Helvius Pertinax

Also a good guess, but the first one is Septimius and the 3rd one Phillip I. Thanks for participating 😄

Thats a strong guess, nearly everything correct 😮! The first one is an early Septimius, the style looks similar to Albinus: The only one you got wrong is number 4, first pic.

A few days ago @AncientNumis came up with the idea for this game, so I decided to make my own version 😄 First, you just have to guess the emperor by recognizing their facial characteristics: Now, to make it a bit more difficult, you'll have to guess the emperor from looking at just the reverse if the coin (should be possible 🤔 If not, just put a guess). And watch out: there's a empress too: Good luck everyone 😁 I'd make a harder version of this, but I just don't have that many coins 😔

The great king had an interesting face to say the least! Once you see it...

Oh, he has auctions? I think I heard about that once... would you mind sending me a link? Wont be able to participate anyways, just for looking at the coins 🙂

Oh, you have to visit it, its beautiful! Nice that Trier minted so many coins of the city gate type, now that a city gate is their main attraction 😅 I did in fact attribute the coin already, thanks for posting your related coins (that are of course of much higher quality than mine)! That consular bust is indeed amazing, is he holding a spear? Its hard to seesince its very bright outside. Continuing the theme of historic visits, ill visit the Wartburg Castle tomorrow, where Luther hid and translated the Bible to german. The castle itself also has a nice history, reaching back to 1160 I think. Not sure if there are related coins though!

And of course Alegandron steals the show with one of his amazing coins 😂 The way the slight wear and the nice dark patina come together is fascinating!!

Thanks, I'm glad that there were so many interesting responses! It would have been cool if Trier modified their campgates to look a bit more like the Porta Nigra, but back then it was just one of many city gates - kind of unfortunate. I wonder what the romans would have thought if they knew that this gate would be a great attraction in 1850 years! And thanks for these pictures, lovely busts!

Wow, thanks for showing all those pics! It's a shame I didn't take any, would sure remind me of many good memorys 😞 It's stunning how rich this city was! 18.5 kilo of gold in ONE hoard, thats just insane!!

Hello avatar - dad! 😁

Thats amazing, thanks for posting the nice holiday pics, the cathedral and hoard in particular - what a COINcidence! And a cool souvenir too. I agree, the ancients there are overpriced - but at least you know where they are coming from. I cant really remember, since my trip was around 10 years ago, but I think I visited the Cathedral too. Might have mixed it up with the Basilica though. And back then I really didn't care about the price, I don't think any history-loving 6 y/o who just discovered you can own something that old would 😂

Wow, these are way nicer than mine! Did you get them I the city (like I did) or somewhere else?

A few years back, I had the privilege of visiting the city of Trier. I have since forgotten most of the details about this visit, but It is still very special to me, primarily because i got my first ancient coin there! Many of you will know this city, it was a very active mint under roman rule. Today, archeologists still discover a horrendous amount of roman coins there (for example, in 1993 they found a hoard of over 2500 aureii), which shows how important the city was during the roman period. I think the shop I got this coin in was close to one of the citys biggest attractions: The Porta Nigra (=Black gate), a very well preserved roman city gate from the 2nd century AD. Here it is, isn't it fabulous? Okay, it's not that fabulous, but hey, it's my first ancient 😂 And also the only one where I know exactly where it was dug up: on a site near the Basilica of Constantine! As I said, I got it in a shop near the Porta Nigra. Here is the building, I think its absolutely beautiful 😄 (Didn't take pictures myself unfortunatley) And speaking of the Porta Nigra, I cant get around showing this coin I sometimes see in change. It belongs to a series of coins that feature a new german monument every year. Funnily, the series started in the year I was born, making it really nice to collect. Every year I look through my change if the new coin is I there, lots of fun! Anyways, here's the coin! Please post your first ancients, coins where you know where they were dug up, or anything related!

Im glad you like my avatar, your version is marvellous! Nice work keeping the important details, it's a hideous task - but fun to do! I didnt do the reverse on mine, since it was created solely for the purpose of being my new avatar - here, on discord, and every other coin related discussion forum.

Wow, still really attractive, despite all the damage! Having spoken to a few older german numismatists, i learned that back in the days, it was common for collectors to polish the hell out of their coins, as well as applying numbers to them - mostly with ink, but in the worst case with a small chisel - to make them "easily recognizable". Makes me wonder if some of the things we do with our coins will be condemned by the generations after us! Also, the number on the reverse is definately a 33. Any idea what the spot on Roma's leg could be?

It is my holy duty to post him in a thread about epic hairstyles: And lets not forget about that amazing beard that set a trend for over a century!

Nice thread, just like the other one! Again, since i recognize almost all the coins from your YT im not gonna spoil anything haha. For animals on my ancients, ill have to go with the eagle, since its my only non - mythological animal on an ancient coin: And heres Gallienus, he sure was an animal against all these usurpers 😅 Will always stay in my top 10 of ancient chads!

Ive seen all the coins already, as closeups - thanks to following your YT channel (go subscribe, everyone!) so it might be a bit unfair if i spoil the suprise. Great idea for a gane though, i might do that in the future!

I like the style on yours! Cant post the obverse of my Julia, the pic is on my lost phone, but ive shown the reverse here already, so the forum has it saved. Here it is, bought for the nice centering:

Okay, heres a bird with a wreath in its mouth: Next, a funny coin

Thanks! Im not that much into Prokofiev either personally. But when my classmates blast out Eminem music i just silently slide in my headphones and listen to this tune 🙂 I made a post on these pics, took them last week. Im in an internship at an archive right now, used one of the documents as background. Its german, from the 1830s.

That looks amazing, great collection! 3rd pic, 3rd coin in the top row - whats that? It looks beautiful, but ive never seen it before.

Glad to see this thread revived! Ill just post my favourite coin, along with my favourite tune. Siglos, type IIIa, 495-475 BCE, Darius I - Xerxes I Epic performance!!

One of my coins would almost have fit in this category, i waited for it to arrive for three months. This was my first online purchase too. Unfortunately the pictures of it are on my phone that i just lost. Its an early type III Siglos. Got me quite nervous, so I was very happy when i finally got it!

Great to have you here! I've read your CT posts with great interest and cant wait to see your posts on here. 50 years is an impressive amount of time! I hope you have a nice time here 🙂