CPK

2 hours ago, Amanda said:

Do you think mine are worth anything?

If they are fakes (which seems the most likely) then probably no more than $10 - $20 as interesting replicas. Perhaps slightly more, if they're struck from real silver.

@Coinmaster That is a beautiful coin, and as you say it is always worth buying quality when you can!

Nice coin @rasiel. I love well-toned silver.

I don't think I have any real iridescent-toned coins...but here is a bronze issue of Constantine I with toned silvering which is one of my favorite coins:

CONSTANTINE I, AD 306-337
AE3 (20.86mm, 2.66g, 6h)
Struck AD 329-330. Rome mint
Obverse: CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Constantine I right
Reverse: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around edge, VOT • XXX in two lines within laurel wreath; RFP below
References: RIC VII 322, RCV 16226
Well-centered and struck. Area of flatness on reverse. A magnificent portrait with toned silvering.

Very nice Galba! The portrait is strong, and the reverse is an interesting type. Congrats!

FWIW, Sear narrows the date of this issue to Oct. - Nov., AD 68.

@Victrix Well done!

3 hours ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said:

I confess that I never heard of Wojak memes.  Pudgy Penguins, yes.  Wojak no. I found the post funny because it was poking fun at the excesses of collectors of modern coins.

Furthermore, I bet no one at work has ever heard of them, either.  I'd be willing to be a lot on that one.  They'd recognize the latest rapper, what happened on Love and Hip Hop, who's going to win the latest sports bet, or something like that.  Wojak, nope.  We're much more concerned about being inconvenienced by the lovely eclipse (the traffic). About 25% of the people whom I spoke to weren't even aware there was to be one, when I was wailing about what a traffic disaster it might be.

With all due respect, I'm more worried about stress at work, a sick parent, and other things going on.  I work in a financial institution.  I'd be much more concerned about the multiple red flags of impending financial collapse, or something really serious like that.  The crummy illustations hardly made me want to start listening to Axis Sally (as a lifelong collector of old-time radio, I know who that was, as well as most of the Allied commentators) and go marching around.

I don't wish to come off as overly snippy, but I'm tired and cranky, coming off of an annoying day.  I just want to illustrate that most people would have absolutely no clue about such memes.

 

I also didn't know anything about the meme's origin, nor do I care. The OP's meme is hilarious and most of us are content to laugh about it and move on. I find it puzzling why some should feel the need to stop, dissect and analyze in order to come up with reasons we should find it objectionable.

Interesting coin!

Lovely coin!

4 hours ago, Spargrodan said:

Today I received my first Diadochi. A Posthumus of Alexander III by Cassander, I'm not really sure if I should spell his name with K or C? As Cassander never minted silver coins with his name I might add a bronze at a later stage to have that covered, but for now I’m focusing on getting my 5 first diadochi tets. Still waiting for my Antigonus to arrive in the post but probably will arrive any day. I was first thinking of going for a Philip II version like the one @Sulla80 posted earlier but when I found this hercules type in such a good condition I decided to go for this type instead. Is it only me or does the head of Hercules instantly makes you think of Buzz Lightyear. 🤣

 

Macedon, Kassander

AR Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, 305-297 BCE., 17.14g, 27.00 mm. 9h.

Obv. Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.

Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, scepter in left hand. Symbols (Left Field): Λ, (Left Field): torch, (Beneath Throne): monogram

Price 484

🤩 That is a stunner! Wonderful style on the portrait, perfectly centered and crisply struck. Congratulations!

6 hours ago, Amarmur said:

This indo Greek coin of Menander I was an impulse buy it was relatively inexpensive and really beautiful. I like the Bhuddist wheel on the reverse or it could just be dangling clothes. The heroic bust type is also neat. It was inspired by the Heroic bust of Eukradites. Bactria seems like a very interesting field to enter but my wallet doesn't agree lol. 

Great coin! I've yet to add any Bactrian/Indo-Greek coins to my collection, but I would like to soon.

Nice coin, and in good condition, especially the reverse.

Nice! Wish I could be there. Never was at a coin show before.

Thanks everyone! @ambr0zie, great score on that Otho AE - that's a great portrait! And I like your COL IVL AVG from Philippi - it's a type I'd like to get someday.

@Roman Collector, congrats on that very respectable Faustina II AE! One of the fun things about ancient coins that you don't have with moderns is that there's so much unknown. There's always the possibility of discovering a new type!

You know how sometimes you see a deal that looks so good, you just buy it without doing your research? Yeah, most times that doesn't end well - but occasionally you get a happy ending.

I was browsing MA-Shops and spotted a coin labeled as a "Trajan As" but was unlike any type I'd seen before. The coin was worn and rough, but the price was so low - after doing some lightning searches on OCRE and ACSearch without results - I decided that whatever it was it must be rare enough to excuse an impulse buy.

After the coin was safely secured I started digging in for some serious attribution research. And I got nowhere - couldn't find anything even remotely similar. Then I realized that I'd been looking in the wrong spot - the coin was a provincial issue.

It still took me a long time searching but then, I found an entry on RPC Online - a perfect match! And no wonder the coin's identity had eluded me for so long. The coin is apparently a just-identified type, with the first specimen sold by Rex Numismatics in September of 2023. The auction house listing suggested it might be the first known example and it was submitted to RPC online, who created a post-publication entry for it: Vol III No. 2906A.

It would seem that RPC also could not find the type in any other reference; at least none were given in the RPC listing and I assume they would check available references. All RPC did was note that it was missing from "Dalaison & Delrieux, Néapolis-Néoclaudiopolis".

Aside from the extreme rarity, it's an interesting type design, depicting a bound captive (which RPC identifies, logically enough, as the personification of Dacia.) This motif of a bound, seated captive is found on a few other provincial coins of Trajan but it is not common. (Imperial issues are another matter.) The portrait is also decent. Although the coin has seen better days, I am happy to have acquired such a rare piece for what was essentially the price of a McDonald's meal!

Thanks for looking! Feel free to post your own "happy ending" impulse buys, lucky rarities, or any other comments you deem appropriate. 🙂 

GALATIA-CAPPADOCIA, NEOCLAUDIOPOLIS
Time of Trajan
AE (26.02mm, 11.44g, 6h)
Struck AD 109/10
Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚΟϹ, laureate and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, seen from rear
Reverse: ΝΕΟΚΛΑΥΔΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ ΕΤΟΥϹ, Dacia, bound, seated on rocks right; ΡΙΕ in exergue
References: RPC III 2906A.2 (this coin)
An interesting and extremely rare type, apparently unknown except for this coin and one other specimen, both cited by RPC Online.

1 minute ago, Qcumbor said:

Yes, absolute junk. I'm so sorry for you mate. You would get much, much more pleasure from plastic !!

Q

Though, in his defense, I do see a couple extremely rare off-center 'mint errors' in there.

7 hours ago, Hrefn said:

Alas, where is all the plastic?  One of the coins even has a hole in it.  Obviously, my collection is just a bunch of useless junk.  

Better let me dispose of it for you...😜

That is an impressive provenance! Remarkable that it managed to remain under the radar. 

The coin is a beauty, too!

8 minutes ago, JAZ Numismatics said:

What I absoluely can't relate to when it comes to collectors of moderns is the obsession with minute differences in grade. Each to his own, but I just find that kind of discussion beyond boring.

And what's especially crazy about that is a one or two point difference on the scale can mean hundreds or thousands of dollars difference in price.

Question has been answered! Thanks @Ocatarinetabellatchitchix!

I'm currently researching a coin, and I was wondering if anyone who has access to the printed volumes would be so kind as to look up an RIC Vol. I reference for me - if so, please send me a PM!

Thanks!

Is that the prequel to this? 😜

Great finds, especially the Britannia as!

9 minutes ago, Finn235 said:

It's the AI generated first image that gets me

Couldn't be bothered to Google up enough images of actual coins to photoshop in, so they just had ChatGPT whip something up.

No kidding. Also, what kind of bag is that? Speaking as the father of young children, it looks more like an - ahem - unpleasant surprise, rather than a bag of coins.

Wow, gold is guaranteed! Sign me up!

Great little coin. There's definitely something appealing about those little quadrantes!