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We'd need the diameter and weight of the coin to get a more certain id, but your coin does resemble a obol/hemiobol from Samaria, with a male head facing left on the obverse, and a palm tree flanked by goats on the reverse, the obverse looks peculiar, possibly tooled. Here are some examples of the Samarian coin I am talking about; https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8978898 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3297672 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1276238 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=75743

Just submitted, thanks for the game! Really cool of you.

Sorry to hear about your dental bills and cat deworming costs, I haven't personally thought about delving into Greek gold, very pricey for sure. Lovely drawing of the Mithridates VI gold stater.

I just won my first aureus at CNG today! I didn't get a amazing deal on it, but I didn't overpay at all. I'm overall happy with the coin, its quite worn, but the wear is uniform, the coin has no surface, flan, or any other issue, and in my opinion, its really pleasing to look at. Description from CNG- Titus. As Caesar, AD 69-79. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.04 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, AD 75. T CΛESAR IMP VESPΛSIΛN, laureate head right / PAX AVGVST, Pax seated left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC II.1 782 (Vespasian); Calicó 749a. Toned, some marks. Fine.

Welcome, @Egry Here's my best Lucius Verus denarius Lucius Verus, AR Denarius 161 CE, Rome mint IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG, Head of Lucius Verus, bare, right PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia, draped, standing left, holding globe on extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand 18.5mm, 3.47 grams RIC III Marcus Aurelius 463

Lucilla, AE Sestertius 164-169 CE, Rome mint LVCILLA AVGVSTA IVNO S C 31mm, 23.48 grams RIC III 1746 (2) Next- Juno

Here's a darkly toned Domitian denarius A rainbow toned Pupienus antoninianus And a Trajan Decius ant with golden toning

I have two abnormally overweight antoninianii, which I find interesting. The Gordian III is 6.55 grams, and the Tetricus I is 5.97 grams. Most Gordian III ants range between 3.5-4.5 grams, and most Tetricus I ants are around or under 3 grams. Gordian III AR Antoninianus 240 CE Rome mint IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, Bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right VIRTVS AVG, Virtus, helmeted, in military attire, standing front, head left, holding branch in right hand and spear in left hand; against right side, shield resting 24mm, 6.55 grams RIC IV(III) 71, RSC 338 Tetricus AE Antoninianus 271-274 CE Cologne mint IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, Bust of Tetricus I, radiate, cuirassed, right LAETITIA AVGG, Laetitia, draped, standing left, holding wreath in right hand and anchor in left hand 21mm, 5.97 grams RIC V Tetricus I 88

I move my coins around a lot, storage wise, but currently, I have most of my better coins (about 300-350 ish) in my Zecchi coin cabinet, and my two Abafil cases. I store another 150 ish in Saflips, which I keep in rectangular boxes, and I have a few hundred very low end ancients, mostly lrbs, that I keep in bags and boxes I store the core of my Roman imperial collection+coins i'm actively trying to sell (trays 8&9) in my cabinet, my better/more interesting ants in my Miidiplomat, and my better/more interesting Greeks&miscellanious ancients in my minibring I do have a large amount of ancient and medieval Chinese cash coins (nothing rare/valuable) that I store in a box For the rest of my collection I store mostly in saflips

Dang, thats exceptional silvering, especially for a later Gallienus issue, with very little silver content.

Good stuff, this thread is perfect for @TheTrachyEnjoyer

My avatar is simply "Ottoman Spongebob" Why? For the memes.

One of my favorite modern world crown sized silvers in my collection Charles III, 1782, Mexico City 8 Reales

While not a official or legal issue, I did fish this bottom of the barrel Drusus denarius fouree out of a junk bin at the last coin show I went to. AE fouree, imitating a denarius of Drusus, imitating RIC I Claudius 74 My example is a fouree imitating this type-

I have a few Ptolemaic coins, this ones my favorite for sure Ptolemy I 305-285 BCE Alexandria mint 28mm, 13.8 grams Svoronos 265