Ancient Coins: Newest Acquisitions

One of my new ancient pickups



Greek, Bosporos Panticapaeum : Thrace
325-310 B.C
AE17 / 4.4 grams
O: Wreathed head of Satyr / Pan facing left
R: n-A-N, bulls head facing left
Reference : MacDonald 67, SNG BM Black Sea 890-3, SNG Stancomb 557-9

Lets hope I got the information right.

 

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^Nice copper vickies.

Beautiful ancient!

 

Great Pan!:thumb:

 

Speakin' of "HUGE" ...

KINGS OF EGYPT, PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR
221-205 B.C.
Diameter: 40 mm
Weight: 70.32 grams
Obverse: diademed Zeus-Ammon head
Reverse: eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopea before, monogram between legs
Reference: Svor. 965, SNG Cop. 199
Othere: tan-brown, edge slightly shaved at 7-8 o'clock of obverse, otherwise good VF

 

Start a huge coin thread! Awesome.

 

Wonderful coin. Majestic eagle!:thumb:

 

Picked up a few lower grade ancients. Here is one of them



Greek, Kings of Macedon : Time of Philip V and Perseus
187-168 B.C
AE20 / 6.4 grams
O: Wreathed head of River God Strymon facing right
R: MAKE-DONWN ornamented trident with monograms below
Reference : SNGCop 1299 var.

 

Nice patina on it.

 

Another ancient



Greek, Odessos : Thrace
3[SUP]rd[/SUP]-2[SUP]nd[/SUP] Century B.C
AE22 / 8.5 grams
O: Laureate head of Zeus right
R: ΟΔΗΣΙΤΩΝ horseman facing right AP monogram below
Reference: SNG Stancomb 264

Still have a few to go, and I could use the sellers pictures and info. But where is the fun in that? and besides the seller has small pictures and very little info. on the coins.

 

I just got a couple of silver denarii, Septimius Severus and Geta, for fifty dollars. Unfortunately my damn camera is broken, but they're pretty nice. I don't know if this is the standard price or what. I wanted to get a Caracalla too and complete the father + murderous brothers set, but it was a bit too expensive.

Next time, I hope to buy an Achaemenid coin. There seem to be very few around where I live.

 

That sounds like a fair price, but a lot depends on the condition and the mint, especially for the Sep Severus. Many of the Eastern minted SS go for much more than the Rome minted. Most of my SS coins (not all) cost in the neighborhood of $20-$30, while my Geta coins were only slightly higher. I wish your camera wasn't broken. I would love to see the coins.

 

Alright, after a hundred pictures of one coin I finally managed to pick the one that most closely resembles how the coin looks in hand.



Roman Provincial, Egypt, Maximianus (Egypt Alexandria Mint)
286-287 A.D.
AE19 / 8.3 grams
O: AKMAOVMAΞIMIANOCCEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust facing right. One hair tie turned backwards, the other straight down
R: L-B (year 2) Elpis facing left, standing and holding up flower in right hand. Left hand raising skirt
Reference: Milne 4814, Emmett 4114, Curtis 2067,
BMC Alexandria 2555

 

That's a nice coin Iceman, but I think you images are still too dark. I know you are trying to get images that most closely resemble the actual coin, but if the images are too dark to have a good view, in my mind, what's the point. Many of my coins are much darker than the images I post here and the images I save on my catalog. However, I might want to be able to look at the image to examine various items so I lighten the image to be able to do so. I guess it all boils down to what YOU want out of your images, not what I might like to see. Bottom line. Very nice coin my friend (I really am not trying to be picky).

 

Yeah, the coin actually looks lighter in hand. I'm still going to try to get better pictures. Funny how some coins seems easier to take pictures of but are in fact more difficult.

ok, after playing around with the lighting and angle I finally got a decent photo

 

That's much better Ice man. :thumb:

 

If you have some cash to spare, try the software package Lightroom. It is amazing for playing with light balance and so on..

 

Here is another ancient



Roman Imperial, Valentinian II, (Antioch mint)
383-388 A,D
AE2 Follis 23mm / 6.7 grams
O: D N VALENTINIANVS PF AVG, helmeted, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust facing right
R: VIRTVS EXERCITI, Valentinian standing facing right holding labarum in right and globe in left, foot on captive.
Reference: RIC 63b, SRCV 4163

 

Nice coin ice man. Good detail especially on the reverse.

 

Awesome icerain. I don't collect ancients (yet), but I love looking at them. Thanks for adding the additional information too. It's very useful. Especially knowing the size.

 

Thanks, looks like I'm starting to get addicted to ancient coins too.

I find thats half the fun of collecting ancients. The research and learning about the history of when the coin was minted is what makes it enjoyable.