Ancient Coin Hunter

Heck I'll take a crusty Roman anytime over a tooled piece which has become a fake...like this Postumus double sestertius (my most encrusted coin!) with a red tone.

Looks OK. I have the Licinius version of the type...

Gosh what a sad state of affairs with that coin. 😵

Carinus (282-284 C.E.) Alexandria, Egypt Billon Tetradrachm approximately 8 gm Dikaiosyne standing left Link: Dikaiosyne

Nice coins @DonnaML!

Not just a horse, but a flying horse! He obviously deserved a break from his labors on the 15th of December. Type: AE antoninianus Rome mint, A.D. 267-268 Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right Reverse: SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus springing right Reference: RIC V 282 Originally posted on CoinTalk

Hi. No limitations on what is discussed, just post away!

Member of the Flavian Dynasty

If Nike = Victory? Vespasian (A.D. 69-79) Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. 26mm 11.98 grams Obverse: Laureate bust right, LB in front (Year 2, 69-70 A.D.) AYTOK KAIΣ ΣEBA OYVEΣΠAΣIANOY Reverse: Nike Advancing Left, holding wreath and palm branch Reference: RPC 2412, Koln 276, Milne 393, BMCGr 236, Emmet 205.2, Dattari 360 originally posted on Cointalk in 2021

Thanks for all the replies. I logged into MyLeu and there it was...Romanus I believe was the dude who lost the Battle of Manzikert against the ascendant Seljuk Turks, foreshadowing the loss of Anatolia...I believe the Anatolikon Theme, or military district, was greatly weakened even though the battle was far away near Lake Van on the marches of Armenia. Therefore the Turks kept proceeding toward Constantinople and took the great city of Nicea(modern Iznik) which became their capitol... Anonymous Folle, time of Romanus IV, circa 1068-1071. Follis (Bronze, 26 mm, 9.69 g, 5 h), Constantinopolis. Nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. Nimbate bust of the Virgin Mary facing, orans, wearing pallium and maphorium; in fields MHP - ΘV. DOC Class G. SB 1867. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.

I bid (and won I believe) an anonymous folle from the time of Romanus IV. The only thing that has happened, or not happened, is that there is no word from Leu on the successful bid other than showing "bid accepted" right after the item was auctioned off. Because the auction is still going on is it possible that they will not send an email to winners until it is concluded? Just curious. Otherwise something funky might be going on.

Looks authentic. Denarius weights can vary a bit.

NIce ending to the story. Currently I have a package that's gone astray. It was dropped off at the post office, got scanned, went to the distribution center, then somehow returned to the post office a couple of days later. I went to see the postal supervisor here who has more scan detail than is available to consumers on the web and she said despite the fact that it shows delivered back at the origin post office it in fact still is at the distribution center, a long way from New Hampshire which is the consignee destination. She has sent an email to the facility manager to try to locate the package but advises that it might have disappeared into the ether, in which case I'll need to file a claim.

Another Tyche Antoninus Pius 138-161 A.D. AE 27 Syria, Laodicaea ad Mare

Great coin above!!!

While it can make the devices stand out, I don't think it's such a great practice. There are a couple of dealers with the reputation of inducing repatination (I won't point out names). However in some cases the sand patinas actually are part of a naturally occurring process. For example, I saw a pick pile of coins in 1980 at a coin store (mostly Constantinian bronzes going for $5 a pop), most of which had presumably authentic sand patinas as I don't think repatination was common in those old days. If you are talking painted or induced glossy patinas I consider this almost worse than tooling.

Wow, both your coin and Donna's are great! Still need an Allectus. I won't post my ho-hum Carausius but will my decent Marius....the blacksmith

Great coins, particularly Ptolemy III. Also the Heraclius solidus with the Focas-like portrait. !!!

Wow, great condition and great rarity at the same time. The only Juno coin I have is this sestertius of Lucilla, wife of Lucius Verus.

Here it is Egypt Ptolemaic Empire Ptolemy IV (221-204 B.C) Philopator AE Drachm Observe: Zeus Ammon Reverse: PTOLEMAOIS BASILEOS, Eagle standing Weight 76 grams, 42 mm I purchased it from a German auction house on M-A Shops. Price was kind of high but still in my range.

I hear that about family members. Any coin discussion is completely useless and uninteresting to them. Heck, they weren't even impressed with my 76 gram Ptolemy IV hockey puck.

Sorry your results financially were not what you expected. However, I noted lot 2281 (Commodus Tripolis medallion) was listed at 200 CHf but went for a hammer of 1500 CHf which is a nice outcome. I did indeed bid on the coin which had 16 bidders. I think one of the problems was just too many featured collections and too many coins. I think smaller, more frequent auctions would be better for sellers. As it turns out I won 1 coin - an anonymous folle featuring Christ Pantocrator on the obverse and the Virgin Mary in the orans position on the reverse (time of Romanus IV) where I was a last second high bidder. Weight and size were good at about 8 grams. And, I have been thinking of consigning some of my coins after I got an email from Ken McDevitt. Now I probably won't.

Looks like some very interesting new publications. Thanks for sharing

Nice coin and very historically important as well...

Arcadius AE 2 6.2 grams Antioch Mint DN ARCADIVS P F AVG, Daidemed draped and cuirassed bust right GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor Standing in military attire holding labarum and globe