Why I need this coin?

[Robi]

Can someone explain to me why I need🤔 the popular coin of Seleucus I in such poor condition? 😜

23 mm, 12,05 g.

Edited December 16, 2024 by Robi

[Phil Anthos]

Nope.

[Ryro]

You like big Seleukids?

[JAZ Numismatics]

Same reason alcoholics drink - because they're alcoholics. Our version is coinaholism, or maybe numisholism?

[Robi]

@Ryro yes I like a big bronze of Seleucid.

@JAZ Numismatics I tink it is Numismaholism 😄 - yes, I suffer from this condition

But the reason lies somewhere deeper...

[ominus1]

...same reason a man climbs a mountain....because its there....:P

[Robi]

After some cleaning from artifitial "patina".

[JAZ Numismatics]

26 minutes ago, Robi said:

After some cleaning from artifitial "patina".

That's so much better. I'd rather a coin with rough surfaces than an applied patina.

[ACCLA-Mike]

How did you remove the applied "patina"? 

[panzerman]

7 hours ago, JAZ Numismatics said:

Same reason alcoholics drink - because they're alcoholics. Our version is coinaholism, or maybe numisholism?

There is a BIG difference though! the first is bad for your health/ the second is good/ makes you happy=good health.

[JAZ Numismatics]

2 hours ago, panzerman said:

There is a BIG difference though! the first is bad for your health/ the second is good/ makes you happy=good health.

Yeah well, that deoends on how much of your grocery budget you spend on coins. 😛

Edited December 17, 2024 by JAZ Numismatics

[Robi]

2 hours ago, ACCLA-Mike said:

How did you remove the applied "patina"? 

there are usually two layers of artificial patina: colored and black underneath - warm water, a toothbrush, and then, if necessary, gently rubbing with the harder side of a dishwashing sponge.

-or soaking it in coca-cola😉 for 48 hours and then brushing it with soap

 

[Phil Anthos]

12 hours ago, JAZ Numismatics said:

Same reason alcoholics drink - because they're alcoholics. Our version is coinaholism, or maybe numisholism?

"I'm not an alcoholic, I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings."

I'm not a numismatist, I'm a collector. Numismatists go to bourses.

[JAZ Numismatics]

17 minutes ago, Phil Anthos said:

"I'm not an alcoholic, I'm a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings."

I'm not a numismatist, I'm a collector. Numismatists go to bourses.

I think numismatists go to libraries and collectors go to bourses.

[Robi]

Thanks All for your comments! 🙂

Time to reveal my motives for purchasing this coin. Well, I was almost fooled that it was a coin of Seleucus I, but I was intrigued by the two visible letters to the left of Athena: *AN*. I checked and it turned out that it is a coin of Antiochus I Soteros, SC 381 with similar iconography (it differs in the legend, the position of the shield and the symbol under the shield. But it is much rarer than the coins of Seleucus (especially the quadruple denomination) - I did not find any auction quotes. So in such In this case, the condition is not important to me (who knows when I will be able to buy another one).

Greetings!

Robert

[lim]

Anyway, this is no longer a collector's item. No matter how rare the coin is.

[shanxi]

There are three examples on Seleucid online:

https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.381

 

 

[Robi]

1 hour ago, lim said:

Anyway, this is no longer a collector's item. No matter how rare the coin is.

Anyway I'm not a collector, just a nimismatist 😉

[ACCLA-Mike]

16 hours ago, Robi said:

there are usually two layers of artificial patina: colored and black underneath - warm water, a toothbrush, and then, if necessary, gently rubbing with the harder side of a dishwashing sponge.

-or soaking it in coca-cola😉 for 48 hours and then brushing it with soap

 

Thank you for the tips.