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Good question. I wish I knew the answer. Here's another Seleucid. I got it partly because of Zeus Ouranios (Zeus, ruler of the Heavens)
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Nice list! I don't know all the auction houses in the chart, but I agree with what @Curtisimo said about underselling toning. The same could be said about Leu, I feel. Downside with underselling is that you might be tempted to take a chance ('it'll be better in hand'). I fell into that trap once and, naturally, ended up with a bland, lusterless coin.🤢 On the other hand, Savoca and Nauman have a tendency to overexpose their silver. So much so that the highlights of the coin blend seamlessly into the snow white background. Very shiny, but way too flattering.
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Thanks Ronaldovich and Helvius Pertinax. Like I said, your avatars inspired me.😊 I think I'll experiment some with the idea in the future. But it isdefinitely time-consuming! Fortunately, I have lots of 'free' time at work.
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Instead of watching TV this morning, I quietly whittled away on this one, inspired by @Helvius Pertinax and @Ronalovich's fantastic avatars. The original picture I used isn't really high-res, so it get's a bit blurry and granulated when you zoom in. Tracing the reverse was a labor of love (but also strangely therapeutic and calming). Also, it was surprisingly interesting, tracing every line and every detail the die-cutter has made in the die really makes you appreciate their handywork and incredible skill in a whole new way!). Overall, I'm quite pleased with the result. 'Reduced' follis: Constantine II, Cyzikus, with some smoothing of the fields.
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Mine does. But you can easily switch it off. I got a PP pop-up in the window. Just follow the link and hit 'cancel' and the automatic subscription-renewal is stopped.
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A common one, but in good condition with very high relief: Next: another tetradrachm from Alexandria.
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Randomly selected: I rubbed my finger over the mousepad in 'pictures', then did the same with the cursor. This is what you end up with. It's not even a coin, but you wanted random.😊 Still, it's better than a holiday pic... 34mm. I bought this pendant last year, a bycatch in an auction, unprovenanced and undated. It caught my eye in the catalog and I liked it. I have always found the faravahar and winged sun fascinating. The winged sun as a symbol goes back to ancient Assyrian Mesopotamia, where it was associated with the god Ashur . In Achaemenid times it was adopted as a symbol in Zoroastrianism and as a general symbol of power and kingship, It fell out of use in Parthian times. The flower on the back is (I assume) a lotus, regarded as a symbol of purity. I have no idea of its age or provenance, but the Achaemenid period is as good a guess as any. I should really show this to someone more knowledgeable in this area than me. The symbols fascinate me, but the finer points of it still elude me.
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A handsome young god (provided you don't look at his hands or feet): Next: tripod, or an Indian coin by @Spaniard.
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Hi @Restitutor I believe my contribution payment to Nvmis Forvm just went through (through PP)...😊 Does that mean the system is up and running? If it is, it's a pleasure to contribute...
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Two perfect ruins: Next: minimum 2 countermarks, but the more, the merrier. Oops too late: still Impressive Horse Hooves...
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It's here! 😊
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You're not the first to mention it. And I wholeheartedly support the idea. Some have also suggested exonumia as a category Go @Restitutor!😊
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It's probably just a loincloth. But you're right: I'd love to see it as something else!😋
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How about the great Herakles posing as a methhead from the eighties? He has all the attributes: mohikan, baseball bat, a fag-end hanging from his lips... Lower Danube 2nd-1st century BC. Tetradrachm imitating Thasos. Next: another Celtic coin
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Looks very classy, @Restitutor!!!! And a nice logo and typeface to boot... Thanks for doing a great job (and in such a short time)! One question: I will happily contribute financially, but is it possible to pay a year in advance in a single transaction? For some reason, I'm not too keen on monthly recurring payments.
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Nice!😊 I know that some of these thumbs/fingers were made for pestles. Here's a pic: Roman Bronze Thumb-Form Pestle - Ancient Roman Antiquities | Ancient & OrientalAncient & Oriental I'm looking forward to examining mine!
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Here's my latest non-coin acquisition. Because of export licence-issues outside the EU it presently resides in at my sister's house in Holland, so I haven't been able to examine it in hand yet. Sold as part of a pestle. It may well be, but I like to examine it before passing judgement. Judging from the pics, it has remarkable versatility for such a small object. Viewed sideways, it's an uncoditional 'thumbs up': while the frontal view suggests something completely different: Joking aside, I'm looking forward to receiving it. Roman, marble 2-3cent AD. Thumb. Sold as: part of a pestle. Height 6cm. without stand.
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Here is my 'rare' coin. I have shown it before on the 'other place'. It is a scarce issue struck under in Syracuse under Agathokles (CNS II, 115, SNG ANS 695). Usually, they have a trident as adjunct on the reverse, mine has a triskeles at 12h, and 'ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ'. At first I thought my coin was unique (yeah!), but a thorough search on ACsearch yielded two other specimens (from different dies). Both times the triskeles went unnoticed. One was described as having the common trident variety (copy&paste), the other merely mentioned the absence of the trident as a noteworthy feature. To be fair, on both coins the triskeles was almost erased by wear, so you'd have to know what you're looking for to see it. Still, I do take some pride in the discovery of an unpublished variety. There is one caveat. The only references I have on this coin are Wildwinds and CNG's 'Handbook of Coins of Sicily', so some other reference I don't know might have it.
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