNP 267 HGC 2, 284 Provenances: Ex. CGB Live Auction June 2021, lot 19 Acquisition: CNG Online auction Triton XXV Session V #5015 25-Jan-2022 Next - Sicily.

I bought a lot of three of these and have picked up a couple more since. Gens: Anonymous Coin: Bronze Sextans - Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasus; • • above ROMA - Prow of galley right; •• below Mint: Sicilian Mint (ca. 211-208 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.78g / 17mm / 7h References: Sydenham 310d var Crawford 69/6 var Provenances: Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection Ex. RBW Collection 2013 Acquisition: CNG Online auction E-Sale 432 #211 (part) 14-Nov-2018 Notes: Jun 6, 20 - This is a Second Punic War overstrike; this is an anonymous type. The standard references refer to a type with corn-ear and KA symbol. The obverse shows a bent horse’s leg and is likely a bronze assigned to the mint of Carthage of similar Tanit/Horse type, but with a bent foreleg. These anonymous types probably represent a different mint location in Sicily than the corn-ear and KA types. [Andrew McCabe] Next - another fraction of an as.

And it won't even be fake provenance 😄 ATB, Aidan.

Yes! I like this book and have a couple of coins from the collection. I gave a short talk on the book and its writer, Admiral Smyth, a few months back at the Numismatic Society of Ireland - we had a night where a few of us talked about our favourite books. Smyth was an interesting character - Admiral Smyth - and did a lot of things besides numismatics. As @Phil Davis says in his paper about Erato vs Terpsichore on the Pomponia Musa denarii, Smyth correctly identified Erato long before others decided on a convoluted scheme that made Erato very rare and mis-identified many coins as depicting Terpsichore. The Northumberland collection was sold by Sotheby's in the 1980s. This is one of the coins I have from the collection - I already had a better example of this coin, but not from an old collection, so bought it. Gens: Pinaria Moneyer: Pinarius Natta Coin: Silver Denarius X - Helmeted head of Roma right NATTA - Victory in biga right Exergue: ROMA Mint: Rome (149 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.40g / 18mm / 9h References: RSC 1 (Pinaria) Sydenham 390 Crawford 208/1 Smyth p. 167 #45 (this coin) Provenances: Ex. Noble Sale 107A, lot 3573 Ex. Colin Pitchfork Collection Ex. Sotheby's 4-Nov-1982, lot 232 Ex. Duke of Northumberland Collection Acquisition: Del Parker NYINC Bourse 11-Jan-2019 ATB, Aidan.

It's probably an AE4 , or possibly a Byzantine, as CPK says above. A very useful site for identifying late Roman coins is Tesorillo - there are a few possibilities for coins with crosses on the reverse: Tesorillo - crosses It looks somewhat like a woman on the obverse, which might be Galla Placidia, according to Tesorillo. It's a pity there's no readable legend. ATB, Aidan.

I picked up a few coins in London last week from Roma - here are two of them. The first was in an earlier Roma sale as well, but I suppose it didn't sell. Moneyer: L. Flaminius Chilo Coin: Silver Denarius IIII•VIR / PRI•[FL] - Diademed head of Venus right L•FLAM[INI?] - Victory in biga, right, holding palm-branch and reins in left hand and whip in right hand Exergue: [CHILO] Mint: Rome (43 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.88g / 19mm / 2h References: RSC 2-2a (Flaminia) Sydenham 1088 Crawford 485/2 RBW 1700 HCRI 171 Provenances: Ex. Collection of a Hanseatic Romanophile, Kuenker, Auction 347, 22-Mar-2021, lot 931 Ex. Kuenker, Auction 143, 6-Oct-2008, lot 421 Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online auction Auction XXIX #415 9-Nov-2023 And a rare uncia - I think this is my most expensive RR bronze and it's not exactly eye candy: Gens: Anonymous - Anchor Coin: Bronze Uncia - Helmeted head of Roma right; pellet behind ROMA - Prow of galley right; pellet above; anchor before Mint: Rome (ca. 169-158 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 4.40g / 18mm / 9h References: Sydenham 238e Crawford 194/6 RBW 836 (this coin) Provenances: Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection Ex. RBW Collection, NAC Auction 61, 5-Oct-2011, lot 832 Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online auction Auction XXIX #331 9-Nov-2023 ATB, Aidan.

I've often inadvertently bought a second or third example of something by accident. This was the main reason I started cataloguing my collection a bit better. I think my best multiple buying achievement was 3 years ago, when on 17th September, 27th September and 7th October 2020 I managed to buy 3 examples of Cr. 244/1 in different auctions. I looked at what I had and had thrown in bids well in advance on three auctions because I didn't already have an example. I realised later on that I was bidding on the same coin and as always in such cases won all three. From H.D. Rauch, 17th September From Naville, 27th September From NAC, 7th October The NAC coin is by far the nicest and maybe someday I'll sell the others. Moneyer: C. Aburius Geminus Coin: Silver Denarius GEM - Helmeted head of Roma right C. ABVRI - Mars in quadriga right, holding spear, shield, trophy and reins Exergue: ROMA Mint: Rome (ca. 134 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.89g / 19mm / 1h References: RSC 1 (Aburia) Sydenham 490 Crawford 244/1 RBW 1006 Provenances: Ex. Kuenker Sale 193, lot 364, 26-Sep-2011 Acquisition: Numismatica Ars Classica Online auction Auction 120 #514 7-Oct-2020 Yours in duplication, Aidan.

Ah - are you the author? I've bought the first three. Must get this too. ATB, Aidan.

Very nice. I bid at Oslo Myntgalleri for the first time in that auction and won something as well - a bronze uncia, so not so spectacular 😄 Still, a coin I didn't have already: Cr. 315/1 - the last uncia in Crawford. ATB, Aidan.

Gens: Naevia 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 Next - Victory

Moneyer: T. Carisius Coin: Silver Sestertius - Diademed bust of Diana right, bow and quiver over shoulder T. CAR - Hound running right Mint: Rome (46 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 0.95g / 10mm / 10h References: RSC 7 (Carisia) Sydenham 989 Crawford 464/8a HCRI 76 RBW 1621 Provenances: Ex. Gemini Sale X, 2013, lot 227 Ex. Randy Haviland Collection Acquisition NAC Online auction Spring Sale 2020 #660 25-May-2020 Typing on my 'phone and unable to format the above properly. Oh well! Next - another sestertius.

Yeah - if I could combine it with the bull reverse, I'd have a winner 😄 ATB, Aidan.

I like Augustus coins, to the extent that I overpost them here 😄 Here are some again! The original Tribute Penny - RIC 220 (Augustus): My favourite bull, pity about the obverse... RIC 155: Caius on horseback on the reverse - RIC 199: ATB, Aidan.

This is my favourite coin. I'd seen it on Spink's website and they had it at a fair so I ran out, got some cash and bought it 🙂 State, City: Sicily, Syracuse Coin: Silver Tetradrachm - Quadriga left, charioteer crowned by Nike flying right ΣΥΡΑ... - Arethusa left, 4 dolphins around Wt./Size/Axis: 0.00g / - / - References: Tudeer 82 SNG ANS 290 Provenances: Spink Acquisition: London Coin Fair 10-Nov-2007 The photos don't do it justice - too blurred or bad lighting. Interesting to see favourites! ATB, Aidan.

Here's something that goes with the coin, sort-of 😄 Fatima Mansions and 13th Century Boy: And... a 13th century coin. I have a halfpenny, but can't locate it or even a photo' of it, so this penny will have to do. Ruler: Edward I Coin: Silver Penny EDWR ANGL DNS hYB - Crowned bust in triangle, single pellet below bust; small lettering CIVITAS DVBLINIE - Long cross, pellets in angles; large lettering Mint: Dublin (ca 1279-1302) Wt./Size/Axis: 1.10g / - / - References: Spink 6251 Acquisition/: budgies-beak eBay 2-Apr-2013 ATB, Aidan.

This is my avatar photo' in full: Just a 'phone camera photo' from a few years ago (August 2016, it appears). The coin itself (denarius of Augustus - RIC 252) has some scratches which are more obvious in better photos, but it looks nice in this. I picked it to be the avatar as I thought it looked like me, at least when I was younger 😄 Augustus was fairly ageless in his coins, so I can be too 🙂 Ruler: Augustus (Augustus) Coin: Silver Denarius - Bare head right CAESAR DIVI F - Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae Mint: Rome (32-29 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.80g / 16.7mm / 9h References: RIC 252 RSC 69 BMC 605 Acquisition: Numismatica Tintinna Online Auction Asta Elettronica 25 #3001 23-Feb-2013 I should take better photos, but here are photos from 2013: As a by-the-way, I see that Tintinna is having its final auction next month - Massimo is retiring from the business. Next - the avatar thing may be fizzling out, but maybe one more?

This is the remaining Cr 428 coin - Cr. 428/2 ATB, Aidan.

Here's a tetrobol. State, City: Troas, Gargara Coin: Silver Tetrobol - Laureate head of Apollo right ΓΑΡΓ - Bull grazing left Mint: (350 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.83g / - / - References: SG4088 Acquisition: agoracoins eBay 12-Mar-2005 Next - an animal of the bovine persuasion.

A couple of cover versions - Fatima Mansions playing Stigmata by Ministry - turn up to 11 and hide behind the sofa 🙂 And My Bloody Valentine turning down the guitar feedback for We Have All The Time In The World... This coin is something of a cover too, as it's an Eraviscan version of a Roman coin. Region, Tribe: Pannonia, Eraviscans Coin: Silver Denarius - Laureate head of Jupiter right RAVIS - Globe between sceptre (resembling thunderbolt) and rudder Mint: Budapest Wt./Size/Axis: 3.35g / 17mm / 9h References: Torbágyi C11 i Freeman, Essays Hersh, pl. 29, 6 Acquisition: Numismatics Hungary Online sale 17-Dec-2018 ATB, Aidan.

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 - off-centre strike

To add a bit to the Tantalus advocacy - I want people to join it and keep the platform alive! When you log in, there are many features which may not be obvious from a quick browse. Here's what I see with what Tantalus calls a grid: It's possible to set up these grids to include any coins you have in any particular arrangement. I made this around 10 years ago - at least, I can't see any coins bought after 2013. My intention then was to have a separate grid for each tray I had. You can click on the coin and bring up the data page for that coin. As you can see, I was mostly using combined obverse/reverse photos at that stage and that doesn't translate well to grid views as they are squashed into the square grid slots. I had one Obverse-only photo', which worked well enough. I gave up on this idea after only one tray as moving coins around means a lot of work. Maybe I can write something that will process a photo' of a tray to an imagemap with links to each coin. I later did it manually for a tray of Augustus coins, but don't have a link to that at the moment (it's not in Tantalus, but my own website, which is a WIP and has been for many years!). This grid is viewable here - A grid of mine. There are some pre-defined grids and it's easy to generate more. The "Deep Search" is reasonably useful: You can search in any of those fields, for your own coins or anybody's. It would be better if ranges (of weights or diameters, for example) could be searched, but it's not bad. This is an example of what you see when entering a coin (or editing it, as in this case). Note that there are different fields exposed when entering different types of coins, this is what you get for Roman Republican: I think 3 images is the most you can have. This was a very worn but cheap "Shield & Carnyx" denarius. Three currencies are supported - €, $, £. There's a helpful Stats page to add up all the numbers and show how much you've squandered. For RR coins, I generally use RSC, Sydenham, Crawford, sometimes adding RBW, BMCRR & HCRI, depending on whether I can be bothered to look them up - it's got room for up to 5 references. There's room for Notes and people can add comments too. ATB, Aidan.

I use Tantalus - it's far from perfect and has bugs, but I've used it for a long time. Tantalus I'd like: Better catalogue entries and ability to sort by catalogue entry (though you can make galleries and arrange coins, so that is possible to some extent) Better search Longer fields for the like of "Moneyer", as right now it doesn't crop names when they're too long - instead, the entry fails and you've got to enter the coin again Fix the Export feature! And that's about it - Ras has included most or all the fields of use. There are forums there, but the last post was in 2017... ATB, Aidan.

This is reasonably intact, not clipped at least. Ruler: Constantius II (Augustus) Coin: Silver Siliqua D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. VOTIS/XXX/MVLTIS/XXXX - Legend within wreath Exergue: Mint: Lugdunum (Lyon) (361 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.05g / 17mm / 0h References: RIC VIII Lugdunum 216 Acquisition: Irish Coin Fair 11-Apr-2010 Next - someone else diademed.

Here's my favourite aes grave coin. Gens: Anonymous Coin: Bronze As I - Laureate head of bearded Janus I - Prow of galley right Mint: Rome (ca. 225-217 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 249.20g / 64mm / 12h References: Sydenham 71 Crawford 35/1 HN Italy 337 ICC 74 BMCRR Rome 1-9 Provenances: Ex. S & S Collection Acquisition: CNG Online auction Triton XXVI #598 10-Jan-2023 Next - some more aes grave