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    Postage/package prices of auction houses, please add your experience!

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    15 minutes ago, Prieure de Sion said:

    I am so sorry - but your list is too simple.

    1. a full insurance FedEx Express Service with 60 Euro are different to a non-insurance letter shipping for 15 Euro.

    2. and there are difference in every company too - for example, your 15 Euro at Bucephalus are only one choice of four at Bucephalus. The 15 Euro are only a letter without any insurance! But at Bucephalus you can select from 15 Euro up to 50 Euro.

     

    So if we want a serious list - you must list the prices include the shipping services (letter, FedEx/UPS Express, Insurance or not...) and you must list all the difference shipping services in the company.

    So I read here - he cool Bucephalus only 15 Euro and participate at their next auction. And then I see - shit 15 Euro was only for a letter without any insurance, I must take the 50 Euro FedEx Option. And after that - your listening with 15 Euro here helps me nothing.

    🙂 

    Hm, yes, I agree. Some companies do indeed offer choices (while others 'hit' you by surprise). I've only kept the added prices as a whole (without commission), but I welcome you to share your experiences – as detailed as possible. Thanks!

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    New coin - Severus Alexander denarius (about as good as it gets!)

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    Very nice coin! These two are in my collection. The second one I just won in an auction and I'm very happy with this. Description:
    Severus Alexander (222-235 AD). AR Denarius, AD 232. Obv. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG. Laureate and draped bust right. Rev. IOVI PROPVGNATORI. Jupiter in fighting stance left, head right, hurling thunderbolt and holding eagle. RIC IV 239; C. 84. AR. 3.20 g. 20.70 mm.

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    Postage/package prices of auction houses, please add your experience!

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    I'm sure you're familiar with the disappointing feeling when an auction house adds a high postage/package (and sometimes included insurance) fee on top of the commission/VAT and customs fees. It's important to consider this when bidding on coins, so let's compile a ranking. Prices are in Euros. Please share your experiences/prices. Thank you!

    Tauler & Fau: 60,-
    LEU 52,39
    Artemide Aste: 27,73
    Lucernae 27,50
    MDC Monaco 20,-
    Naumann 20,-
    S.P.A. 20,-
    Savoca: 17,01
    Astarte: 16,15
    Bucephalus Numismatic GmbH: 15,-
    Frank S. Robinson: 3,-

     

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    The Dioscuri Collection

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    The auction prices were truly absurd, often ranging from 3 to 10 times the regular market value in my opinion. The auction room seemed to be filled with millionaires, bidding against each other with gusto, which was bizarre.

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    SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EID MAR AUREUS…

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    Fascinating coin type. I wonder if the confiscated coin is real and not a (very good no doubt) fake? With this criminal background this seems a legitimate question.

    Another topic is the ridiculous taboo amongst archeologists for using metal detectors in excavations in the South of Europe. As an archeologist myself, I find it almost criminal to the history of human kind for not using these excellent prospecting devices that are more than a half of a century in use. As a result, this just keeps attracting looters to excavation sites, like a bank with open vaults. This is realy disturbing and a loss to our numismatic knowledge of the past, because of the loss of find spots and context information.

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    The Mysteries of Ancient Mints

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    9 hours ago, Ocatarinetabellatchitchix said:

    Also and quite logically, archeology has only rarely identified traces of ancient monetary workshops.

    Well, this is mainly because archaeologists in the Mediterranean don't make use of metal detectors. As an archaeologist myself this is very frustrating. Even after a period of more than 50 years since metal detectors are widely available, there is still a taboo amongst many archaeologist to make use of these excellent prospecting devices. Also, these instruments are still not thought to students, so there is no hope this will change any time soon...

    Very nice and interesting post - thanks for sharing!

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    Interesting 'persecusion coin' from Maximinus (305-313)

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    Many thanks for the link to your great website @Valentinian, very helpful!!

    I have now also read the article from Van Heesch. The die axes part is a bit vague to my taste, the rest very interesting. On page 75, he noted an important issue: the economic impact Christians had on the income of the cities and - because of the tax - of Maximinus himself. However, I don't think that these coins were ONLY intended as anti-Christian propaganda as Van Heesch stated. Surely they were related to economic transactions and/or to emphasize buying the products/goods/statues related to the many gods and to spend the coins during the festivals. So, in my opinion, the coins were not minted (only) as anti-Christian propaganda, but mainly to promote both the gods and the related economic exchanges.

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    Interesting 'persecusion coin' from Maximinus (305-313)

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    Very interesting @JAZ Numismatics, thanks for sharing!

    In addition there are these links:

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/antioch-civic-coinage-part-ii-1000th-post.338722/

    https://allcoinage.com/anonymous_civic.php

    https://allcoinage.com/anonymous_series2.php

    So it seems a connection to a religious festival (and Olympic Games?) is a better explanation. Of interest is that the author mentioned only officina A till I is known, while on my coin a S is visible. I'm not sure I understand completely what is said about the production years.

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    Interesting 'persecusion coin' from Maximinus (305-313)

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    Hi all,
    Recently I bid on a lot, mainly because I was triggered by one coin with no emperor on it (top right corner on the photos). It was sold as 'Set of five folles from the Constantinian and Valentinian dynasty period.' To my surprise I won the whole lot for only 28,50 Euro. What I could find about the coin (the coin looks better in hand and is party covered by deposits):
    Production under Galerius Valerius Maximinus ('Daia') (305-313 A.D.), 14x15 mm.
    Obverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI. Jupiter seated left holding globe and scepter.
    Reverse: VICTORIA AVGG. Victory hovering left, holding wreath and palm; S (officina no. ?) in right field, ANT from the mint place Antioch in exergue.

    It seems the issue was struck during the campaign of persecution against local Christians by Maximinus, which reached its height during 310-313. I read that idea was that the coins were produced to spread the word that paganism was still the law of the land. I guess this is the reason why Jupiter and Victoria are on this coin instead of the emperor Maximinus.

    Maximinus was a fervent pagan. In 306 and again in 308 he ordered a general sacrifice to the pagan gods; Christian recusants were mutilated and sent to the mines and quarries. (Outside of Egypt there were few executions.) In 311 he grudgingly accepted Galerius’s edict of toleration for Christians but still endeavoured to organize and revitalize paganism. Cities and provinces were encouraged to petition for expulsion of Christians from their territories, and the Acts of Pilate, an anti-Christian forgery, was taught in the schools. In the autumn of 312 Maximinus relaxed his persecutions somewhat, and shortly before his death in 313 he granted full toleration and the restoration of the confiscated church property. On Galerius’s death in 311, Maximinus occupied Asia Minor. In 313 he invaded Licinius’s dominions in Thrace but, defeated at Tzurulum, was forced to retreat into Asia Minor, where he committed suicide in Tarsus.

    Sources: DIR & Britannica

    I found a nice thread here. Please let me know if you have anything to add and please share your 'persecusion coins'!

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    Happy with my new Lucius Verus denarius

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    Hi all,

    after I recently lost a Lucius Verus denarius in an auction, I'm now happy with this new acquisition! As I mostly collect one coin of each emperor, I'm very pleased with this nice portrait and to color a green square in my Roman emperors Excel overview. It wasn't a bargain, but, as the saying goes: 'Long after the price is forgotten, the quality will be remembered.' 😉 

    Münzen Gut-Lynt GmbH > Auction 15, Auction date: 6 April 2024, Lot number: 248
    Lucius Verus, 161-169 Denar 166 Rom L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX. Büste nach rechts. Rv. TR P VI IMP IIII COS II, [im Abschnitt PAX]. Stehende Pax mit Füllhorn und Zweig nach links. RIC 561. 3.09 g. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.

    See also in ERIC and DIR.

    Does someone has more information about this coin type? And please do share your own Lucius Verus coins, thanks!

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