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I agree with all replies. for this coin, I never bought it, because it is, for me after 50 years collecting ancient coins, a fake. If you compare this coin with pictures on other sites, you see the coin is to soft

I had a girlfriend named Clio in the golden sixties. Is it old enough the post a photo ?😄

@ambr0zie a very, very beautiful coin, you said :the price was also slightly more than I was hoping (but I am an optimistic person), I think without knowing the price you paid, you made a very good deal, difficult to remake. Crawford has for this coin two groups, yours is the first group 1c. In the first group, there is a number 1 with a,b,c and a number 2 with a and b. The number of dies is : 1a : 27/30, ab : 18/20, 1a : 18/20, 2b : 5/5 and 1c : 2/2 . So your coin is very rare, Crawford estimates about 30.000 coins for one die. I can only say : congrats. ps: years ago, I've found 'The Roman Republican coinage ' of Crawford in google, I had the book but of course, I downloaded it. Since then, it is no more on google, I think. If anyone is interested, I can mail a copy with we transfer, if it is allowed by numisforms

interesting topic and coins. The loved this sestertius of Commodus for his color M.COMMODUS ANTONINUS AUG. PIUS TR.P.VIII.IMP VI CONS.IIII. P.P.S.C. RIC 376 , Cohen 910 , S5822

thanks, that was my idea also

I bought this denarius 12 years ago for a fourré because the weight was to little. I liked the quality and the price,so... but now I have some doubts. Comparing coins on the web, I found a coin in OCRE with about the same weight (2,62 gr - American Numismatic Society). On the coin I see no signs of a fourré. What's your opinion ? Show your Divo Pio coins, please RIC III Marcus Aurelius 441, 17 mm, 2,67 gr, die ax 6 h.

One of my oldest modern gold coins : Kingdom Sardinia, 80 lire, 1828, 33 mm, 25.8 gr (900%), 23000 ex. obverse : CAR.FELIX.D.G.REX SAR.CYP.ET HIER , date 1828 reverse : DUX SAB.GENVAE ET MONTISF.PRINC.PED.&, value L.80

To end this part of the scarabs, a very nice XVIIIth Dynasty one. Steatit, 16 mm, 10 mm, 6 mm. The scarab is very well carved, you can see through under the scarab. On the base are 5 hieroglyphs, but 2 times the sames. First 2 x a papyrus at the top and under, indicating Lower Egypt 𓇉 in the middle : the hieroglyph meaning to be in command 𓎗 at right and left : the hieroglyph representing the red crown of Lower Egypt : 𓋔 so we can understand this inscription as : the Farao (the crown)is commanding in Lower Egypt. If you have a problem or a question, you are welcome, I help if I can.

I agree, it's overstruck. Try to be sure for the Crawford number 228/1 has 7 obverse and 10 reverse dies, 228/2 48 and 60 but I am afraid you are right. Hereby my denarius with XVI ,Cr228/1

A small faience scarab from the XXIIth Dynasty ( 945-712 BC), 9 mm, 5 mm, 3 mm. For faience scarabs, the scarab was first produced, then the inscription engraved and finally glazed. On the base is the name of Amon-Ra and the sign neb : overlord. This sign is on the top and at the bottom : i mn r’ nb : 𓇋𓏠𓇿 𓇳 𓎟 I have ended yesterday my book concerning my Near Eastern and Egyptian antiquities with this Egyptian text Hier eindigt het boek. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, 1957, p 143

sorry, i made a little mistake😁

I have only 6 Probus'coins, but I don't understand he struck so much coins in such a quality on only 6 years. One of my friends is very interested in his coins and has more than 1500 or more different.

This is a scarab from the XVIII° Dynasty. Glazed steatit, 17 mm, 11 mm, 6 mm. Steatit (soapstone)is a soft material mostly used from the XII° to the XX° Dynasty. Scarabs made of steatit were often glazed and this can also help us for dating. The characteristic glaze of the early XVIII° Dynasty is green with a grey shade, for the later periods are the colors from green to blue. The base shows three hieroglyphs : 𓏠 : 𓆄 𓅯 the first represents a game board : mn = constant the second is the symbol for Maat : the Truth The third is a landing duck : hni = be present So we can translate : Maat is all the time here. It can also be a name, because the hieroglyph mn is often used in namen ; p.e. : in the naame Amon.

beautiful coins, if you take time, then you see a lot of details and the coins are getting more beautiful. With my Roman Republican coins, I am even counting the legs of the horses, very amusing when you see sometimes the result

A scarab from the same period. steatit,24 mm, 16 mm, 9 mm, second intermediary period, XVII° Dynasty right the hieroglyph 𓇓 left 𓆄 and 𓆗 The king is represented with the white crown of Upper Egypt, right there is a hieroglyph indicating it is the king from Upper Egypt the hierogliph is the symbol representing the title King of Upper Egypt. The two other hieroglyphs indicates that the farao is responsible for justice (Maat) and is protected by the uraeus. Between the pharao and the hieroglyphs is another sign (or two maybe ?). I suppose it is hieratic script, but I am not sure.

@Oldhoopsterno, my mother-in-law😈 @robinjojo very nice, for more information, google, egyptian mythology,the shrew.

Next one is a real Egyptian scarab, not a Hyksos-version. Steatit, 15 mm, 5 mm, 6 mmm, second intermediary period, XVI° Dynasty. The inscription is : 𓎟 𓆄 𓋹 : nb m;’.t ‘nh : neb maat ankh. The hieroglyph neb is reversed to fit better in the curve, it means Lord The second one is the ideogram for truth and the symbol for the goddess Maat The third one is the ankh, meaning live. The translation is : Lord of the Truth and of Live, a title indicating the Pharaoh, who was the link between the gods ans the world. This titla was already used in the Old Period. The signs of Maat and Ankh are often found in names. The scarab is of better quality than the inscription on the base, indicating maybe that these scarabs were fabricated in advance and that the buyer had the possibility to choose the inscription, made by another person. There is little damage because the base broke

so that's a very good reason, because it is your collection and you are interested in it. I have only one small aes formatum, 28 mm, 2.3 gr I bought it to have an example of this kind of money and because I liked it, but I know nothing of it. Where can I find some explications ? For this kind of objects it is very difficult to find scientific explication on internet (I was not spending much time on it). I have also two little bells, bought by curiosity and very cheap, but I find nothing on it on internet

Another Hyksos scarab for today because, as every collector of scarabs knows : a scarab a day keeps the doctor away😗 Faience scarab, 14 mm, 10mm, 5 mm, about 1500 BC. I had a problem to date it exactly because there the type of the head and the clypeus is not in my catalogue. This is normal because scarab were made in such quantities by so much artisans there are many differences. The whole style of the scarab is Hyksos, as the work is not so fine (maybe because the material faience) I think I have to date this scarab at the end of the Hyksos period or beginning XVIII° Dynasty = 1500 BC The base represent a design of single and double curls in oblique on a central rod, which is passing in the middle trough a quadrate and ends by a flower bud. This design had maybe a magical meaning.

@Romancollectormine had a different idea

I think you are not the first and, for sure, not the last to have this problem. For me it is a moment to show my friends the differences on a same coin ( for me Roman Republican), for this coin there are also some differences as the ankh sign o, your coin and a scepter on the new one. Because such differences, I don't consider it as a double and keep it.

two others scarabs of my collection, both of the Hyksos-period. steatit,17 mm, 12 mm, 8 mm. the scarab has many details: the first part of the clypeus is white as the body, beside the head are the eyes indicated, the separation of the elytra and the prothorax is indicated by 2 notches, on the prothorax are 2 antennas and the sides are very well marked. On the base are 7 concentric circle, joined by 2 flowerstems The second has been restaured at the head. steatit, 20 mm, 14 mm, 8 mm, restaured : head and clypeus right. On the base is a geometric pattern, assembled in an ellipse and converging in the middle in a small circle.The 2 halves are as a mirror image. Under this design is a central rod with a design from the top to the bottom and touching the middle of the outside. These geometric designs are typical for the period from Sesostris I (XII° Dynasty) to the XVIII° dynasty.

@Prieure de Sionthats fine, but very complicated because , for me, Crawford is not evident and, looking the pictures in my book, it is not clear

@jdmKY wow, beautiful, for me a simple silver coin of JC is to expansive, only because everybody wants it in his collection, but I appreciate ans I am be happy for the owners, but, the coins showed here are fantastic.