Vietnam, Thiên Phù Nguyên Báo (An Phap coinage, 16-17th c., Tonkin area?)
AE, 20mm, 1.10g
Next : a coin not issued by a government, state... an "unofficial" coin (or token that was meant to circulate)
Low countries, Cu rechenpfennig, Dordrecht, 1603. Siege of Oostende / Distrust regarding the peace promised by the archdukes.
ALLVD IN LINGUA ALIVD IN PECTORE (sic) / Fox on the ground, asking a rooster standing on a tree branch to join him
IN ADVERSVS VIRTVS CIↃ IↃ CIII / Aerial view of the besieged city of Oostende
Dugniolle 3559; van Loon II, 10
Next : a coin depicting a city (or at least several buildings/parts of a city)
Is there a possibility this statue was stolen by activisits because of its link with Mussolini rather than its scrap value?
In both cases, it's a shame anyway.
And to fit the topic, one of the coins I own that is NOT in Göbl's book.
IMP GALLIENVS AVG ; radiate and cuirassed bust left, viewed from front, holding spear and shield
GENIVS AVG | VI-/ ; Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; standard on right
Göbl 398t (0 ex.)
The closest thing to the MIR 36 online is the collection of Marcy K, that is online but of course that's only sufficient if you look for a reference and, by chance, it's in this collection. https://bnumis.com/gallienus.net/index.html
The physical copy of the books is still published and available here : https://verlag.oeaw.ac.at/produkt/die-muenzpraegung-der-kaiser-valerianus-i-gallienus-saloninus-253-268-regalianus-260-und-macrianus-quietus-260-262/600196?product_form=3248
Used copies are selling here and there, but often at a higher price than that, or not much lower.
I highly recommend it if you're an active collector of Gallienus.
Wow, the VIC GAL AVG is fantastic! Great coin! If one day you're parting with it (which I doubt, but you never know), I'm definitely interested. This is such a rare and interesting piece. Congrats.
Coins of Gallienus and Salonina from Smyrna (SPQR mintmark) are all rare, known to a few specimens only, many types and variants unlisted in the main references, and many collectors are after them, making the prices high.
My Magnentius, struck in Trier (TRS almost out of flan), with a GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse. I'm a fan of the detailed reverse, the massive portrait and the patina.