Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 18 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 18 Here's a rough Arab-Byzantine fals, which I am still researching. This coin is the "standing emperor" type, but instead of the usual globus cruciger held by the emperor's left hand, there is instead a bird, presumably a hawk. The bird is a little hard to see, but its outlines are apparent. The reverse has a small crescent below the M. Arab-Byzantine, AE fals, Imitating Constans II, late 7th century AD. 3.40 grams 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molag Bal Posted February 18 · Member Share Posted February 18 I won this yesterday making it my new latest coin! I'm very pleased to pick up an example of one of the rarer reverse types for Gallienus from Antioch. In my ACsearching I only found only one of the type properly listed in the past but with a left facing bust. The day of the auction this coin was at a 37 euro pre-bid so I steeled myself for a fight at the live session. When it came up I bid once to 38 and thankfully that was all it took. 😃 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singig Posted February 20 · Member Share Posted February 20 In the last period I bought many Probus, Aurelian and Gallienus coins, I would say that these are my favorite coinages from that period. I will try to present them in the next weeks as I identify and photograph them, I will group them in several sets. Probus AE Antoninianus. Ticinum mint, 277 AD. RIC 388 VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust left holding spear and shield / IOVI CONSERVAT, emperor standing right holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter standing left, VXXT below. Probus AE Antoninianus. Rome. RIC 184,E IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate, mantled bust left holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ROMAE AETER, hexastyle temple with Roma seated within, holding Victory and sceptre. Mintmark R thunderbolt epsilon. RIC V-2 Rome 184 var (unlisted officina). 21 mm / 4.5 g Probus. Antoninianus. Ticinum. RIC 489 IMP C PROBVS PF AVG, radiate bust left wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing left, holding globe and sceptre. Left field: Q. Mintmark SXXI. Probus Silvered AE Antoninianus. Rome mint.RIC 200 IMP PROBVS PF AVG, radiate mantled bust left holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol, radiate, in chariot riding left, raising right hand and holding globe and whip in left hand. Mintmark R(wreath)Γ. Probus AE Antoninianus. Siscia mint, 277-282 AD. RIC 818, S IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Probus on horseback galloping left riding down enemy. Mintmark XXIS. Cohen 931. Probus. AE Antoninianus. Cyzicus. RIC 913 var IMP CM AVR PROBVS PF AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder and shield, decorated with emperor spearing fallen enemy, on left arm / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Emperor riding left, holding sceptre, right hand raised, captive before. Mintmark CXXIM. 24 mm / 3.7 g 15 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 20 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 20 (edited) Here's another Alexandrian Roman provincial BI tetradrachm, part of my piecemeal effort collecting this extensive series. This somewhat rough coin came from the UAE, which many of you probably know just based on the country of origin. He has some pretty decent buys from time to time. Nero with Tiberius, 54-68 AD, BI tetradrachm, Alexandria, Year 13 = 66/7. RPC I 5295 12.98 grams This is the second coin of this type that I own. I purchased it mainly because of the different style portrait of Nero. Here's the other coin: 12.54 grams Edited February 20 by robinjojo 19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 20 · Member Share Posted February 20 I agree, the second Nero is particularly nice for these. I prefer the first Tiberius though. ~ Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted February 20 · Member Share Posted February 20 The duality of a crisis coin. Crisp obverse die and a completely battered reverse. Hard to pass Gordian III and Trajan decius coins when they're so cheap in high grade 🙃. 16 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 20 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 20 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Victrix said: The duality of a crisis coin. Crisp obverse die and a completely battered reverse. Hard to pass Gordian III and Trajan decius coins when they're so cheap in high grade 🙃. Nice coin! The reverse looks as if it was struck with a worn die. Edited February 21 by robinjojo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted February 20 · Member Share Posted February 20 6 minutes ago, robinjojo said: Nice coin! The revers looks as if it was struck with a worn die. Indeed this seems to be the case with most emperors after Gordian III. Also a quite ironic reverse since he's the first emperor to die in Battle 😛. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted February 21 · Supporter Share Posted February 21 Was able to check two emperors off the list today with the arrival of this Byzantine follis. Constantine IV and his younger brother, Tiberius, now grace the halls of my Byzantine emperors. Constans II 641-668 AD AE Follis, 21mm, 4.43g Syracuse Obverse: No legend, Constans with long beard, on left, left hand on hip, crowned and in military dress, holding long cross, and Constantine IV, unbearded and crowned, on right, holding holding cross on globe Reverse: Large M, with Heraclius, crowned, wearing chlamys, standing on the left, holding cross on globe, and Tiberius, crowned, wearing chlamys, standing on the right, holding cross on globe. TKw monogram above Mintmark SCL 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 I got myself an Antoninianus of good silver with a sharp portrait of Valerian and a decent depiction of Jupiter: Roman Empire, Valerian 253-260, Base Silver Antoninianus 2.81g, 20mm Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian right. "IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG" Jupiter standing, head left, holding a thunderbolt and scepter. "IOVI CONSERVATORI" RSC 94 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_spork Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 This isn't my absolute latest but it's part of my backlog I've been meaning to share for a bit. An interesting aes rude with crescent and cross stamps. The meaning of these stamps is not really clear but there are some documented finds around Etruria and later aes grave with similar symbols. Italy, Æ Aes Rude(19.64g), before 4th century B.C.. Irregular cast lump with u(crescent?) and +(star of 4 rays?), mark of value. Cf Vecchi ICC 2.2 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 Celtic Leuci tribe, 100-50 BC 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveDamien Posted February 21 · Member Share Posted February 21 Purchased from Harlan Berk Chicago Trajan; 98-117 AD, Rome, c. 114 AD, Dupondius, 10.05g. Woytek-459b (4 spec.). Obv: COS VI legend; Bust radiate r., with fold of cloak on front shoulder and behind neck. Rx: SPQR OPTIMO [PRINC]IPI around, S - C across field, Mars advancing r. holding spear and trophy over shoulder. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 21 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 21 (edited) Here are four coins purchased at the recent coin show in San Jose. The group consists of three Sasanian drachms of Kurshow II (very common), and a nice follis of Tiberius II Constantine. The follis came from Kenneth W. Dorney. I am still doing some research on the Kurshow II drachms (mint, date, etc.). The Tiberius II Constantine follis is RY 6 (580/1 AD), Constantinople, officina A. The coin weighs 14.73 grams. Edited February 21 by robinjojo 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted February 21 · Supporter Share Posted February 21 (edited) I bid in the recent NBS auction for a coin I've been looking to add to my collection. Unfortunately, I didn't win it...but I did win some awesome consolation prizes 🙂 I am surprised at how quickly they arrived - 10 days from auction to my mailbox, especially considering I am still waiting on a coin from Prague that I won off ebay a month ago. Here are the first 2, both barbarous imitatives: Barbarous Imitative AE3, 18mm, 3.2g Siscia Imitative Type Obverse: VVPOVP-VPOVVVOVHPV, High-crested helmet, three vertical pellets in crossbar, crescents on helmet fields, cuirassed bust right Reverse: POVDP-VOV-OPVBHP, Two Victories standing, facing each other and holding a shield inscribed IVB / OO / OIO on altar with X and pellets in the diagonals pattern OAP(?)AO (?) in exergue ex: NBS Web Auction 22, Lot 270 Comment: This one seems to be a match from beastcoins Here is the 2nd. The engraver certainly tried their best to make the legend but they were clearly not literate... Barbarous Imitative AE3, 17mm, 2.8g Siscia Imitative Type Obverse: IMCOSMNTN(___)TAVC, Crested helmet, cuirassed bust right Reverse: (__)TNMDOM, Two Victories standing, facing each other and holding a shield inscribed IOT/ III on altar with X and pellets in the diagonals pattern dot SIS dot Note: All S's are retrograde ex: NBS Web Auction 22, Lot 269 Thanks @catadc for trying to help me get the coin I was after. Maybe next time! And I hope to see your wins soon! 🙂 Edited February 21 by Furryfrog02 shoutout 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singig Posted February 23 · Member Share Posted February 23 (edited) To be honest, I didn't know which emperor I bought, I only suspected that it's from the period of Decius. It took me a while to identify it :) now I am happy to introduce you my latest provincial coin : Province: Galatia-Pontus , Region: Pontus , City: Neocaesarea Trebonianus Gallus (Augustus) , AD 251/2 , RPC IX, 1239 ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΓΑΛΛΟϹ ϹΕΒΑ (Imperator Caesar Gallus Augustus) laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gallus, right, seen from rear ΚΟΙ ΠΟΝΤ ΜΗΤ ΝΕΟΚΑΙϹΑΡΕΙΑϹ, ΕΤ/Ο, ΡΠ/Η (Year ΡΠΗ = 188)Tyche standing facing, head right, holding long rudder and cornucopia 30 mm/ 15 g Edited February 23 by singig 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted February 23 · Member Share Posted February 23 20 years ago these were very popular, now not so much, there are just a couple showing on the forums: 8 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted February 23 · Supporter Share Posted February 23 55 minutes ago, seth77 said: 20 years ago these were very popular, now not so much, there are just a couple showing on the forums: I absolutely LOVE it. I wish I could find one like yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted February 23 · Supporter Share Posted February 23 Here are the other 3 wins from the NBS Auction. I was super excited to win both a enthroned follis and half-follis of Justinian I from Antioch for a VERY reasonable price. I bid on the other coin just because I liked the funny looking face. 😛 Justinian I Follis Antioch 529-533 AD Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, Justinian seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and cross on globe Reverse: Large M, star left, cross above, crescent right, officina letter A below, mintmark +THEVP Justinian I Half-Follis Antioch 529-533 AD Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, Justinian seated facing, holding cross on globe and long sceptre Reverse: Large K, long cross to left with T/H/E/U/O/P in the four angles, officina letter Γ below Zengids of Mosul Badr al Din Lu'lu 1234-1259 AD AE25, Dirhem Mosul Obverse: Diademed head in profile facing left, hair in ringlets,eight-pointed star in bottom left corner, in beaded square. Margin at 3:00: duriba bi’l-maw, at 12:00 sil sana, at 9:00: ahad wa thalathin, at 6:00: wa sittmi’a “struck in al-Mawsil the year one and thirty and six hundred” Reverse: 4-line legend in center: in Naskh script al-imam / al-mustansir / billah amir /al-mu’minin “the Imam, al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful" Margin: badr al-dunya wa’l-din lu‘lu‘ al-malik al-kamil al-malik al-ashraf “Resplendent Moon of the World and the Faith, Lu‘lu‘, the Perfect King, the Honoured King” 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted February 23 · Member Share Posted February 23 I just wish I could find a description. ~ Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted February 23 · Member Share Posted February 23 Been looking for an example I could afford, but they don't seem to come up to often..until today. Dealer photo and description.. VESPASIAN AR silver denarius. Judaea (Judea) Capta. IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head right. Reverse - Captive Jewess seated right, hands tied before, trophy of captured arms behind, IVDAEA in exergue. 17mm, 3.0g. RCV 2296. One of the more highly sought after Roman Imperial denarii, due to its historical significance, celebrating the 'Judea Capta' in 69 AD. This issue is often struck on quite small flans 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted February 24 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted February 24 (edited) 2 hours ago, Furryfrog02 said: Here are the other 3 wins from the NBS Auction. I was super excited to win both a enthroned follis and half-follis of Justinian I from Antioch for a VERY reasonable price. I bid on the other coin just because I liked the funny looking face. 😛 Justinian I Follis Antioch 529-533 AD Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, Justinian seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and cross on globe Reverse: Large M, star left, cross above, crescent right, officina letter A below, mintmark +THEVP Justinian I Half-Follis Antioch 529-533 AD Obverse: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG, Justinian seated facing, holding cross on globe and long sceptre Reverse: Large K, long cross to left with T/H/E/U/O/P in the four angles, officina letter Γ below Zengids of Mosul Badr al Din Lu'lu 1234-1259 AD AE25, Dirhem Mosul Obverse: Diademed head in profile facing left, hair in ringlets,eight-pointed star in bottom left corner, in beaded square. Margin at 3:00: duriba bi’l-maw, at 12:00 sil sana, at 9:00: ahad wa thalathin, at 6:00: wa sittmi’a “struck in al-Mawsil the year one and thirty and six hundred” Reverse: 4-line legend in center: in Naskh script al-imam / al-mustansir / billah amir /al-mu’minin “the Imam, al-Mustansir billah, Commander of the Faithful" Margin: badr al-dunya wa’l-din lu‘lu‘ al-malik al-kamil al-malik al-ashraf “Resplendent Moon of the World and the Faith, Lu‘lu‘, the Perfect King, the Honoured King” Very nice purchases! The seated folles of Justinian I are scarce compared to his portrait types. Here's a dirhem of Badr al Din Lu'lu that came out of Roma E-Sale 116, lot 1603. This was a former coin sold by Steve Album back in 2013, Auction 17. I'm using the Roma photo - I'll take my own soon, I hope. For a few years now I've focused on the Islamic portraiture coinage. I find the combination of Islamic and western influences, as well as the symbolisms, fascinating. Lu'lu'ids, Badr al-Din Lu'lu Æ Dirham. al-Mawsil mint, AH 631 = AD 1233/4. Diademed head to left; star below chin, all within square border; mint and date in margins / Legend citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir, Lu'lu, and the Ayyubid overlords al-Kamil and al-Ashraf in four lines and around. Album 1874.1; S&S Type 68. 8.14g, 24mm, 3h. Edited February 24 by robinjojo 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted February 24 · Supporter Share Posted February 24 Just now, robinjojo said: Very nice purchases! The seated folles of Justinian I are scarce compared to his portrait types. Here's a dirhem of Badr al Din Lu'lu that came out of Roma E-Sale 116, lot 1603. This was a former coin sold by Steve Album back in 2013, Auction 17. I'm using their photo - I'll take my own soon, I hope. For a few years now I've focused on the Islamic portraiture coinage. I find the combination of Islamic and western influences, as well as the symbolisms, fascinating. Lu'lu'ids, Badr al-Din Lu'lu Æ Dirham. al-Mawsil mint, AH 631 = AD 1233/4. Diademed head to left; star below chin, all within square border; mint and date in margins / Legend citing the Abbasid Caliph al-Mustansir, Lu'lu, and the Ayyubid overlords al-Kamil and al-Ashraf in four lines and around. Album 1874.1; S&S Type 68. 8.14g, 24mm, 3h. That is a great example! I am well aware of how scarce the seated Justinian I coins are compared to the others. I have a couple of the portrait coins which led me to wanting a seated coin. I've been looking for quite some time. Would you believe that the follis and half-follis were a whopping 21 Euros total? I couldn't believe my luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted February 24 · Member Share Posted February 24 10 hours ago, Furryfrog02 said: I absolutely LOVE it. I wish I could find one like yours. Thank you, this is an unexpectedly good pic. 10 hours ago, Phil Anthos said: I just wish I could find a description. ~ Peter It's a Stobi for Caracalla sole reign. I have a book by a Bulgarian numismatist about Stobi, if anyone wants it let me know. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted February 24 · Patron Share Posted February 24 On 2/18/2024 at 12:19 PM, shanxi said: Two new Faustina II denarii, both with Concordia seated, both with all around legend, but long and short legend. Faustina II AR-Denar, Rome Obv.: FAVSTINA AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right (unbroken legend) Rev.: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left holding flower, resting elbow on cornucopia, which is by her chair; under chair globe. Ag, 17mm, 3.60g Ref.: RIC III 502a3var., CRE 167 var. Faustina II AR-Denar, Rome Obv.: : FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, draped bust right Rev.: CONCORDIA, Concordia seated left holding flower, resting elbow on cornucopia, which is by her chair; under chair globe. Ag, 16,5 x 19,5 mm, 3.4g Ref.: RIC III 502a6 (long legend variation) var., CRE 169 var Coingratulations!! While the ANTONINI legend is not hard to find with Concordia standing, it's quite scarce on the Concordia seated issue. I looked for a few years before I was able to acquire one for my collection. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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