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Orange--->Egypt EGYPT, Arsinoite Nome. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Obol (Bronze, 19 mm, 5.21 g, 12 h), year ΙΑ = 11 = 126/7. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ Laureate head of Hadrian to right, slight drapery on his far shoulder. Rev. ΑΡCI - L ΙΑ Head of the Pharaoh Premarres (= Amenemhet III of the 12th Dynasty, 1831-1786 BCE) to right, wearing the nemes head cloth and the uraeus serpent. BMC N73. RPC III 6296. Attractive and clear with a brown patina. Minor deposits. Good very fine

The year 310... on the opposite side of the common era: Alexander III - Philip III. Ca. 325-310 B.C. AE unit (16.4 mm, 4.91 g). Uncertain Macedonian mint. Macedonian shield with boss decorated with thunderbolt / B-A, crested Macedonian helmet; mouse right below. Price -; SNG Alpha Bank -; cf. Leu 17, lot 347. Near VF, earthen green patina. Very rare, unpublished.

TRAJAN 98-117 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.50 gm). Struck circa 112-115 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ARAB ADQVIS in exergue, Arabia standing facing, head left, holding branch and bunch of cinnamon sticks?; to left, forepart of camel standing left. RIC II 614; Jan 2021 Elkowicz Next up: green patina

Congrats! I'd love to see it, but the pic isn't showing up...

over six so a quad will have to do: Next: camel

That "oxidation" IS BD! You can see that it is eating away that coin. The dealer isn't being up front. If he was giving you a deal due to the BD, and you have Verdicare, I would say get the second. But he isn't being up front. So, definitely the first. *edit, ps, I agree about how fun the patina is in the second coin. But after treating that BD it will change, for better or worse.

Excellent examples! And thanks for the very informative write up. I'm a big fan of Marius and the new man's changes to the military undoubtedly led to one man rule and the end of the Republic. Here's my example: T. Cloelius 98 BC. Rome Quinarius AR 15mm., 1,60g. Laureate head of Jupiter right, B below / T CLOVI, Q, Victory standing right, crowning trophy, before trophy, bound captive seated left. nearly very fine. Crawford 332/1B (control mark below Jupiter). Former Savoca

Beauuuuuutiful toning and great new RR! Gotta love that old cabinet toning on a nice RR. Here's mine of the type: And some of my favorite toned RRs:

Great write up and coins as always, my man! I am really enjoying Mary Beard's new book, but man did she do Faustina I dirty...by talking about how everyone talked about her doing the dirty! My best Faustina I is with the Aeternitas reverse: Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, Rome, AD 141. DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust left / AETERNITAS, Juno standing left, raising right hand and holding sceptre. Reference:RIC 344 Very Fine, 2,8 gr, 17 mm Purchased from NBS Aug 2021

Hamburg-Gela SICILY, Gela 420-405 BC. Æ Onkia (10mm, 1.36 g, 5h). Bull standing right; barley grain or leaf above, • (mark of value) in exergue / Horned head of Gelas right; barley grain to left. Jenkins, Gela, Group VIII-IX, 509; CNS 26; HGC 2, 383. VF, chocolate patina.

Next: helmet

What an excellent endeavor! Thanks for sharing. Though I am sad to read that you got rid of your amazing RR collection, I am excited to see more of your lovelies and their wild provenance. Here is a sestertius of the lovely lady: LUCILLA Sestertius, RIC 1779, Vesta OBVERSE: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust right REVERSE: VESTA, S-C, Vesta standing left, holding palladium and sacrificing with simpulum over lighted altar to left Struck at Rome, 161-161 AD 30.4 mm, 21.89g AD ex @Bing CT

Good Zeus above. I see that I am not the only one that was frightened when reading this post title. It feels like a very dark, "Made you look!" @Valentinian I appreciate how you told us that Terrence Cheesman had passed, but please make the title of your posts less ominous. How about, "Our pal Severus Alexander sends his regards". And not Our member Severus Alexander... Anyways, lots of love and well wishes to @Severus Alexander. You are one of my biggest inspirations for collecting ancients and cannot wait to read more of your posts soon! May the bust of my new Artemis keep you warm all through the winter: CAPPADOCIA. Caesarea. Trajan (98-117). Drachm. Obv : ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙС ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС СЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ. Laureate and draped bust right. Rev : ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ ΥΠΑΤO ς. Bust of Artemis left, holding spear and patera. RPC III 3026; Sydenham 198. Condition : Nicely toned.Good very fine. Weight : 3.33 gr Diameter : 18 mm

ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius. Rome mint, 42 BC. Crawford 494/30; RBW 1735; Sydenham 1112. O: Bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus to right. R: L•REGVLVS, Bestiarius standing left, spearing lion; behind, another bestiarius standing right, spearing panther; to left, wounded bear sitting right. Next: an RR that once you saw the type you needed to have

Great write up, coins and good philosophical questions. This far all systems of government have collapse to be worm poop for the next. Currently the top 1% have increased their wealth by over 70% since 2020. 2020 marking the steepest increase in billionaires' share of wealth on record. The right form of government is pretty clear to me Here's Lysimachos to add to the mayhem: Lysimachos Pella,305-281 BC. Tetradrachm AR 27mm., 15,95g. Head of the deified Alexander the Great to right, wearing diadem with fluttering ends and with the horn of Ammon around his ear / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΛΥΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ, Athena, wearing robes and helmet, seated to left on throne, holding Nike on her right hand and resting her left elbow on large round shield adorned with a gorgoneion; to left monogram. very fine. Thompson 253; Müller 471 Lysimachos, 305-281 BCE Ae. Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. Rev: BAΣI ΛYΣI. Legend in two lines within wreath of grain ears. SNG Copenhagen 1168. Condition: Extremely fine. Weight: 2.00 g. Diameter: 12.6 mm.

Radiate ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes . Circa 125-88 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 14mm, 1.48 g 12), Timokrates. Radiate head of Helios, three-quarter facing to right. Rev. Ρ - Ο ΤΙΜΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ Rose with bud to right; below to left, coiled serpent; all within shallow incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian 156. very fine. Purchased from Savoca April 2023

Welcome to the forum! Is that beautiful Roman Republic coin on your avatar yours? I'd love to see its reverse. DIY. I use cardstock when I have it, or regular paper when I don't, for my inserts. I use an old template and design that's unique for my inserts. It's fun to create one with your "fingerprint" on it. If you need a template PM me. Just make sure that when you're printing you have the size set right and.

Augustus with Agrippa, Halved Dupondius, 24x15mm, 5.25 gr, 10-14 AD, Nemausus, VF, Bronze, RIC:157, Back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in rostral crown, and Augustus, bare, Palm shoot, crocodile before, two wreaths with long ties trailing above palm tip, IMP / DIVI.F, COL - NEM Next: Augustus

Anchialus --> Sicily Hieron II, 275-215 B.C. SICILY. Syracuse. AE Litra, 263-218 B.C. NGC Ch VF. HGC-2, 1550. Obverse: Head of Poseidon left, wearing tainia; Reverse: Ornamented trident head; downward dolphin to left and right, I to lower left, AΠ to lower right. Well centered and struck, this example features yellow-brown surfaces and some scattered spots of green. From the Poseidon Collection. Purchased from Stack’s Bowers Gallery Aug 2021

Next: LRB in better than normal condition

Excellent new coin filled with historocity and an adorable owl!

Coingrats on the amazing and rare acquisition seemingly issued on one die!

Next: Pyrrhos

Agreed! The lack of portraiture of some of the Diadochi is awful frustrating. Depending on who you read Pyrrhos was the most handsome man since Alexander or the ugliest creature since the Ketos monster! At least he left us a rich amount of cool coins.

Just won another overstrike from that jerk Kassander. This is my third coin of the type. All of which you can easily see the Macedonian shield coin design underneath. You can see part of the shield on Athena's helmet and the Herakles boss on the side of her face. On the reverse you can also see the top of a caduceus to the right. All part of the under types designs. I do believe they must've intended the week over strike to show Kassander was taking over. That or he just had noodle armed choir boys striking these. Cause I've never seen a type with so many easily identifiable under types: Kings of Macedon, Kassander, 316-297 BC. Uncertain mint in Western Anatolia. AE. 3.64 Gr. 19mm. Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Club above bow-in-bowcase.