Roman Collector Posted March 15 · Patron Share Posted March 15 It's that time of year again, folks, when we joke about stabbing, show off our coins of Brutus and Julius Caesar and have a good old time! So, let's see your Ides of March coins and memes! Of course it's a repro! I'm not Clio!! 12 6 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted March 15 · Supporter Share Posted March 15 Advice for the day : STAY HOME TODAY! 14 2 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted March 15 · Supporter Share Posted March 15 Whoever placed the countermark on JC's neck had a sense of humor: Augustus with Divus Julius Caesar (27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON. Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ. Wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; uncertain c/m on neck. Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN. Bare head of Augustus right; Δ below. RPC I 1554. Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm. Former: Numismatik Naumann The D has been interpreted as either a denomination mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero (Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p. 105) follows Kraay's suggestion that the NK is an abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the coins during celebrations of the city's 50th anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans. All but two of the known specimens of this countermark occur on the coins of this first issue of Thessalonica, and the wear on the countermarks is nearly identical to that of the coins, suggesting that the countermarks could not have been applied very long after the coins entered circulation 13 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AETHER Posted March 15 · Member Share Posted March 15 And my JC coins.. 16 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salomons Cat Posted March 15 · Member Share Posted March 15 My most recent acquisition, which hasn't even arrived yet: 14 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parthicus Posted March 15 · Member Share Posted March 15 17 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted March 15 · Supporter Share Posted March 15 ....put'er there pal! ^^ 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor jdmKY Posted March 15 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 15 Happy Ides! And here’s my recently discovered hoard (any offers over $400K per coin accepted). Interesting fact - at this year’s ANS Gala there was an “EID MAR reunion” of 5 collectors who have 6 EID MARs between them. (For some reason they wouldn’t let me count my hoard above in the total!) 14 1 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientJoe Posted March 15 · Member Share Posted March 15 Happy Eid Mar Day! I store this pair of coins next to each other just to create some historical contention in my trays: Ex CNG 45, 1998, lot 1813; Ex Jean Vinchon November 20, 1992 lot 92; Ex Munzen & Medaillen Auction 52, June 19, 1975 lot 522; Munzen und Medaillen Auktion XXVIII (19-20 June 1964), lot 251; Otto Helbing 63, 1931 (Professor Prix), lot 290; Helbing Auktion (March 1928), lot 460 Ex NAC 120, lot 646; NAC 62, 2011, Markoff lot 2005; Triton IX, 2006, 1356 12 1 1 1 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor DonnaML Posted March 15 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted March 15 I think it's pretty amazing that we actually have not one but two members who own genuine Eid Mar denarii! 8 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted March 16 · Member Share Posted March 16 Perfect occasion to show off probably my favorite lot score of all time! 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 The victim: Guy who organised it: The accomplices: The weapon used (not really, but I like to think that): 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted March 16 · Patron Author Share Posted March 16 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 Amazing coins folks ! My (late) contribution Q 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted March 16 · Supporter Share Posted March 16 Here's a coin that celebrates his nephew's recovery from Parthia of the standards that had been lost ~30 years earlier by Crassus after a devastating lost against the Parthians in 53 BC. Octavian a few years before becoming emperor. Octavian Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius 19-18 BC, Rome mint, moneyer P. Petronius Turpilianus Obv: draped bust of Feronia rightTVRPILIANVS III VIR Rev: CAESAR AVGVSTVS SIGN RECE Bareheaded Parthian warrior kneeling r., holding in outstretched r. hand standard marked X and adorned with vexillum. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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