Ryro

Julia Domna and the the nakeds...I mean Graces:

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

Next: Livia

Yours retains do much detail😃

Mine, not so much:

Does Nero and Agrippina count?🤪

I almost fell like I'm cheating going back to byzantine..

Next: coin over 25mm

As one who has always been drawn to the Strange....

This coin was minted by Vlad the Impaler's (Dracula's) grandpa:

Poor hogsmouth. His life sounded miserable. Though that's what generations of inbreeding will do:

An Arab with a freshly severed Christian's head!

Bes has been around since the old kingdoms of Egypt. Dudes both a freak and he and his wife are God's of the freaky deaky:

Whatever creatures that inspired the Celts to mint this coin is nightmare fodder:

 Of course a wheel of human legs *triskeles might've seemed normal to the Greeks... but it's not:

And lastly, I just really love the way the griffin on this type looks more like a certain modern monster that rhymes with shmodshmila:

I hope we get more word coins up in here. I really like this theme🥸

46 minutes ago, thenickelguy said:

I bid on 4 lots.

Hope I win as bestcoinseller

Thanks a bunch. Let me know if you do and I'll send a bonus prize! That goes for any coin friends on here😀

12 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Isn't that Kebren the one we discussed about on CT and appeared to be Kasolaba?

I'll go back and check. If so, thanks buddy!

Sweet! Well, we're all new here! And agreed, they can suck it🍆!

Here's my fourée:

Trays are tre bien:

But cabinets are classy:

They're easy and fun to make! I did a how to on another forum. 

2 hours ago, DonnaML said:

How dare you post coins for sale in the "general" forum! Banned! Signed, GDJPOS.

Oops, wrong website.

Great coins, @Ryro, and I will definitely take a look.

Can you share why you're selling these? Is it to have more money to buy different coins?

Donna

 

 

Bwahaha! Thanks Donna. That really got a good chuckle out of me. And thanks for letting about the baning, as opposed to just finding out when I try to log in... like some sites do. 

I've only got so much room in the coin cabinet(heck, I had to move the MSCs to trays). And sometimes I get excited when I see a coin type I like and I upgrade when I don't have to😊.

You'll notice it's a bit Roman heavy as if just don't my Roman "spring cleaning". I'll have to do that with my Greeks next... though, never with my MSCs. If you see one of them for sale you can rest assured it's a duplicate (usually from me getting excited during an auction and forgetting if I have the type or not).

And yes, you can rest assured I'll be spending the dough on more coins... unless one of my boys decides to break another bone?

These soon to be ex Ryro coins will be flying off the shelf (or should I say, out of my coin cabinet) starting this Sunday at 6pm EST.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/rpslc11

I've got Roman Republic, Emperors galore, Greek archaic/Classical/Hellenistic, Celtic, Barbarian, world, weights and on and on. Check em out!

If you see anything you like but have questions please reach out. 

A few items currently up for sale:

An always popular anonymous with a cool old cabinet toning and wear so honest it'll show you its internet search history:

Excellent profile of the most famous woman throughout all of history (insert Oprah coin here), side piece and mother of children to BOTH Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, last Egyptian Pharoah and end of the Ptolemaic line, Cleopatra VII!

What a Croc... and a half!

Just give him back his damn legions, Varus!!!

Hadrian feeling sexy, might delete later:

You like Flavians? You like beautiful toning??

For more fans of saweet toning and maniacs like Commodus:

How about the toning on this Caracalla that's as dark as the psychos soul?!

Short lived legendary Emperor, Pertinax. Too bad he was cheaper to the Praetorian Guard then Capone was too the IRS:

Speaking of short, everyone loves Napoleon!

Say what???, an Macedonian shield coin straight outtathe greatest MSC collection this side is the British Museum and of the last great king of Macedon, Perseus great great grandson of Antigonos Monophthalmus:

And for the gore whores, out there😈

How about a severed head of an infidel:

Got Proto dough???

Plus, much more!

Thanks for looking😀

Great call Salt! And cool coin😎

Here's a hair of the dog:

and this last one may be a shield boss or an applique but it's definitely Celtic and rad!!!

I've had concerns as well. 

Will switching to a place, such as go daddy, give us more space? It would be very frustrating to lose content or else lose our ability to post coins🥺

Ps, party foul Doug. Ancient coin site content without ancient coins is like... Playboy just for the articles. So to speak😊

Son of Antigonos Monophthalmus, Demetrius Poliorketes! And check out that bad @$$ labyrs at the head of the prow!!!

On 5/25/2022 at 8:54 AM, Ed Snible said:

Glad to see we are considering a name.  The pricing here suggests the creator can change the name to ancientcoinchat.invisionservice.com for free.

Otherwise we will get many questions "is it prounced kay-23-2-1-3-8-7 or kay three-hundred-twenty-one-thousand-three-hundred-and-eighty-seven?"

Is like to circle back to this. 

Why not keep the name nice, clean and simple?

On 5/26/2022 at 7:59 AM, DANTE said:

I'd be happy to contribute as well. My account status has just been upgraded to 'apprentice', so how could I refuse? 

We all gotta work our way up the ranks:

4 hours ago, DonnaML said:

No mystery to the avatar I just added: it's the same photo of me I used at Coin Talk until I deleted it the other day*. It comes from my German passport photo taken a few years ago after I obtained dual German & U.S. citizenship. I like it better than my U.S. passport photo or any other recent photo, mostly because I think it makes me look younger than my true advanced age!

*How many of you (of those who still can!) are planning to continue to post at both places? That's my plan as of now. I've invested way too much time and effort in Coin Talk over the last 26 months, gaining what I think is a generally positive reputation (except with the one or two people who obviously can't stand me!) to give it up entirely, at least not yet. Any more bad behavior from the administrator over there and I might change my mind.

I'll still use White Talk to search for old things I've posted, and who knows maybe Peter T, who still hasn't responded to my DM, will respond and acknowledge the obvious race and political bias they have had for some time. By that's doubtful and also doubtful to change the flow of things at this time. 

No. I will not give a white Supremecy supporting site any more of my dope ass content. I just wish I could get all that back... and the money I gave them to "support" their agenda.

I have no qualms at this time to say, FUCK CT.

Next: A coin that took you a while to finally acquire 

45 minutes ago, galba68 said:

I only collect whole Roman bricks with animal paw prints, but, gift is a gift!

One of my bricks-

 

Beeeeautiful! And so excited to see you over here!

Would love to see more of your imprints collection. 

I only have two Roman bricks from Spain thanks to bcuda (I hope he joins, but hasn't seen him in a while on the old place):

This one has the only imprint and, of course, is a pain in the ass to photograph:

25 minutes ago, DonnaML said:

Is that the new time limit? If so, I approve. The 12-hour rule has stopped the thread at CT in its tracks too many times.

Yep! I posted somewhere earlier that 12 was just like a punishment for people being too picky with their requests. 

Glad you like it a well😀

A real tough and old school SOB... and one of my favorite short lived emperors:

Next: another worn rarity

Yeeeuuuuussssss!

Faustina Fridays are back baby!!!

That cat sticking his head out the window slayed me😄 And as always, excellent write up.

None of the throne with strippa...I mean struppa here😉. So, here are some kiddos on the throne:

next: strange symbolism

If it's not a statue it should be, and we're past six hours:

Coin depicting an actual person and not a God or Goddess on an RR

Pretty obvious why I chose this, it's a MONKEY on an ancient coin. And more importantly it's the first appearance of a shield on a Macedonian coin😎

52 minutes ago, Leo said:

My shield is common and unremarkable. But everything to thicken the Phalanx!

Despire being all smooshed up, the Hercules face on the center is charming

Thank you so much for sharing!

I would hardly call a coin with Herakles, caduceus, a rare monogram aaaand Macedonian shield and helmet, "unremarkable". I do love the Herakles boss. Most likely under Alexander's older brother Philip III, Arrhidaios.

Here's some of mine:

42 minutes ago, Constantivs said:

 

Thanks for the lovely Omphalos (navel) boss😃

Man, that's the spooky

patina that I'm talking about!

Here's my black knight/dark horse patina of the type and a few bellybutton friends: