galba68 Posted August 25, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 25, 2022 Overstriked coin of Gallienus, 4.2o gr, after cleaning... 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor LONGINUS Posted August 26, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 26, 2022 It’s so ugly, it’s beautiful — 😁 ! It’s fun to imagine all of the history such a coin has been through. Here’s my favorite ugly coin from my Judaean collection. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) This coin fits well in the category "Ugly, but interesting..." It shows Artemis expelling the nymph Callisto (Callisto: the most beautiful). There are three coins with Callisto on acsearch, two of them showing only the head of Callisto and this one, the only one showing Callisto together with Artemis. If you are interessted in the tragic Story of Callistio you can read it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callisto_(mythology) Artemis seated, with Callisto on the left. (fresco from Pompeii) Edited August 26, 2022 by shanxi 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted August 26, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2022 @galba68you always find interesting stuff! How long do you spend on an average search? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzus Posted August 26, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Here is a fun Double- double strike, on both sides - so it makes it kind of ugly, even though I like the Janus style of the resulting portrait! The interesting part is the fact that the reverse, also with a double strike, is a lifetime reverse which should not pair with the posthumous DIVO CLAVDIO obverse... most likely fraudulent issue. obverse #1 obverse #2, rotated by 180deg reverse, probably VIRTVS AVG Edited August 26, 2022 by Barzus 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galba68 Posted August 28, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 On 8/26/2022 at 10:38 AM, Furryfrog02 said: @galba68you always find interesting stuff! How long do you spend on an average search? Hi FF02...5-6 hours +-... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted August 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2022 3 hours ago, galba68 said: Hi FF02...5-6 hours +-... Time well spent! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted August 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2022 I know I've shown this one before, but it is what comes to mind when this subject comes up. Someday I will take a better picture! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted August 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2022 I have quite a lot of ugly-but-interesting... Caligula As, 37-41Rome. Bronze, 27mm, 10.26g. Agrippa (45-12BC) issued by Caligula (37-41) and countermarked by Claudius (41-54). Head of Agrippa, left wearing rostral crown; M AGRIPPA L F COS III. Neptune standing left holding dolphin and trident; S C; TIAV countermark (RIC I, 58). Ex James Pickering. The countermark was applied to barbarous imitations and worn coins to allow their use in provinces like Britain, where there was a coin shortage. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted August 28, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 28, 2022 Somehow, someone worked out this wild man was Constantius II. Constantius II Barbarous Fallen Horseman, 350sBronze, 15mm, 1.59g. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right with coarse features, exaggerated hairlines and long diadem ties; garbled legend. Soldier spearing fallen horseman who is wearing broad-brimmed helmet, seated half upright and reaching backwards; garbled legend and mintmark. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted August 29, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) ..kool coin G68!..ancient errors are quite collectable 🙂 .i have a overstrike that was done purposely at a later period of history.. al-Nasir Nasir al-Din Muhammad, 3rd reign, 1310-1341. AR Dirham. Levon IV. 1320-1342. AR Takvorin. Sis mint. Edited August 29, 2022 by ominus1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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