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Very nice coins. Lots of different groups with pleasant portraits. My group 1 "younger portrait w/ plain throne" style:

Those are very nice. Vespasian. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.54g). Ephesus mint. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P; Head of Vespasian, laureate, right / PACI AVGVSTAE; Victory, draped, advancing right, holding wreath extended in right hand and palm over left shoulder. EP[H]E lower right. RIC II 1431 (C2).

Great photos, thanks for sharing.

Nice pick up. My rome and antioch pair:

Incredible coins. The Demetrius I Poliorcetes tetradrachm is specular.

AR Denarius, 3.62g Lugdunum Mint AVGVSTVS DIVI F; Head of Augustus, laureate, right IMP XIIII; Augustus, togate, seated left on platform, receiving child from standing barbarian RIC 201A. Lyon 65. RSC 175. @Octavius Beautiful Nero Victory. Vespasian's issue: AE As, 11.77g Lugdunum Mint IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P; Laureate head right S C in field; Victory flying l., with shield inscribed SPQR RIC 1240.

During the time of Mithridates IV Eupator cities were given the authority to produce local coinage bearing their name. There were ten issuing cities in the Pontos region (Amaseia, Amisos, Chabakta, Gazioura, Kabeira, Komana, Laodikeia, Pharnakeia, Pimolisa and Taulara) and three outside of Pontos (Sinope, Amastris, and Dia). I collect very lightly in this area and have never seen that city legend before. AIMI-ΛΙOY -> Aimilion AMI-ΣOY -> Amisos AMAΣ-ΣEIAΣ-> Amaseia XABA-KTΩN -> Chabakta Your full legend is likely "ΚΟΜΑ-ΝΩΝ" -> Komana Very nice, scarce city type. My more common Amisos (AMI-ΣOY) issue:

Very nice coin, a variant you don't see very often. Some Obol's: Domitian. 77-79 AD. Æ Obol (4.13g, 18.7mm). Alexandria mint. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΔΟΜΙΤΙΑΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ, LϚ; Laureate head of Domitian, right / Griffin seated, right, with wheel. RPC II 2534. Vespasian. 69-79 AD. Æ Obol (3.68g, 19.5mm). Alexandria mint. AΥΤΟΚ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΟΥΕΣΠΑΣΙΑΝΟΥ; Laureate head of Vespasian to right / Lς; Hawk standing right, wearing skhent. RPC II 2443.

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No difference in meaning. I (sadly) haven't studied or practiced Latin for quite some time, but this is a neat example of pronunciation preferences evolving over time. I'm not sure about your second question. Great coin @David Atherton

It's unfortunate but the OpenNumismat team ended development on the Android app a few years ago. The only current existing solution to view the database from your phone is to use their offline web page (https://opennumismat.github.io/open-numismat-app/). Which is very limited and I've found problems with it (not all coins show up?). A crude alternative is to use an SQLite viewer app on your phone. If there is a Java developer out there.. the Android project is still around but I can't find a way to build it without running into error after error (https://github.com/OpenNumismat/open-numismat-android). You're talking about the reports, right? I remember going down this path. I eventually found that I can create my own reports in the folder "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/OpenNumismat/templates/" without rebuilding the project. Its annoying because you need admin privileges but once everything is set up it works well.

This was my first order from them as well. I followed up after 20 days for an update and they were saying that I have to wait for the customs folks to visit their office to clear the packages. Not the longest that I've seen but definitely not as streamlined as other auction houses.

Great find @David Atherton! Second known Titus mule that I picked up earlier this year. Thought to have been a brief issue of an engraver error of a reverse type for Titus with a reverse legend intended for Domitian. A short-lived issue occurring some time around 69 AD, when Titus' name changed from Titus Flavius Vespasianus to Titus Caesar Vespasianus and Domitian became PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS. Titus. 69-79 AD. AR Denarius. (17mm, 3.27g). T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVS: Laureate head right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS: Venus standing right, leaning on cippus holding helmet and spear.

Great find!

It is impossible to know for certain. In the area where Steve Tanenbaum collected (tokens & medals) I have always seen his stuff retain his full name "Ex Steve Tanenbaum" or "From the Steve Tanenbaum collection". Using his full name isn't surprising as he is very well known in those circles. But I wouldn't put it past an ancient dealer to drop his first name and misspell it not knowing who he is. In any case, that is a fine Lysimachos tet, congrats.