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Bactria. Greco-Bactrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos 200-185 BC. Obol AR, 12 mm, 0,49 g, fine Next: silly hat

6+ hours Pyrrhus (278-276 BCE) Sicily, Syracuse, AE 23mm 10.25 gr, head of young Herakles left, wearing lion's skin, rev. Athena Promachos advancing right w/owl to right of foot Next: another great general

Sorry to read. It looks to me like it might have had BD at some point, but I don't see any major concerns (though, what is the strange fabric over her eyes?). Anyway, if you are looking to get rid of it, I would reach out to Artemide then and see if they will take it back and attach the email from Leu.

Nike advancing on reverse IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 11.50 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Helmeted head of Athena right / Club; below, Nike advancing left, holding wreath, flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberprägung, Group III (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 781; SNG von Aulock 1978. Chipped.very fine

Napoleon Bonaparte France. Paris.AD 1804-1815. 1/4 Franc AR an 13 15mm., 1,25g. next: anything French

Thanks for sharing this excellent article and post! Great coins and research as always, my friend😀 Here's what we thought was Philip ll's shield, but if I'm reading this correctly was Adea Eurydike (?)*not my shield: and then Philip...twice over: Olympias playing with the snake😉: Lifetime Alexander tet with Macedonian shield and other fun Alexanders: Philip III Arrhidaios: And Arrhidaios over stamped by that POS Kassander:

Fake modern replica for tourists.

Excellent portrait! I'm partial to mine, but the one you almost got is nice. I'm not sure what you had against his eyes. My only problem, which isn't much of one, is the green verdigris on the reverse. Anyways, here's my favorite Decius. Trajan Decius, AD 249-251. Struck between July-Dec, 250 AD. Silver Antoninianus (4.12 g) minted at Rome, AD 250. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius right. Reverse: Abundantia (Abundance) standing right, emptying her cornucopiae. RIC 10b, RSC 2. Meticulously detailed portrait. Ex El Iberico Collection. Saturnalia 2020 gift from @bcuda

Excellent coins and display, my man! Here's to "the first among equals"!? (Such a stupid title. Just shows what idiots us mankind are and have been for a long time)

AMAZING medal! And STUNNING presentation!!! I'm picking my jaw up from the floor as I write this. Just WoWiE! And agreed, your photo it's much better than the dealer's.

Napoleon Bonaparte, J. Andrieu e D. Denoy, France, 1810, Argento, g 36,35, mm 40,00, D/ (The busts of Napoleon and Maria Louise, to right) Below the cutting of the neck: ANDRIEU F . / DENOY D. R/ NAPOLEON IMP. ET ROI M. LOUISE D’AUTRICHE (Napoleon and Marie Louise are holding hands, old clothes, next to an altar decorated with a bow and arrow and the text: J. JOUANNIN) In exergue: Ir . AVRIL . M . DCCCX / DENON . D . Medal for the marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise of Austria April 2nd 1810. Ex: in Asta next: Napoleon

Great coins! Especially on the day of Septimius Severus death. Caracalla Thrace. Pautalia. AD 198-217. Bronze Æ 27mm., 12.39g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / [ΟVΛΠΙΑC Π]ΑVΤΑΛΙΑC, coiled serpent, head right. nearly very fine Ruzicka 687 var.; SNG Copenhagen 710 var.; Varbanov 5204. Ex Savoca Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). AE Tetrassarion (29 mm, 12.66 g). Thrace, Pautalia. Obv. ΑΥΤ Κ Λ CΕΠ CΕΥΗΡΟC Π, Laureate head to right. Rev. ΟΥΛΠΙΑC ΠΑΥ/ΤΑΛΙΑC, Aesculapius riding winged serpent right, holding serpent-entwined staff. Ruzicka 345; Varbanov 4687. Green patina. Fine to very fine. From the François Righetti Collection. Purchased from Auctiones GmbH Sept 2021

1,813 years ago Septimius Severus fell ill and died on campaign against the Caledonians in Britainia. Septimius Severus (193-211 AD). Emesa AR Denarius (17.2mm 2.96g) Obv: IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II. Laureate head right. Rev: FORTVN REDVC Fortuna standing left, holding palm in right hand, cornucopia in left. BMC 357; Cohen 175; RIC 383. Septimius Severus; 193-211 AD, Rome, (Silver, 2.59g 17mm) 197 AD, Denarius, BM-224, C-349 (3 Fr.), RIC-100. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT - AVG IMP VIIII Head laureate r. Rx: MVNIFICENTIA AVG Elephant walking MOESIA INFERIOR. Nicopolis ad Istrum. Septimius Severus (193-211). Ae. Obv: AV [...]Π CEVHPOC. Laureate head right. Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC IC. Ithyphallic Priapus standing left, revealing himself. Cf. Varbanov 2366. Condition: Near very fine, Weight: 2.74 g. Before dying he would tell his sons: If Caracalla and Geta's co-emperorship was a workshop it would've been a dissatis-factory. After ordering his brother's murder in his own mother's arms Caracalla would damn the memory of Geta. Which included putting cigarettes out on his face! MESOPOTAMIA. Edessa. Septimius Severus, with Caracalla and Geta, 193-211. Ae (bronze, 3.66 g, 20 mm). [...] Laureate head of Septimius to right, facing laureate and draped bust of Caracalla to left. Rev. [..]AVP[..], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Geta to right; before, crescent on filleted globe. Lindgren II, 2559; cf. Nomos obolos 17, lot 550; Roma 88, lot 638. Nearly very fine. Extremely rare Julia Domna Denarius . 193-196 AD . Rome . (Ric- 536 ). Ob .: IVLIA DOMNA AVG, Bust draped to the right . Rev .: VENERI VICTR, Venus standing to the right, leaning on a column, holding a palm and an apple . Ag . 3.18 g. Displaced. Tone . EBC . Tauler & Fau Jan 2021 Caracalla and Geta Æ27 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-211. AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC AY K Π C ΓETAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, facing laureate and draped bust of Geta left / Y +Λ OYΛΠIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; lighted altar and Є (mark of value) to left, eagle above dolphin to right. H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.20.38.1-2; Varbanov 1085 (same obv. die as illustration). 11 gr, 27mm, 1h. GETA CAES Pont/Felicitas- PVBLICA Felicitas stands N.L. Ric 9a, BMC 220-221, c. 38a, Hill 654. Caracalla, 198-217. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.00 g, 12 h), Rome, 217. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Laureate head of Caracalla to right. Rev. P M TR P XX COS IIII P P Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long scepter in his left. BMC 180. Cohen 373. RIC 285a. Light deposits and with a minor edge crack, otherwise, good extremely fine. Purchased from Leu Feb 2022 Did you know? Septimius Severus actually died in 208, but his magical beard would rule for the 3 more years on machismo alone. Please post your Severans, thoughts or anything beardy!

First thought was it's an upside down flower

Salonina (AD 254-268) AR Antoninianus / Venus AD 257-260, 22.30mm, 3.38 grams, Obv: SALONINA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane, set on crescent Rev: VENVS VICTRIX, Venus Victrix standing right, seen from rear, leaning on column and holding palm branch and apple RIC Vi 8 Cologne, XF Ex-Marc Breitsprecher purchased Jan 2022. Ex-Phil Peck sold as the Morrison Collection at Heritage. Next: Venus

A lovely type. Big coingrats. I originally purchased this as part of the Livia as a goddess trilogy... which I later found out was only a two parter (the third coin is of Livilla, Drusus wife). JULIA AUGUSTA (LIVIA). AUGUSTA, 14-29 A.D. AE Dupondius (31 mm, 13.13 gms), Rome Mint. RIC-Tiberius 47. Bareheaded and draped bust of Julia Augusta (Livia) as Salus Augusta right; Reverse: Large S.C, inscription around. Light brown with some granularity. Nearly VERY FINE. Former: Savoca Livia wife of Augustus, (died in 29 AD). AE As, struck under Tiberius, 22-23 AD. D / Diademed and draped bust of Livia (as Justitia) right; IVSTITIA below. R / TI CAESAR DIVI F AVG PM TR POT XXIIII around large SC. RIC (Tib.) 46. AE. g. 13.18 mm. 29.00 R. Rare. Dark green patina. F. Ex Artemide Aste Drusus Caesar. AD 19-23. Æ Dupondius (27.40mm, 13.18 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. PIETAS, veiled, diademed, and draped bust of Livilla as Pietas (for years thought to be and listed as Livia) right / DRVSVS CAESAR TI · AVGVSTI F · TR POT ITER, large S · C. RIC I 43 (Tiberius); BMCRE 98 (Tiberius); BN 74. VG, Ex Marc Breitsprecher "Claudia Julia Livia, nicknamed Livilla ("Little Livia"), was the daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, and sister to Germanicus and the future emperor Claudius. Though Roman historians describe her as remarkably beautiful and charming, they also condemn her as a power-hungry adulteress and murderess. Tacitus accuses her of conspiring with her lover, the Praetorian Prefect Sejanus, to poison her husband, the imperial heir Drusus Caesar, who died in AD 23. This coin, struck in the name of Drusus shortly before his death, depicts on the obverse a veiled and classically beautiful woman as Pietas, goddess of religious piety and dutifulness. David Vagi has argued convincingly that the head represents Livilla, given that the other bronze coins issued the same year depict Drusus himself and the couple's twin sons, forming a "family set."

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No luck with Luna. How about... Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa (203-148 BC or 148-118 BC). Æ(32,3mm, 11,8g). Laureate head l. R/ Horse galloping l.; pellet below. MAA 18a; Mazard 50; SNG Copenhagen 505. Next: left facing bust

They are a top of the line auction house. As such, bidding can get fierce. But the coins they sell speak for themselves. Here are a couple favorites from them: Thessaly, Larissa. AE 20 mm. c. 370-360 BC. Obv. Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left. Rev. Horseman, wearing kausia, riding right. Cf. SNG Cop. 141. AE. 5.15 g. 20.00 mm. Green-brown patina. Good VF/VF. Purchased from Artemide Aste Sicily. Syracuse. Dionysos I (406-367 BC). AE Hemilitron. Obv. Head of Arethusa left, wearing necklace, hair bound in ampyx and sphendone; olive leaves behind. Rev. Dolphin swimming right; Σ Y P A and cockle shell below. CNS II 24/1-7; HGC 2 1480. AE. 2.58 g. 16.00 mm. Good VF. Purchased from Artemide Aste

Haha! Great thread idea and coins, RC! Are your celeb images AI? They look funky. The Irish Saltburn star, Barry Keoghan, will reportedly be playing Geta in the upcoming gladiator sequel. But here looks a bit like young Octavian (at least we don't have to see Augustus tallywaker flapping around in a ten minute dance sequence): Jim Carey has been doing a pretty good job in preparation for his role as Pertinax, jk: Who did it better, Oppenheimer and Avenger star Florence Pugh or the mother of mothers of Empresses? Maximianus ancestor Jay Leno keeping the chin and nose prominent:

Maximinus I. Denarius. 236-238 AD. Rome. (Ric-IV 18A). (Bmcre-137). (Rsc-9). Anv.: MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. Rev.: FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding two standards. Ag. 3,60 g. Almost XF/Choice VF. Next: another "bad" emperor

Cool! Please let us see what it looks like cleaned up.

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