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Here are a few from this period. Cr. 494/27 - "Scarface" Regulus denarius of L. Livineius Regulus of 42 BC. Cr. 494/37 of C. Vibius Varus (42 BC): A pretty scarce one of M. Arrius Secundus of 41 BC - Cr. 513/2: An interesting one with a soldier storming a wall - denarius of C. Numonious Vaala - Cr. 514/2 of 43 BC: Kuenker claimed the obverse depicts Cassius, though this is somewhat conjectural and there are no known portraits of him - https://www.kuenker.de/en/information/presseinformationen/aktuelle-mitteilungen/86 This is a coin of Cassius - Cr. 500/1 of 42 BC: Mark Antony, with his brother Lucius on the reverse - Mark Antony always reminds me of a neighbour I had years ago - Cr. 517/5c of 41 BC: Here's the earliest portrait of Octavian on a coin - Cr. 490/1 of 43 BC. The reverse features an equestrian statue of Octavian which stood in Rome: Here are a couple of Mark Antony Fleet Coinage bronzes - a tressis and an as (I think)- HCRI 286/RPC 1463 and RPC 1470: The first has M. Antony and Octavian right facing Octavia left and three galleys on the reverse. I'll skip the legionary denarii! The end of this period saw Octavian alone as ruler of the Roman world, figuring out some constitutional basis for his position. His earliest coins just have the legend CAESAR DIVI F - like this from Rome or Brundisium from 32-31 BC (RIC 253): Here he is ploughing the fields as a pontifex - RIC 272, Rome, 32-27 BC: When he's depicted on the coins, it's a godlike depiction - RIC 250a, RIC 252 - with an ever-popular Venus depiction and Pax: And, enough! Aidan.

potdevin is useful, mostly for cross-references which CRRO (CRRO) lacks, but I'm wondering whether there's any point in buying a PDF of Crawford. It seems like it might be useful at a coin fair and wondering what the difference between XYZ/1a and XYZ/1b is or whether a coin is correctly attributed. I've made a spreadsheet of Crawford with numbers, denominations, some limited other information including his die number estimates or the number of examples in Paris and whether I've got one or not, which is reasonably useful for avoiding inadvertent duplicate purchases. Maybe if I add all the descriptions and/or link to CRRO for photos and descriptions, this will be enough! Thanks, Aidan.

I spotted a while back that Cambridge University Press are selling an electronic edition (they mention it's PDF) of Crawford's Roman Republican Coinage - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/roman-republican-coinage/BF809A7DBDE86722B6783D20FD6EABFF Has anyone bought it? I'm tempted - I have the print edition, but this could be handy too. I'm wondering what the plates are like and how searchable it is. Thanks for any information, Aidan.

I hadn't heard of the group or song before - it's a good one for describing a lot of coins 😄 ATB, Aidan.

I never really listened to or watched anything Imelda May did until I caught this by accident today - from a concert in memory of Jeff Beck from May: I'm not sure if Johnny Depp is playing much or at all... This is a a much earlier recording of Imelda with Jeff Beck at a Les Paul tribute gig in 2010 In tribute to Ms May's changed hairstyle and indeed dress 😛 - here's Julia Titi (I need a better J.T.): Ruler: Julia Titi (Augusta) Coin: Silver Denarius IVLIA AVGVSTA TITI AVGVSTI F - Diademed bust draped right, hair in plait down back VENVS AVGVST - Venus, viewed half from behind, standing right, leaning on column and holding helmet and spear Mint: Rome (79-81 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 2.90g / 19mm / 6h References: RIC 388 BMC 141 (Titus) RSC 14 RIC 56 (old - Titus) Acquisition: Ancient Delights Madrid 26-Sep-2012 ATB, Aidan.

Here are a few from the period which haven't been posted so far. I'm trying to restrict myself from spamming with dozens of coins 😄 I've put the coins in order of Crawford number, but also referred to Sear's Hisory and Coinage of the Roman Imperators. This denarius was minted in Apollonia in Illyricum by the Pompeians. Apollo on the obverse and Jupiter on the reverse. The Q on the reverse referse to a quaestor involved in the issue - apparently T. Antistius. Cr. 445/2, HCRI 5, 49 BC The same L. Lentulus and C. Marcellus referred to on the first coin are also responsible for this coin, struck in Ephesus in 49 BC. Cr. 445/3b, HCRI 6. According to Caesar, Lentulus raissed two legions for Pompey in Asia. This coin marks Caesar's success in the Gallic Wars and was isued by Decimus Brutus, one of the most prominent assassins of Caesar on the Ides of March. Not to be confused with Marcus Junius Brutus, Decimus was closer to Caesar and even named in Caesar's will. I like the golden toning on this coin. Cr. 450/1, HCRI 25, 48 BC: Here's another coin issued by Decimus, where he depicts one of his adopted ancestors (he was adopted into the Postumia gens). It's an Aulus Postumius Albinus, though there are a couple of possibilities for the exact identity - a consul of 151 BC or 99 BC (who may have been Decimus's adoptive father). Cr. 450/3b, HCRI 27, 48 BC. Here's a coin minted by Caesar's military mints shortly after the Battle of Pharsalus on 9th August 48 BC (Cr. 452/2, HCRI 11): The LII on the obverse probably refers to Caesar's age at the time: This is an issue back in Rome of Gaius Antius Restio - Cr. 455/2a, HCRI 35 of 47 BC. I like the obverse, except for some deposits (iron?): Here's one issued by Caesar in Sicily before he embarked for Africa. Cr. 457/1, HCRI 54, late 47 BC. Sorry about the slab - I have a few that I bought slabbed and haven't released them yet. Funnily, I bought this coin at the second attempt - the first time it was unslabbed and I was outbid; the second time it had been cleaned and slabbed and I got it for less - go figure! Here's one of the Pompeians in North Africa - unfortunately, very worn! Cr. 460/3, HCRI 42, of 47-46 BC (Utica). The city goddess Utica is on the obverse with corn-ear and caduceus, while the reverse has a trophy with lituus & jug. And another - this is ex-Clain-Stefanelli and is illustrated in Elvira Clain-Stefanelli's "Life in Republican Rome On Its Coinage". Cr. 461/1, HCRI 44, with Scipio in Africa, 47-46 BC: Back in Rome in 46 BC, some sestertii were minted - this is the only late sestertius I've got. The moneyer is T. Carisius, Cr. 464/8a, , HCRI 76. Diana on the obverse and a hound on the reverse: In 45 BC, one of the moneyers was L. Papius Celsus, not otherwise known, though possibly a son of the earlier Papia who served as moneyer earlier. The type with the wolf bringing a stick to the fire has two obverses - the one with Juno Sospita has already been posted, here's the version with Triumphus (commemorating possibly Caesar's triumph celebrated after Munda). Cr. 472/2, HCRI 83: Also from Rome in 45 BC, here's a denarius of L. Valerius Asisculus (one of many types like the man-headed owl above) with Sol on the obverse and Luna on the reverse. Cr. 474/5, HCRI 94: Finally, this may be the first posthumous Caesar portrait coin, minted in March or April of 44 BC. The best that can be said about my example is that it was cheap 😄 Cr. 480/17, HCRI 101: ATB, Aidan.

They're separate issues - in rare cases, like the Hosidia of 64 BC, there are similar, though not identical types of denarii with serrated edges and smooth edges - there are examples of both issues above in this thread (Cr. 407/1 & 407/2). I can't offhand think of another example of that 😄 I have a denarius of Augustus which seems to have been overstruck on a serratus - such exceptions are rare (RIC I Augustus 317 denarius overstruck on earlier denarius serratus) ATB, Aidan.

I read Turkey and scrolled past the picture thinking it was a frozen turkey, then I saw the coat 😄 Very cloak and dagger. I've had a few coins delivered inside books - I believed for protection as they were only sent from the UK, but I haven't seen anything as deceptive as your coat 😄 There's an old joke of the soldier who forgets his coat when visiting home, so his mother posts it to him. He finds it without buttons with a note "To save postage, I removed the buttons... P.S. you'll find the buttons in the pocket" ATB, Aidan.

I got this very battered coin in a recent Demos auction - it arrived during the week. The description was just the weight (5.86g), diameter (21mm) and "Greek silver coin". So - not too much to go on - a nymph's head left with a testcut and an uncertain reverse with a countermark. The countermark was the first thing I found - a griffin - CNG sold a coin with the same countermark through their coin shop: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=224643 I thought the reverse looked a bit like a RR galley right, but searches threw up nothing close. I tried Demeter and Persephone for the obverse (even Parthenope). Then I noticed that the obverse had a beaded border - a search term of beaded border drachm on acsearch brought up 62 hits and Bingo! - the ninth one is a match - with a certain element of imagination, of course - a drachm of Sinope of ca. 362 BC: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9907826 I have the reverse upside-down. What is partly obliterated by the countermark are the wings of the eagle - I thought that might be the ram of a galley and the wavy bits are actually feathers. What I thought could be the prow of the galley is actally part of the unfortunate dolphin. An interesting puzzle and I'm pretty confident this is a fairly close attribution - as close as possible for the condition it's in, probably! ATB, Aidan.

Here are a few I haven't noticed already... Cr. 408/1 of 67 BC was a large issue - the moneyer, Caius Piso L.F. Frugi was the son-in-law of Cicero and the son of the moneyer of Cr. 340/1. The types here - Apollo on the oberse and horseman on reverse - are the same as those of the earlier issue, but the design is executed in greater relief. Here's Cybele and a curuls chair on a denarius of M. Plaetorius of 67 BC - Cr. 409/2. The Muses - here they all are, accepting that the muse of Cr. 401/7d is Erato! Some scope for upgrading and a few legend varieties to pursue! Sibyl and a tripod - Cr. 411/1b of 65 BC: I got the following coin at a Chris Rudd auction four years ago - as they specialise in Celtic coins, I was suprised to see this. From the Mesagne Hoard and sold by the real Leu in 2002, it's probably in better condition than any other RR coin I have. Cr. 412/1 of 64 BC. The reverse of the denarius of L. Roscious Fabatus refers to a local custom in Lanuvium (where Juno Sospita on the obverse was worshipped) where young women would go into a cave blindfolded bearing cakes for a serpent. If they were chaste, the serpent would eat the cakes; if not, he wouldn't. The maiden on my example seems to have no head, which is probably a bad sign 😛 This next coin - a denarius of M. Aemilius Lepidus of 61 BC (Cr. 419/2) is badly struck and I only bought it for the back story - from the description: "From the Red Ox Collection and the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward." Well done, Mr. Picek. There's already a lovely example of Cr. 419/1 above, but mine is slightly different and I like the obverse a lot, so I'll sneak it in too - M. Aemilius Lepidus of 61 BC: This is also above, but I stuck mine in just to say that the temple depicted here was in Sicily, but there is now a Norman castle likely built on its location - Cr. 414/1 of 57 BC: This, Cr. 426/1 of 56 BC of Faustus Cornelius Sulla has an interesting reverse with Sulla seated and Bocchus, king of Mauretania handing him an olive branch while Jugurtha, king of Numidia is kneeling with hands bound. Faustus was the son of the dictator and the reverse apparently reproduces the signet ring Sulla had made of the scene. Skipping on, here's a denarius of C. Memmius of 56 BC (Cr. 427/2). Quirinus on the obverse was apparently originally a Sabine god, but in early Roman times it was claimed that Romulus, who had mysteriously disappeared during a storm while making a religious sacrifice had returned to heaven and was to be known thereafter as Quirinus. It was indeed fortunate that Romulus/Quirinus appeared to Julius Proculus to clarify this and allay suspicion that Romulus had been murdered by a senate faction. The reverse links the aedile Memmius to the first holding of the games of Ceres. Here's Cr. 428/2 of 55 BC - Libertas and Temple of Vesta with an urn and voting tablet inscribed A C for Absolvo Condemno. It refers to a trial of the Vestal Virgins inb 113 BC conducted by the great-grandfather of the moneyer, Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla. In short, a Vestal Virgin was struck by lightning, which clearly meant the gods were displeased - one of the Virgins was convicted of not being entirely virginal and walled up alive. However, the people were unhappy with the acquittal of two others and Ravilla was appointed to pursue the other two, who were in due course convicted too. Interestingly, Ravilla's investigative strategy was the ancient equivalent of "Follow the money" - his saying was "Qui bono fuerit?" (Who profited?). I will stop here - Cn. Plancius of 55 BC - Cr. 432/1. This coin was difficult to photograph, being dark. It belonged to the Friedinger-Pranter Collection and was bequeathed to the Caritas charity and auctioned by Lanz in 2013. I was unable to upload both sides of the coin, so here's the reverse with a Cretan goat, with bow and quiver. ATB, Aidan.

Here are some different ones from the period. @Octavius posted a lovely example of Cr. 365/1b with control letter - here's Cr. 365/1a with a symbol behind the head (rudder): Cr. 357/1a & 1b of C. Norbanus from 83 BC have either 3 or 4 symbols on the reverse - /1a has prow, fasces, caduceus and corn-ear and /1b has corn-ear, fasces and caduceus: Q. Antonius Balbus of 83-82 BC (Cr. 364/1c) has Victory with a palm branch in quadriga on the reverse. There are a few varieties with control letters on the obverse or reverse, etc.: L. Censorinus, P. Crepusius & C. Limetanus of 82 BC have this attractive denarius (better examples are attractive, at least!) - Cr. 360/1b: The Crepusia denarii of 82 BC (Cr. 361/1 - some varieties) have many die numbers and symbols - subject of a couple of works (https://www.jstor.org/stable/43566280). This one has great detail and surfaces, pity it's off-centre: How about three coins which reproduce earlier designs - Cr. 369/1, 370/1 & 371/1 of ca. 82-80 BC: The reverses are copied from Cr. 263/1, 264/1 & 265/1 and the obverses now have the head of Apollo. They were issued by Sullan supporters and relatives of the moneyers responsible for the earlier issues. Crawford has some suggestions on reasons for their issue - new coinage without appointing new moneyers, to mark the restoration of the Republic after the abdication od the dictator and to reward Sulla's supporters. Here's Europa riding a bull on a denarius of L. Volumnius Strabo of 81 BC (Cr. 377/1): Jug and lituus reverse on denarius of Q. Caecilius Metellus (Cr. 374/2) of 81 BC: Liberty in a biga left, being crowned by Victory, pileus behind. Venus with a little Cupid on the obverse. Cr. 391/1b of 75 BC. Here's one I like - Medusa and Bellerophon on Pegasus on a denarius of L. Cossutius of 74 BC (Cr. 395/1): Here's one with Amphitrite and Neptune in a sea-chariot drawn by hippocamps - Cr. 399/1b of 72 BC: How about Cr. 401/1 of 71 BC - Mn. Aquilius with Virtus and a warrior raising up the fallen Sicily: The reconciliation of Rome and Italy on the reverse, with Honos and Virtus on the reverse - Cr. 403/1 of 70 BC: The last one I'll inflict on anyone is Tatius on the obverse and a figure in a biga holding a magistrate's staff - exactly who is depicted is unclear - some magistrate possibly distributing corn, judging by the corn-ear. Cr. 404/1 of 70 BC: ATB, Aidan.

For 104-85 BC, Cr. 317 - Cr. 353, I've got 129 coins, though quite a few are very similar - 14 Cr. 340/1 denarii with different symbols, etc. 😄 Here are most of them - starting with the rightmost bronze in the first row. Finally there are some novelties in the bronze reverses. This semis of Q. Titius (Cr. 341/5) of 90 BC has an obverse of the laureate head of Apollo right and a reverse of Minerva in a quadriga right. The fractional bronzes use the types of C. Vibius C.f. Pansa, Titius' colleague as moneyer. Not in great condition, but hey! On the asses, there are a few different reverses too. The afore-mentioned C. Vibius C.f. Pansa doesn't give us one or two but three galleys on an as - Cr. 342/7b: C. Marcius Censorinus issued some interesting asses in 88 BC. Cr. 346/3 - jugate heads of Numa Pompilius and Ancus Marcius on the obverse and two arches on the reverse, with a spiral column with a statue of Victory beneath one and the prow of a galley beneath the other: And another type from the same moneyer - Cr. 346/4a - same obverse but with a reverse of two ships crossing, with the spiral column with Victory behind: There are a few issues with prow left too - e.g. Cr. 350A/3d - of Gargilia, Ogulnia (I think!) and Vergilia I mostly use different trays for bronze and silver RR coins because the bronzes are usually much larger than the silver coins, so I'd have to buy many more trays if I stored them together! So, here are the silver ones. In fact, Cr. 317 of L. Appuleius Saturninus is an interesting isssue straight away. I can just imagine the designers wondering how they can liven things up a bit - "We've got Roma's head and Jupiter in a quadriga... how about we put the head on both sides for one version, Jupiter and the quadriga on both sides for another version and then do a much bigger issue of Roma/Jupiter, with a couple of varieties?" Obv. & reverse of Cr. 317/1 - quite hard to tell apart, especially in a rough example like this , but the obverse has a control mark (G here) and the reverse reads L•SAT for the moneyer's name. Cr. 317/2 has Jupiter on each side and in this example it's easier to see the difference between the sides: Then, Cr. 317/3 - this is /3a, /3b is above too - is a conventional arrangement: Here's a second tray of silver with the rest of what I have for the period - some Cr. 340/1 denarii of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi with horses in either direction and horsemen holding palm branches and whips and control marks & symbols: Cr. 341/1 of Q. Titius is an interesting coin - Mutinus Titinus on the obverse and Pegasus on the reverse (341/2 has Liber on the obverse): My Pegasus has mostly flown off the coin, but Mutinus himself seems pretty cool, and why wouldn't he be - RSC says "The god Mutinus Titinus is the same as Priapus, who had a temple at Rome, and who was especially worshipped by young married women." C. Vibius C.f. Pansa of ca. 90 BC (Cr 342/1-6b for denarii) issued a number of interesting coins - I'm missing the very rare Cr. 342/2, but here are Cr. 342/1 and Cr. 342/6a. Cr. 342/2 - Mask of Silenos on obverse and mask of Pan on reverse: Cr. 342/6 - shades of the Appuleia where they put the quadriga on both sides, with Minerva driving here: Lastly - my first Roman Republican coin was an anonymous denarius of 86 BC - Cr. 350A/2: Apollo on the obverse and Jupiter in a quadriga on the reverse. I recently picked up another example and gave it to my nephew (& godson) as he expressed some interest in ancient coins and is awed by the fact that we can get such old things. Get the next generation interested - someone has to buy our coins 😄 Anyway, this was a large issue and it's not clear why it's anonymous. Crawford estimated 456 obverse dies for the anonymous issue and a total of 30 obverse dies for 5 similar coins of the same year which name the moneyers - the same Vergilia, Ogulnia & Gargilia mentioned on a bronze issue above. The named issues are Cr 350A/1a-e - I've yet to get 1d but have the others - here's Cr. 350A/1e for example. Here, VER for Vergilia is first, the exergue reads GAR. OGVL, but you'll need a more complete coin to see it. And, enough! ATB, Aidan.

It looks like Victory and a trophy on the reverse, rather than Marcus & Lucius. Based on this, the only possibility I see on OCRE is RIC 1448. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1448 ATB, Aidan.

Suspiciously heavy at least and not obviously struck. It does seem to be a double die match for the one in the Fitzwilliam Museum linked to on OCRE - http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.231 - but over a gram heavier. ATB, Aidan.

To be fair, the style is correct for HGC 2, 670 and the one above is double-struck: The second example you post is a different issue with a different style - the one which has been infamously forged in modern times! ATB, Aidan.

Here are some that I don't see already listed. Cr. 263/1b of 127 BC (ROMA downwards on the obverse) - Macedonian shield reverse, decorated with elephant's head, within laurel wreath: Cr. 266/2 & 266/3 of 126 BC - Dodrans and Bes - unusual denominations which didn't last long - dodrans was worth 9 unciae (S plus 3 pellets on obverse) and featured Vulcan on the obverse, the bes was worth 8 unciae (S plus 2 pellets) and featured Liber's head. The reverses had the customary prow with moneyer's name: A fourrée denarius of Numerius Fabius Pictor of 126 BC (Cr. 268/1b). Portrays the moneyer's grandfather on the reverse - Quintus Fabius Pictor, Praetor 189 BC and Flamen Quirinalis. I think this is the first issue with control marks on both sides - letters I & C here - though this example is presumably not from the official mint in any case. Two soldiers fighting (or gladiators) - Cr. 294/1 denarius of T. Didius of 113 BC. I need to take new photos of these - can't decide which I like better - the second does not look porous in hand, the lighting is awful here: Quite an interesting issue of Ti. Quinctius with Hercules on the obverse and a desultor on the reverse - Cr. 297/1a of 112 or 111 BC. Cr. 297/1b has the rat facing the other way, I'll throw in the reverse. Also, note that the word ROMA doesn't feature on the obverse or reverse legend - it's not the first issue lacking ROMA, but from here on ROMA tends to be dropped - there was no need to proclaim the city of origin of the coins any more. I liked this denarius of Lucius Caesius (Cr. 298/1 of 112 BC) with the Lares and a dog on the reverse - the bust of Vulcan and tongs on the reverse is off-flan here: Here's a denarius of 110/109 BC of P. Porcius Laeca - Cr. 301/1: Here's Sol on the obverse and Luna in a biga on the reverse, riding through the stars, on a denarius of Mn. Aquilius of 109/108 BC (Cr. 303/1): A denarius of A. Manlius Cr. 309/1 of somewhere between 118 and 107 BC, with Sol in a quadriga rising from the waves on the reverse: And finally a rather crowded reverse of Cr. 310/1, again of sometime between 118 and 107 BC. Jupiter in a quadriga right, hurling thunderbolt, with head of Sol, stars and crescent; below, anguipede giant with thunderbolt. Anguipede meaning having snakes for legs (of course!). ATB, Aidan.

Coin: Silver Denarius - Bare head of Augustus left CAESAR DIVI F - Victory, draped, standing left on globe, right hand holding wreath, left palm Mint: Rome (ca 32-29 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.56g / 20mm / 0h References: RIC 254b RSC 64 BMC 603 Sear 1552 Acquisition: Morton & Eden Online auction Auction 57 #291 (part) 3-Jul-2012 Next - banker's mark

Shane was a great songwriter and his singing style works for his songs. He's still alive, against all odds, but has been in poor health for some time - this is a recent visit to him by Bruce Springsteen - at least he has some new teeth! I think Springsteen had been listening to "Sally MacLennane" when he wrote "American Land"! Here's a version of Haunted with Sinéad O'Connor, originally recorded with Cáit O'Riordan for the Sid & Nancy movie (Cáit was bass player with Pogues, then left to marry Elvis Costello). In some (all?) live versions, Shane seems the worse for wear and Sinéad does most of the singing. Here's the satyr Marsyas, after a skinful 😄 Moneyer: L. Censorinus Coin: Silver Denarius - Laureate head of Apollo right L. CENSOR - The satyr Marsyas, standing left with wine-skin on shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by draped figure (Minerva?) Mint: Rome (82 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.90g / 17mm / 6h References: RSC 24 (Marcia) Sydenham 737 Crawford 363/1d Acquisition: Artemide Aste Online Auction Asta 24.2E #1393 (part) 20-Oct-2013 ATB, Aidan.

While it didn't affect the reverses, during this period, in around 141BC, the denarius was re-tariffed to 16 asses. For a year or two, denarii carried the legend XVI for 16 instead of the customary X. They later reverted to X, sometimes with a bar. The as had become much smaller between the introduction of the denarius coinage and the 140s BC, so a reduced relative value for the bronze coins made sense. Cr. 227/1c (140 BC) - Jupiter in quadriga: Cr. 226/1a (141 BC) - Victory in biga: Cr. 224/1 (141 BC) - Dioscuri: I bought these three little coins in a Spanish auction last year - Jesús Vico. They were sold as "Lote de 3 denarios recortados para circular como fracciones". When I got them, I realised that they'd been cut from the same coin and I had an uncut example of it, which is from this period. They're quite toned in reality - overexposed here. These are the auction photos, which give a better idea of the toning - the cuts look old to me, but I wonder why the three resulting fractions stayed together - maybe hidden or lost shortly after being cut? They're part of a denarius by the moneyer Q. Marcius Libo of 148 BC (Cr. 215/1): ATB, Aidan.

In the period 211 - 170BC, there isn't much variety in the reverses of RR coins. The denarius reverse is the dioscuri initially, with eventually some variety coming - Diana or Luna in a biga right. Symbols and letters are used, then abbreviations of the names of moneyers. The victoriatus has Victory placing a wreath on a trophy with similar symbols to the other silver coins; the bronze coins have a prow with the symbols. Here are a few of mine - many of them well down to my usual standards 😄 Cr. 156/1 prawn - Luna in biga Cr. 125/1 - Q. Lutatius Catulus - early name on coin: Cr. 149/1b - Ulysses holding staff on reverse: Mostly, I seem to end up with lots of coins which look much the same - Cr. 133/2b with TAMP above horses: And the rather similar Cr. 133/2a with TAMP below horses: This is a denarius with the letter C - Cr. 107/1b: Here are a few victoriati reverses. Cr. 97/1a - L (Luceria) victoriatus: Cr. 71/1a (C/M) victoriatus: Cr. 122/1 - dog symbol: And so on, almost ad nauseum! Aidan.

A feeling of déja vu about this 😄 Ruler: Antoninus Pius (Augustus) Region, City: Egypt, Alexandria Coin: Billon Tetradrachm CEB EΥCEB ANTΩNINOC - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right ΓΑ - Poseidon standing right, with foot on prow, holding trident and dolphin Mint: (141-142 AD) Wt./Size/Axis: 11.71g / 25mm / - References: Geissen 1379 Dattari 2326/2323 Acquisition: Naville Numismatics Online Auction NN Live Auction 22 #353 1-May-2016 Antoninus Pius

Hehe - it's like Quake or Doom or whatever 😄 Can we have a game where we run around buying coins? ATB, Aidan.

State, City: Thrace, Thasos Coin: Silver Hemiobol - Head of satyr right, with full head of hair ΘΑΣΙ - Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions, legend around; all within shallow incuse square Mint: Thasos (ca 411-404 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 0.40g / 7mm / 10h References: Le Rider, Thasiennes 12 Acquisition: Roma Numismatics Online Auction E-Sale 12 #894 1-Nov-2014 Next - hemiobol

Here are a few pre-denarius types. Hard to know which is the reverse of this bit of a currency bar 😄 Cr. 13/1 didrachm: Cr. 14/4 quadrans: There are quite a few nice early didrachms - Cr. 22/1: Cr. 26/1: And a litra - Cr. 26/3: Several quadrigatus types - this is my favourite one - Cr. 30/1: The smaller drachms have the chariot going left - Cr. 28/4: After a varied start, the bronzes ended up mostly with prow right - Cr. 35/1: Or more rarely, left - Cr. 41/5a: ATB, Aidan.

How have we survived without any Pogues? Rainy Night in Soho, live from 1988. Here's a coin I like - slabbed, I'm afraid! Ruler: Julius Caesar (Imperator) Gens: Julia Moneyer: A. Allienus Coin: Silver Denarius C·CAESAR / IMP·COS·ITER - Bust of Venus, right, draped and wearing diadem A·ALLIENVS / PRO·COS - Trinacrus, left, placing right foot on prow and holding triskeles in right hand and cloak in left hand Mint: Sicily (47 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.71g / 18mm / 9h References: RSC 1 (Julius Caesar) Sydenham 1022 Crawford 457/1 BMCRR Sicily 5 HCRI 54 Provenances: Ex. Dean Kinzer Collection Ex. CGB Live Auction Mars 2022, 8-Mar-2022, lot brm_719610 Acquisition: Heritage Auctions Online auction #63159 14-Dec-2022 ATB, Aidan.