panzerman Posted December 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 26, 2023 1/ Western Roman Empire AV Solidus ND/ Rome Mint Libius Severus III 461-65 Oslo Myntgalleri 37 II/ Imperial Rome AV Aureus ND (255-57) Rome Mint Gallienus (Joint Reign with Dad/ Valerian I) 253-60 R-5 (Unique) Calico Plate Coin Teutonburger Auction III/ Eastern Roman Empire AV Tremissis ND (408-20) Constantinople Mint Theodosius II 402-50 Acquired Kornblum/ MA-shops IV/ Eastern Roman Empire AV Semissis ND (466) Constantinople Mint Leo I 457-75 Campostella Coll. Roma XXIX V/ Western Roman Empire AV Tremissis ND (439) Constantinople Mint Valentinian III 425-55 VI/ Imperial Rome AV Aureus ND (250) Rome Mint Trajan Decius 249-51 Roma XXVIII VII/ Byzantium AV Hyperpyron ND Constantinople Mint Alexius I Comnenus 1092-1118 Roma XXVII VII/ Western Roman Empire AV Solidus ND 351-2 Aquileia Mint Magnentius 350-53 GIN/ MA-shops ex: Barry Feirstein Coll. NAC 2007 IX/ Byzantium AV Solidus ND Constantinople Mint Nomos X/ Imperial Rome AR Denarius ND (257/8) Colonia Agrippensis Mint Valerian II Leo III "the Isaurian"/ Constantine V 717-41 20 13 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted December 26, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 26, 2023 Great coins! I think my favorite is the beautiful Gallienus aureus. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 26, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 Thank you Donna😊 I agree with your pick / story is a bit strange. Teutonburger always send me letter after auction/ to have a look at their "unsolds". I have bought a lots of unsolds in past ten years/ but never anything from their auctions. Lucky for me that I did/ since that aureus grabbed my attention. It was offered at starting bid 7200e + fees/ also it was VZ-ST (EF-MS) Unikum 1 known. Took me split second to hit 'buy" button. Unique aurei in that quality are hard to find/ but for that price/ even more astounding. Bargains are rare but possible/ even today. Still wish I could go back in time to 1971/ snatch that AV 10 scudi Carmagnola🙄 John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Nomos Posted December 26, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 26, 2023 Almost impossible to pick a favourite from that lot, they are all amazing! If pressed though, would choose the Gallienus aureus and the Magnentius solidus (because I like the design and I also have a coin from the Barry Feirstein collection). Congratulations once again on your beautiful collection. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 27, 2023 Splendid! My one tiny suggestion would be to pair up the pictures with the text. I knew who these guys were, but not some of the Greek coins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shea19 Posted December 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2023 Wow! Excellent stuff as usual. The Decius and Magnentius are my favorites, but all of these are beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 9 hours ago, Di Nomos said: Almost impossible to pick a favourite from that lot, they are all amazing! If pressed though, would choose the Gallienus aureus and the Magnentius solidus (because I like the design and I also have a coin from the Barry Feirstein collection). Congratulations once again on your beautiful collection. Thank you Di Nomos! Hate to admit this/ but before getting the coin/ I had never heard of Barry Feirstein/ do now! Probably no many ever heard of me....but then I am not a famous collector, but I do have many coins in my collection that once were in famous collections😏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said: Splendid! My one tiny suggestion would be to pair up the pictures with the text. I knew who these guys were, but not some of the Greek coins. Thanks for pointing that out, its very important to line up photos in proper sequence with descriptions, and nice commentary. I was fortunate to acquire some nice stuff/ esp. the Gallienus aureus from "unsold" buy now list! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Shea19 said: Wow! Excellent stuff as usual. The Decius and Magnentius are my favorites, but all of these are beautiful. Thank you! I have been getting some really good buys on MA-shops site. The AV Tremissis from Theodosius II are common/ but FDC ones are tough to get/ Kornblum (MA-shops) had a really exceptional example. Missed out on XXIX Roma /Arcadius Tremissis/ John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singig Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 27, 2023 Galienus and Decius aureii are my favorites coins . Congratulations ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted December 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2023 Yes @panzerman, this is what I'm talking about! The Gallineus aureus is my favorite, great coin! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 7 hours ago, Limes said: Yes @panzerman, this is what I'm talking about! The Gallineus aureus is my favorite, great coin! Thanks Limes! At a great price too! Imagine that same coin in upcoming CNG/ Triton event/ it would not have remained unsold. Less well known auctions give ordinary collectors like me a chance at competing with the more affluent elite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 27, 2023 Wow 😮! John, these additions add more beef to the stelar year you've had 🤩. My favorites are the Gallienus aureus, the Trajan Decius aureus, & the Libius Severus solidus 😍. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 Thank so much Al! This year was truly eventfull. In May/ June I had to cope with the bad air due to smoke from forest fires. Then got hammered by a hail downpour in July/ size of golf balls/ head looked like I had been scalped. Then got caught close proximity to F-1 tornado touchdown in August. Thankfully the autumn was uneventfull. Guess doing yardwork can be hazardous. However, the long tediious hours for 8 months reaped in a harvest of nice coins😉 I always made it a point to allocate 30 mins. @ day to checkout upcoming auctions for nice coins/ put down proxybids. I ended up adding 100+ coins/ a record for me! from all 27 centuries of coin making. I am now making precise data labels/ rearranging them in albums to historical eras. I also make stick on labels for slabbed stuff/ data is always lacking detail! 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted December 27, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 27, 2023 Going through that album would make me feel like a kid in a candy store (or a grown up collector of ancient coins going through a map full of fantastic coins 😂) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multatuli Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 27, 2023 Very difficult to choose the best, but for the style I would pick the Magnentius end for its rarity, the Libius Severus. Wonderful yellow ones, as always!👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 27, 2023 Another topic giving me headaches. Congratulations! I like the most the artistry on Magnentius. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 4 hours ago, Limes said: Going through that album would make me feel like a kid in a candy store (or a grown up collector of ancient coins going through a map full of fantastic coins 😂) I used to have everything mixed up/ 18th century stuff with electrum coinage/ throw in Kushan/ Byzantine/ Indian just a mess! Now its at least organized. The slabbed stuff (400+) takes up a lot of space (20 NGC/ PGGS boxes filled) Luckily my Grande Light house album hold 40 pages/ so 800 coins=heavy album.🙃but a compact space/ imagine 800 extra slabs! Plus coins are nicer to look at with album/ and well protected. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 27, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 27, 2023 3 hours ago, ambr0zie said: Another topic giving me headaches. Congratulations! I like the most the artistry on Magnentius. Thanks ambr0zie! Recently a Treveri Mint AV Solidus Decentius sold for 110K euros! Sons coins are $$$$$ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 28, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Multatuli said: Very difficult to choose the best, but for the style I would pick the Magnentius end for its rarity, the Libius Severus. Wonderful yellow ones, as always!👍 Thank you! Multatuli! John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted December 28, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 28, 2023 Gallienus and Magnentius are the ones I like the most, plus the Libius Severus for it's so rare !!! Q 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 28, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Qcumbor said: Gallienus and Magnentius are the ones I like the most, plus the Libius Severus for it's so rare !!! Q Thanks "Q"! Its so different with our "ancients" compared with "US" coinage. Most of the ancient types we have in our collections would be unaffordable when compared with US coins rarity levels. A 1931 Double Eagle (125exs) slabbed/ most MS/ unknown numbers raw. These go for $120K+++++ Many ancients/ less then 10 exs. known sell for fraction of that price. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonW Posted December 28, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 28, 2023 What a great list of coins! My favorite is your Gallienus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panzerman Posted December 28, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 Thanks Simon, I am really happy that Teutonburger had me on their e-mail list. Since I never looked at their auction lots. I was shocked such a rare coin remained unsold/ since opening bid was very low. The consignee would have gotten better result with Leu/ CNG/ Ars Classica..... John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted December 28, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 28, 2023 Another golden run for 2023! Wonderful coins, and again picking one is difficult for me. The Gallienus aureus is indeed very nice. I like the Magnentius solidus, especially the reverse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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