MrMonkeySwag96 Posted March 23 · Member Share Posted March 23 I bought my first medieval coin from Western Europe: The Time of the Crusades, French Feudal Counts of Angouleme 1200-1270 AD AR Denier, 18.7mm, 0.71g O: +lodoicvs, Central cross R: +egolissime, Central cross, Three amulets, One crescent. Poey d’Avant # 2663 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ela126 Posted March 24 · Member Share Posted March 24 I’ve been getting a bunch of Byzantine (and a few others in). This one isn’t rare but dang is it a nice quality piece. Got very lucky with the purchase, willing to take a risk on possible BD that was just some easily removed malachite. Justinian 1 - Follis - Year 14 - Constantinople - 22.16g - SB 163 12 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted March 24 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 24 15 minutes ago, ela126 said: I’ve been getting a bunch of Byzantine (and a few others in). This one isn’t rare but dang is it a nice quality piece. Got very lucky with the purchase, willing to take a risk on possible BD that was just some easily removed malachite. Justinian 1 - Follis - Year 14 - Constantinople - 22.16g - SB 163 High grade and a beautiful patina! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted March 24 · Supporter Share Posted March 24 This coin with an interesting portrait of Hadrian - looking almost clean shaven..."Liberalitas coin types attest to occasions when the emperor has displayed his generosity towards the people by a distribution to them, in money, provisions, or both. The first mention of Liberalitas was on coins of Hadrian. It was a type frequently repeated by the succeeding emperors. Indeed these instances of imperial generosity are more carefully recorded on coins than they are by history." -FORVM Ancient Coins: Liberalitas Hadrian, 117-138. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.66 g, 6 h), Rome, circa late 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG Obv: Laureate head of Hadrian to right. Rev: P M TR P COS III / LIBERAL AVG / III Hadrian seated left on curule chair set on platform, extending his right hand toward citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga. Ref: BMC 291. Cohen 908. RIC 308. compare 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted March 25 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 25 (edited) I picked this one up at the post office today. A "Tribute Penny" of Tiberius. Livia, of course, is featured on the reverse. I just photographed it. AR denarius 19mm 3.85 grams Leu web auction 29 24-26 Feb 2024 lot 1844 Edited March 25 by Ancient Coin Hunter 14 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted March 25 · Supporter Author Share Posted March 25 6 minutes ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said: I picked this one up at the post office today. A "Tribute Penny" of Tiberius. Livia, of course, is featured on the reverse. I just photographed it. AR denarius 19mm 3.85 grams Leu web auction 29 24-26 Feb 2024 lot 1844 That's a superb example! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted March 26 · Supporter Share Posted March 26 (edited) My latest purchase comes from N&N London. It is a follis of Justinian I struck in regnal year XIII in the city of Antioch, which would correspond to AD 539/40. This was the first year that Justinian’s post-reform folles were struck in Antioch. The year after this coin was struck, Antioch would be attacked and depopulated by Persia. When minting resumed, the mint mark would begin with a TH instead of a theta. At first I thought I had an unusual variant in the exergue’ s inscription, but now I believe the reverse is slightly double struck. This coin is huge, 40 mm in diameter, and weighs 22 grams. You can learn everything you wish to know about Antiochian folles at this website. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html Edited March 26 by Hrefn Follis not solidus 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMonkeySwag96 Posted March 26 · Member Share Posted March 26 I bought this Tribute Penny last month. I now own 11 of the 12 Caesars. I’m only missing Otho 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ela126 Posted March 26 · Member Share Posted March 26 8 hours ago, Hrefn said: My latest purchase comes from N&N London. It is a solidus of Justinian I struck in regnal year XIII in the city of Antioch, which would correspond to AD 539/40. This was the first year that Justinian’s post-reform folles were struck in Antioch. The year after this coin was struck, Antioch would be attacked and depopulated by Persia. When minting resumed, the mint mark would begin with a TH instead of a theta. At first I thought I had an unusual variant in the exergue’ s inscription, but now I believe the reverse is slightly double struck. This coin is huge, 40 mm in diameter, and weighs 22 grams. You can learn everything you wish to know about Antiochian folles at this website. http://augustuscoins.com/ed/interesting/Justinian.html Awesome piece. i've had my eye on a year 13 Antioch. i'd say the have the most pleasing front Portrait of any of Justinian's coins. Great pickup. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted March 26 · Member Share Posted March 26 Been looking for Ptolemy I tet for a long while in my price range, Ebay find.. $300 .. shall I free him? 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 26 · Member Share Posted March 26 YES!!! 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted March 26 · Member Share Posted March 26 Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, short cross type, York, moneyer Thulnoth, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX, rev. small voided cross, +DVLNOÐ ON EO:, 1.06g 17 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted March 26 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 26 (edited) Very nice Penny! Also we need to start a "free Ptolemy" campaign...I'm sure he'd feel better out of the slab Edited March 26 by Ancient Coin Hunter 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted March 28 · Member Share Posted March 28 (edited) Really happy with this latest Caesarea Cappadocia with an unlikely and rare military bust type for Elagabal: AE27mm 12.28g c. 219-20 Edited March 28 by seth77 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted March 29 · Member Share Posted March 29 (edited) Got this little guy from a TX dealer. Couldn't resist. It's off-center and worn, but how often do you come across little Athenian bronzes? Edited March 29 by JAZ Numismatics 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Anthos Posted March 29 · Member Share Posted March 29 Nice acquisition! ~ Peter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted March 30 · Member Share Posted March 30 Another batch of culls 😄. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted March 30 · Member Share Posted March 30 I love the delicate script on this coin... Nero Æ 22mm of Prymnessus, Phrygia. AD 54-68. Ti. Ioulios Proklos, magistrate. NEPΩNA KAIΣAPA ΠPYMNHΣΣEIΣ, laureate head to right / ΕΠΙ • ΤΙ • ΙΟΥΛΙΟΥ ΠΡΟΚΛΟΥ, Dikaiosyne standing facing, head to left, holding scales and grain ears. RPC I 3207; Von Aulock Phrygien II 1022-31. 6.60g, 22mm, 12h. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molag Bal Posted March 31 · Member Share Posted March 31 (edited) A late joint reign ant of Gallienus: IMP GALLIENVS AVG: Radiate and cuirassed bust right. PAX AVGG: Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter. V in left field. 5th emission of Rome. MIR 208d (10 ex), RIC 341. Edited March 31 by Molag Bal 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victrix Posted March 31 · Member Share Posted March 31 Upgraded my column 😄. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted April 1 · Member Share Posted April 1 My first Constantine follis I don't know much about follis, they are bronze Coins with a thin layer of silver, right? VID-20240328-WA0014.mp4 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAZ Numismatics Posted April 1 · Member Share Posted April 1 7 minutes ago, MrZun said: My first Constantine follis I don't know much about follis, they are bronze Coins with a thin layer of silver, right? VID-20240328-WA0014.mp4 Those Vota types are typically very well struck, and easy to find in EF grades. Sometimes it's hard to believe they're ancient coins. Great choice for a first follis! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrZun Posted April 1 · Member Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, JAZ Numismatics said: Those Vota types are typically very well struck, and easy to find in EF grades. Sometimes it's hard to believe they're ancient coins. Great choice for a first follis! Thanks! And their prices are Very good. A good choice for those beginning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted April 1 · Supporter Share Posted April 1 Gaul, Vienna. Octavian, with Divus Julius Caesar. 30 BC. Æ Dupondius (31mm, 17.46g, 12h). Obv: •IMP• above, CAESAR below, DIVI•IVLI• to left, •DIVI•F to right; Bare heads of Julius Caesar and Octavian, back-to-back. Rev: C•I• V; Prows of colliding quinquiremes at the battle of Actium. Ref: Unpublished, deserving of further research! For your collecting pleasure, PutridRatingHighPrice offers an absolutely unique and unresearched historic coin depicting ships battling during Octavian's victory at Actium over Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The coin also honors his adopted father, Julius Caesar. No other ancient coin known depicts ships ramming each other in battle. This is a truly unique item and comes with our lifetime guarantee of authenticity. This gem can be yours for not a billion USD, not 750 million USD, but for the low, low price of only $454 million USD. Shipping and insurance in the continental US for only $50 extra, or you may pick this coin up yourself in our stall in the Lekki Market in Lagos, Nigeria. Open seven days a week from 9am to 6pm. COA can be provided for another $150 USD. 5 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expat Posted April 1 · Supporter Share Posted April 1 A snack as I missed out on a coin I was after. Didn´t have a Maximianus Maximianus, AE radiate fraction. 295-299 AD. Cyzicus. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right / CONCORDIA MI-LITVM, Emperor standing right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing left and holding sceptre. KΔ in lower centre. RIC VI Cyzicus 16B. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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