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PHRYGIA, Kibyra. Circa 166-84 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.65 g, 11h). Helmeted head of male (Kibyras?) right / Horseman, holding couched spear and palm, riding right; O below. HGC 7, 706; SNG Ashmolean 996 var. (O below). VF IONIA. Smyrna. Ae (Circa 115-105 BC). Paramonos, magistrate. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev: ΠAPAMO ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙ. Hand in caestus; palm to right. Milne 1927, 239. Good very fine. 1.91 g, 14 mm. Numismatik Naumann Feb 2021 Philip II AR Tetradrachm. Pella, 342-336 BC. Lifetime issue. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth on horseback right, holding palm and reins; thunderbolt below, [N in exergue]. Le Rider 222-306. 14.22g, 24mm, 7h. VF. Purchased from Savoca July 2021 Spain, Carthago Nova Æ Unit. Roman Occupation, after 209 BC. Bare-head left (Scipio Africanus?) / Horse standing right; palm tree behind. CNH Class XI, 282; SNG BM Spain 127-128. 10.04g, 23mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Excellent for issue. Very rare. Gift from @bcuda

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

Way to go! Trajan is often referred to as the greatest of all the Augustii, and your new coin shows why. Here are a few of mine: The man He and his wife And his girlfriend😉

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Great work and cool coins RC! I do need more Nervii in my collection. Here's the man who sneezed and put out the great fire: And some Justice:

ROMAN REPUBLIC. Anonymous. AE Aes Grave Triens (47mm, 92.37 gms), Rome Mint, ca. 225-217 B.C. VERY FINE. Cr-35/3a; TV-53. Obverse: Helmeted head of Minerva left; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk; Reverse: Prow right; four pellets (mark of value) below; all set upon raised disk. A pleasing specimen despite its crudeness, with charming green surfaces. Next: one of your favorite ancient coins

Cool chonker from Ptolemaic Egypt! Not just weight and size=$. Detail and condition do come into play... but who doesn't want a massive hunk of ancient metal? Yours is a good looking example with eye appeal. Certainly better looking than mine. Though I picked this up for 28€, before all the additional auction house juice a couple years ago: 40 mm, 46,3 gr

Fun thread idea JA! Let's add some electrum to the mix: IONIA. Phokaia. (Circa 477-388). EL Hekte. Obv: Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone; seal to right. Rev: Quadripartite incuse square. SNG von Aulock 2120; Boston MFA 1908-9. Condition: Fine. Weight: 2.52 g. Diameter: 10.19 mm

AMAZING Perseus! Highly desirable, top notch artistry, and oooh baby that toning is sweet! Perseus was not his father. I believe Philip V to be the last "great" king of Makedon. His son, Perseus, was the end of the INCREDIBLE Antigonid line, but frustratingly floundered where he used to thrive. That said, Perseus WAS the last true king of Makedon. Yours is an already incredible artistic representation of what was possible during the Hellenistic era, but also slaps of historocity. Though, as you pointed out, with the invincible oncoming force of the Romans, what chance did he have? Ironically enough, one of, if not, my very favorite tets happens to be Philip V, but has Perseus, Philip's favorite semi-diety, whom he named his son after. And this inside of my very favorite symbols in all of ancient history, The Macedonian Shield: Philip V (221-179 BC). Tetradrachm. Uncertain Macedonian mint. Obv: Head of Perseus left, wearing winged helmet surmounted by griffin's head; harpa in background; all in the centre of Macedonian shield. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ. Club right between legend in two lines; all within wreath right. SNG München 1125; HGC 3.1, 1056. Condition: Fine. Weight: 16.91 g. Diameter: 30 mm. Purchased from Numismatik Naumann November 2021

Nice coins! This seems outside of your scope of collecting. Are they yours?

Welcome @CassiusMarcus! Now that's how to show up to the party🤩 I've been after a Persian daric for a while. But there's the whole paying for one thing... As for my latest, I was going to do a write up on this Celtic rarity and it's little known tribe of origin, but Celtic posts don't get much traction. So here it is: CELTIC IMITATIONS OF MAGNA GRAECIA MELDES/Meldis (Meaux region) 60-40 BCE, bronze, 16.6mm, 2.8g. Degree of rarity: R1 No. in reference works: LT.7617 - DT.587 - BN.7616-7630 - RIG.163 - Sch/GB.512 Obverse legend: E[PENOS]. Obverse description: Male head on the left, long, curly hair, legend in front of the face; gritted. Reverse legend: EPHNOS. Reverse description: Horse galloping to the right, wavy tail, surmounted by a facing bird/ winged rider with outstretched wings, a ringlet pointed below; legend under the horse globule surmounted by a crescent. Unearthed 2023 Burgundy region of France. " The bird which surmounts the horse may be a distortion of a winged rider, present for example on certain Gallic silver and bronze coins. The attribution of this coinage is confirmed to the Meldes despite a very important distribution map on the territories of the Suessions and the Bellovaques. These coins were first reported in Meaux with ROVECA epigraph coins. B. Fischer proposes a ligature between an I and the P; which would give a legend EIPENOS, EPIENOS or even EPLENOS; she opts, in view of various examples of epigraphies, for the legend EPIENOS. History: The Meldes are only mentioned once in Caesar's work. This small people lived between the Seine and the Marne in the Brie plain with Meaux as its capital. The Meldes emancipated themselves late from the tutelage of the Suessions and the Remes at the time of the Gallic War. Having become independent in 57 BC, the Meldes chose to ally themselves with the Romans. Caesar had sixty ships built among the Meldes, in 55 BC, for the expedition to Brittany. Caesar (BG. V, 5)."

Antioch Tryphon, Diodotus Antioch, 141 BCE, AE 18mm, 5.66g Obvs: Head of Tryphon right diademed. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ TPYФΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, Spiked Macedonian helmet. Grain to left. Ex:Savoca

I bought this along with my recent Napoleon medal and a couple others. M. Calidius, Q. Metellus, and Cn. Fulvius. 117-116 BC. AR Denarius (18.2mm, 3.70 g, 9h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value below chin / Victory driving biga right, holding reins and wreath. Crawford 284/1a; Sydenham 539; Calidia 1; RBW 1113. next: an RR minted earlier than this

Heartbreaking stuff, and some serious showstoppers!!!🤩 I remember that Regalianus. A crazy rarity! The year after my mom was diagnosed with dementia things were tough. So, for my dad's birthday, I gave him a coin that I new he'd go gaga over. My dad, the smartest man I've ever known and person who got me into ancients and coin collecting in general, loves Marcus Aurelius, the meditations yadda yadda. I'd landed this beauty for myself, but not shown it to him. He'd been through so much I really wanted to see him smile. And so, I gifted my dad this. The pics ok, but in hand that green patina sings: Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD). AE Sestertius (32,4 mm, 23.08 g), Rome, 165/166 AD. Obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, Laureate head to right. Rev. TR POT XX IMP III COS III / S-C, Providentia standing left, pointing with wand at globe and holding scepter. BMC 1279; RIC 923

A little color now that some light has been shone on the situation. "Napoleon and the Sun of Austerlitz" was a medal created in celebration of Bonaparte's greatest victory. "The French victory at Austerlitz was Napoleon's masterpiece. It dramatically reversed his militarily and politically dangerous situation and secured his imperial regime (Austerlitz took place on the one-year anniversary of his coronation as emperor)." Napoleon would later say to his men in admiration and appreciation: "On the day of Austerlitz, you lived up to all my expectations of your bravery and boldness; you have decked your eagles with a glory that shall never die. In less than four hours, an army of one hundred thousand men, commanded by the emperors of Russia and Austria, has either been cut to pieces or dispersed."

Thank you so much @DonnaML! Hehe! That's my coin and what I paid☺️. I just shoped the sellers background and combined the pictures. He is always willing to make a deal if you are buying multiple items. That other example is stunning... and massive! Mine must be its silver plated little frere.

I picked up this beautiful medal as a snack to go along with some other exciting wins today (one is a very rare/rad Celtic that'll knock yo socks off). But am unable to find when nor why it was made. I thought the fancily written "Jean Claude" might render results. But my best guess is that it's merely the original owner and not makers name. Cut to, Napoleon astride his gallant, and elaborately armored, horse with eagle, wings spread, swoopping in with rising/setting sun behind. What a scene, right!? But why and who was this made for? The sellers identification doesn't help much: Medal - Napoleon 1st Nominative pendant. Silver metal pendant with the effigy of the emperor Diameter: 36.5mm Weight: 20.06g Recently unearthed in the Burgundy region of France Reminded me of this old beauty: Pretty cool, huh? But I sure would like to know more about it. Any ideas, theories, or identification would be greatly appreciated. And, of course, any and all things Napoleonic are welcome!

Next: Obol

Next: anything with wings that's not a bird

Next: Venus

Whoever placed the countermark on JC's neck had a sense of humor: Augustus with Divus Julius Caesar (27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON. Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ. Wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; uncertain c/m on neck. Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN. Bare head of Augustus right; Δ below. RPC I 1554. Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm. Former: Numismatik Naumann The D has been interpreted as either a denomination mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero (Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p. 105) follows Kraay's suggestion that the NK is an abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the coins during celebrations of the city's 50th anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans. All but two of the known specimens of this countermark occur on the coins of this first issue of Thessalonica, and the wear on the countermarks is nearly identical to that of the coins, suggesting that the countermarks could not have been applied very long after the coins entered circulation

Correct. It's Hades abduction of Persephone. Caria, Iasos 250-190 BCE AE 17 mm, 5.78 gm Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right (looking remarkably like the remarkable Ryro) Rev: Hermias swimming with dolphin Ref: SNG Tubingen 3397; Klein 520. Saturnalia 2021 gift from @TIF Next: Great head of hair

Next: another one of Zeus's siblings

I purchased this coin in December of 2017 to celebrate the soon to be birth of my twins. It was my first "big auction house" experience. The day I came home, after the boys were born, it was waiting for me in the mail. And just like my two bouncing babies, it was even smaller than I'd expected. THRACIAN ISLANDS. Thasos. Ca. 463-411 BC. AR 1/16 stater or obol (0.49 gm). VF. Two dolphins swimming in opposite directions; pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square. Le Rider, Thasiennes 9. SNG Copenhagen 1020-1. Purchased from Heritage Dec 2017 Here they are with their big brother six years later on Christmas: Please share any coins that you bought/ were given that marks a special event to you.