John060167

Lots of lovely coins here! I really need more Byzantine coins, Id like a carthage thick solidus or a silver hexagram at some point..but til then, here is my favorite Byzantine coin in my collection. A solidus of Theodosius II, struck at Constantinople c. 430-440AD.

Love that song! Here is my offering, guy looks like he hasn’t slept a wink…maybe he could use a cigarette. Silver drachm (18mm, 3.87g) from Cappadocia. Ariobarzanes I (96-63BC), struck 66/5BC, Eusebia mint.

Hey all, hope you’re well! Have only been picking up Romans since the start of 2022, so my Greek collection has been lacking behind… so decided to pick up a cool Greek coin! Here it is: Sicily, Syracuse AR tetradrachm, 23mm, 16.7g. struck 478-475BC, under Hieron I Boehringer 168 Obverse: Charioteer holding reins and kentron driving a slow quadriga right. Nike above, flying right, crowning horses. Reverse: ΣVRAKOΣΙΟΝ, diademed head of Arethusa, wearing beaded necklace and earrings, hair slighly waved turned up above diadem. Four dolphins swimming around counterclockwise. notes: VF. good surfaces and subtle toning. Flan crack on reverse. What I find funny on this coin is that the “heads” side is actually tails and the “tails” side is actually heads, that is the obverse is the side with the quadriga and the reverse is the side with Arethusa. I thought this could make for some funny situations, so what I did was I made a bet with my friend for $10 on a round of “heads or tails” with this coin. My friend picked “heads” and the coin was flipped, and when it landed on the Arethusa side up, he said “I win!” then I said “not so fast cowboy…”😁 It was pretty satisfying as I watched the smile drain from his face as I explained why I won. Anyway! Please post any coins you have from Sicily, ideally ancient but anything can do! Lets see how many coins we can get up here! Cheers!

so many awesome coins shown here! i dont know which is my favorite, changes as often as i change my underwear…which is pretty often(just saying incase you all think im a dirty pig 😂). Here is one im proud of through, got it really dirty and cleaned it up! Here are before and after pics…got it fairly cheap because of the encrustation and just decided to clean it up myself! AV aureus of emperor Nero, struck 64-65, Rome mint. 19mm, 7.1g RIC I 48, Calico 405. Obv: NERO CAESAR AVGVSTUS, laureate head of nero facing right Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTA, concordia draped and seated left, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left. Why its one of my favorites though? Just because who doesnt like gold coinage, especially heavy early Roman gold? Julio claudian coinage is already one of my favorite areas to collect, so enough said! Cheers!

@Kaleun96Nice severus alexander denarius! Has such a nice color, almost looks like a metal alloy of some sort between gold, and copper…yet it is silver haha. Definitely a cool piece there

some really sick coins out here! Like the color on your argenteus and siliqua @Curtisimo, nice coins! love the toning on that alex, very sexy plus that portrait too @filolif Here are a couple coins I have picked up overtime with nice color: 1-Valens Siliqua, toning monster 2-Augustus denarius, subtle but nice toning 3-“mcdonalds” 1882 S morgan dollar, cool rainbow toner 4- alexander tetradrachm, a really nice zeus with a nice color to boot. Not really sure how to describe the color on this, how would you? Cheers!

thanks for sharing guys! Ive really been looking for a cointalk like community that I could actually join in myself, so happy to be here! @CPK @DonnaML @Alegandronyou all have very nice asses, thanks for sharing them to me! haha…hope that doesnt sound too weird. My as of claudius is pretty rough, got it in a trade with a friend…same or at least similar variety to yours @Severus Alexander, here it is! @idesofmarch01your denarius blows me away, really high quality coin! Not to mention you have an aureus? Congrats…have a picture of that? @Ryro Thanks for sharing that fourree, as far as Im aware they were made in Romano Britain following the invasion and due to the large influx of Romans coming in, they had to supplement the population with this kind of coinage. Im assuming this wasnt officially sanctioned(?) but the fourrees of this era seem to be of pretty good quality, sometimes it is not easy to tell them apart if the base core isn’t exposed or weight being too light. It is an interesting series, I do have a few questions about these types. If anyone knows of any papers or books that talks about the topic, please let me know! Cheers

Hey, I am John. Saw this is a new “alternative” to cointalk, and since I have been trying to join there forever but never could, well they can just suck it then! Anyway, Id like to share a new pickup…I picked up an upgrade to my only coin of Claudius, which is a bronze as. The upgrade is a Claudius denarius! Claudius in denarii is tough to get, alongside Caligula… so I was pretty stoked when I won it for a good price! Anyhow, here is some info on the coin: Roman Imperial: Claudius (r.41-54) AR denarius, 19mm, 3.66g struck 51-52, Rome mint. RIC I 62 Obv: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P XI IMP P P COS V, laureate head of Claudius to right Rev: PACI AVGVSTAE, Pax/Nemesis advancing to right, holding drapery and pointing caduceus at snake. About the coin itself, it is not perfect but it is still in pretty nice shape overall! Well struck and centered, decent grade, good weight and solid silver (a lot of Claudius denarii from this era tend to be fourrees as they were made in high numbers in Britain during Claudius’ invasion, so keep that in mind. They tend to be too underweight compared to genuine silver examples, often under 3g, sometimes a bit over. You can also see base metal exposure often too. ) The main issue with this coin is some uneven toning and black spots but otherwise nice! A bit about Claudius. Claudius had some physical disabilities and was never taken seriously by his family, hence why he survived the various persecutions of both Tiberius and Caligula. Nobody ever figured he would take the imperial purple for himself, so he was never seen as a threat. When the Praetorians were looking for a replacement for Caligula, they saw Claudius as the perfect man since they figured they could make him their puppet. However Claudius turned out to be much more competent than people imagined, he did a lot during his time as emperor participating in court cases and making various decrees often and even successfully invaded Britannia, something Caesar 100 years before did not even succcessfully do! Overall I have great respect for Claudius as he is like an underdog who everyone grossly underestimated due to his disabilities, but turned out to be pretty competent, arguably just behind Augustus himself! Do you have any denarii of Claudius, or any julio claudians for that matter? Cheers!