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  1. Ryro
    Ryro

    OTD: In 86 CE Mr. Perfect is born...but does anybody really care about Antoninus Pius?

    This is one fella whom I keep telling myself I will upgrade my denarius of his but don't. Partly due to the fact that I like the ghostly almost spooky portrait. Also, because it's just boring old AP.

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    Antoninus Pius

    (138-161 AD). AR Denarius (18 mm, 3.39 g), Roma (Rome), 153-154 AD.
    Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, laureate head right.
    Rev. COS IIII, Vesta standing holding simpulum and Palladium.
    RIC III, 229b.
    Nicely toned

    The guy didn't kill his own mother, skipped out on sleeping with his sisters, never killed his son for false accusations of sleeping with his wife, if he played the fiddle we never had to hear about it, heck, he was even known as a completely devoted and loving husband despite the salacious rumors of his wife Faustina out prostituting a prostitute!
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    Diva Faustina Senior
    wife of Antoninus Pius (141 BCE). Silver denarius (3.69 gm). Ca....
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  2. Curtisimo
    Curtisimo

    Hadrian: Benefactor of Africa

    I was very excited to add this “travel series” coin of Hadrian to my Nerva-Anotonine collection in silver that I have been working on the last couple of years. Of the travel themed coins of Hadrian I have always preferred the types that show the province being referenced as a lone personification with the name as the legend.

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    Roman Empire
    Hadrian (AD 117 – 138)
    AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 134 – 138
    Dia.: 17 mm
    Wt.: 2.98 g
    Obv.: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP; Laureate head right
    Rev.: AFRICA; Africa with elephant headdress reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of grain at feet
    Ex L. Rose Collection


    Hadrian’s accomplishments in Africa
    Hadrian’s travel series coins were struck all together near the end of his reign while he was living in Tivoli at his magnificent villa there. The coins are probably meant to reference the accomplishments he made during his...
    Curtisimo Sep 21, 2019 Read More Replies: 18
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  3. johnmilton
    johnmilton

    Claudius and Agrippina, a not so happy couple

    If ever there was a surprise Roman emperor, perhaps it was Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 AD. He may have been born with a birth defect, or he have suffered from cerebral palsy. Whatever his problems were, it left him with “an uncouthness” that left him a family outcast. Some probably viewed him as mentally challenged, but that was clearly not the case.

    Perhaps to compensate for the snubbing, he became an accomplished scholar. He wrote 20 books on Etruscan history, eight books on Carthaginian history and eight autobiographical memoirs. Unfortunately, all of these works have been lost, but it is clear that his mind was sharp and clear.

    After the insane emperor, Caligula, was murdered, the praetorian guard chose Claudius as emperor. Although there were some plots to remove him, Claudius held on to power by establishing his hold on the army and taking Britain as a new colony, perhaps as a diversion. He named his son Britannicus in honor of that addition to the empire.

    Although...
    johnmilton Sep 17, 2019 Read More Replies: 9
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  4. Jochen1
    Jochen1

    The white sow of Lavinium

    Dear Friends of ancient mythology!

    Here I have a Republican coin I want to present together with its mythological background. It is one of my most beautiful Republican coins and I'm a bit proud to have it in my collection.

    The Coin:
    It is a denarius of the mintmaster C. Sulpicius C. f. Gala of the gens Sulpicia.
    AR - denarius, 20mm, 3.67g
    Rome, 106 BC
    Obv.: Conjugate heads of the Di Penates, laureate, l.
    D.P.P. before (abbreviation of Di Penates Publici)
    Rev.: Two male figures standing vis-a-vis, both holding spears, the right one points
    with r. hand to a sow, laying between them to left.
    above N (control mark)
    in ex. C.SVLPICI.C.F
    Ref.: Crawford 312/1; Sydenham 572; Sulpicia 1
    rare, EF
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    The scene of the rev. is often called an oath scene. But the depiction of a Fetial sacrifice at an oath scene is not much likely because the victim animal was always killed with a silex sacrum (a sacrificing key made of stone), and this is not seen here....
    Jochen1 Sep 17, 2019 Read More Replies: 6
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  5. 1934 Wreath Crown
    1934 Wreath Crown

    Akragas Tetradrachm.....Not Quite the Holy Grail of Ancients but.....

    I’m not a knowledgeable ancients collector as many on this site already know but from time to time I cross over to the dark side and I think I was just lucky today. My intended bid was outbid by a lonnngg way and then I checked.....I had inadvertently added another digit to my bid amount making it a 6 figure sum....stupid...YES!!!


    I'm so grateful all the other bidders had their wits about them and had not put in ridiculously high bids otherwise I'd certainly be in a spot of bother. My excuse was that it was 6AM here and unfortunately due to a minor crisis, I had only managed to get 3 hours sleep at night :yawn::yawn:. End result.....I got the coin.....

    I had done some brief research prior to bidding, of course, and I'm aware these coins are highly sought after, not found easily or plentiful. So if I have to sell some bullion or even some lesser tetradrachms or denarii, I think this is something worth keeping for many years.

    I realise it is not the famed decadrachm but I found...
    1934 Wreath Crown Sep 16, 2019 Read More Replies: 36
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  6. Curtisimo
    Curtisimo

    Historic Collections Thread: Dr. Walter Neussel Collection

    Introduction

    We often say on the forum that we are just temporary custodians of our collections and that someday we will pass them along to future generations of collectors. Many of the coins in our collections, however, have already spent many decades (or more!) in the collections of the past. Sometimes we know nothing of the history of our coins and sometimes we have little more than a name of a past collection from sale listings or old tags. Since it can often be hard to find information on these previous collections and collectors I thought I would start a series of threads that highlight some of my own research as I make progress toward learning more about the old collections that some of my coins once resided in.

    In this thread I would like to highlight the Dr. Walter Neussel Collection.

    ……………………​

    Dr. Walter Neussel Collection

    My notes on the...
    Curtisimo Sep 18, 2019 Read More Replies: 18
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  7. hotwheelsearl
    hotwheelsearl

    REPORT: Ancient Coins at the Getty Villa

    I went to the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA the other day and was amazed at their incredible collection of very nice, very valuable, very old gold and silver coins. Here are some of my favorites!
    (apologies that some pics are blurry, I didn't review each photo after taking)

    Athenian Owl Tetradrachm
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    (forgot attribution) Sea Turtle IMG_E0623.JPG

    (forgot) Goat IMG_E0624.JPG

    Opontion Soldier tet? IMG_E0625.JPG

    (forgot) tet? IMG_E0627.JPG

    (forgot) Lyre tet? IMG_E0628.JPG

    Aureus with bust of Sibyl by L. Cestius and C. Norbanus.
    Rome Mint, 43 BC
    Has a very neat "collector's mark" of the Este family to left of portrait.
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    Medallion of Tetrarchs (no denomination)
    Augusta Treverorum (Trier) AD 293-294 IMG_E0687.JPG
    hotwheelsearl Sep 15, 2019 Read More Replies: 25
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  8. Marsyas Mike
    Marsyas Mike

    My first Islamic (Umayyad) Byzantine Imitation (I think)

    I got this by accident in an eBay lot and had a hard time attributing it. I thought it was Constans II or something from Heraclius. Apparently this is an Islamic imitation of a Byzantine follis - I found a couple of others online in auction records (see my attribution notes below).

    Interestingly, they both had the same fake Byzantine reign-date, although mine is out of order compared to the two I found in auctions. I enhanced some of the details, since my specimen is pretty cruddy. That loopy thing around the emperor seems to be a characteristic of these Umayyad imitations - I've never really seen that on a Byzantine coin, although many of you out there have a lot more experience than I do at this sort of thing.

    Any corrections would be welcome. And please share any of this sort of thing you might have.

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    Umayyad Caliphate Æ Fals
    Mu'awiya I ibn Abi Sufyan
    (c. 660s - 680 A.D.)
    Dimashq (Damascus) Mint

    Standing imperial figure, with...
    Marsyas Mike Sep 13, 2019 Read More Replies: 8
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  9. johnmilton
    johnmilton

    Morgan Dollars and Capital Plastics Holders

    Before there were slabs, there were Capital Plastics holders. They provided excellent protection for the coin. There were open stock items and custom made holders. The custom holders could be ordered with specific sizes for the openings and custom lettering. I used to have custom made holders all of my top coins.

    Here are a couple of "open stock" holders for Morgan dollars. The first was for the varieties of 1878. It in interesting to note that the 1878, Reverse of '79 dollar was included in this set.

    1878 Morgan Dollars O.jpg 1878 Morgan Dollars R.jpg

    Here is the 1878, Reverse of 1879 dollar, which should have been included in this set.

    1878 Dol Rev 79 R.jpg 1878 Dol Rev 79 O.jpg

    Here is an "All Mints" collection. An extra spot was added to show the obverse.

    All Mints Morgan Dollars O.jpg All Mints Morgan Dollars R.jpg

    I have never been a big Morgan Dollar collector. I have a Proof for my type set, these two sets and that's it. These sets provde a bit...
    johnmilton Sep 14, 2019 Read More Replies: 7
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  10. FitzNigel
    FitzNigel

    Used and Abused: Coins and the Vikings

    The role of medieval Scandinavia in international trade has become more clear in recent decades through archaeological studies, in addition to examining numismatics. In early Scandinavian History, coins would be used primarily as bullion, and payments made through weight rather than the number of coins. This is clear due to the number of Viking hoards that have been found containing silver coins along with other precious metals folded and mutilated. In the early Middle Ages, large numbers of Abbasid Dirhams have been found in Scandinavian hoards. There have been some records of contact between Muslims and Scandinavians, particularly the account of Ibn Fadlan who spent some time with a people called the Rus (the fore-bearers to the Russians, which some believe to be Scandinavian, but could possibly be Slavs). Ibn Fadlan describes many aspects of the Rus’ lives, most famously the burial ritual surrounding one of their chieftains. In addition, he describes the women of the Rus...
    FitzNigel Sep 14, 2019 Read More Replies: 20
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