A Long Awaited Christmas Present

My eldest son bought this coin for me after Christmas and it just arrived today after being held up in US Customs in New York for nearly a month. My son bought this after Christmas since he has no idea of my collecting interest and had to consult me during my visit with him and his wife over the holidays. He did well finding an interesting reverse.

I believe this is a fouree based on the copper appearance on the obverse, but the reverse shows no sign of any base metal poking through.

M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA
AR Fouree Denarius
OBVERSE: Laureate & helmeted bust of Attis right; shield behind
REVERSE: Cybele seated right in chariot drawn by two lions; OQ above, M Volteivs below
Rome 78BC
2.9g, 18mm
Cr385/4; Syd 777, Volteia 4

BTW, I told him not to spend more than $25 (he and his wife are underpaid educators in Virginia). He disobeyed me and spent $28.50 which includes shipping.

 

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Very nice RR fouree and a great gift!

He must be good at wheeling and dealing like you. lol

 

He may be, but he still spent more than I told him to!

 

This is a popular type as a whole. Cool addition. I need more fourees.

 

nice

 

That's a good kind of "disobedience" Bing. You gotta love the boy

Bruce

 

Great coin Bing!
He did great for $28.50 and it was probably less than $25.00 before shipping and handling

 

Call me big money, I'd go $30.

 

You're probably right, the cheap skate!!!

Both my sons are good "kids". They're both older than many of the regular members that post to the Ancients section. My wife did a good job raising them while I was off playing soldier.

 

two words...

"lion chariot"

and one more word...

"win"

I guess that's what the kids say these days. It's great Christmas present bing.

 

Best gifts are ancients. Great coin!

 

That's a great Christmas tale and a very cool RR Fouree (congrats, Chief!!)

Yup, apparently your kid did a superb job of finding you the perfect present ...

... my "kids" bought me underpants for Christmas (*sigh*)

 

The dogs?????

 

A fouree and a lion biga to boot! Fun coin, nice gift

 

Cool coin and Merry Christmas again!

 

=> yes, my dogs ........ come to think of it, that's pretty good for dogs, eh? (gee, I guess I owe Larry an apology)

 

Just Larry?

 

Buster bought me wine ... he knows me a bit better than his sister, Larry

 

You have a female dog named Larry?

 

I am glad you finally got it, Bing. And of course, being a present from your son it has a special meaning. My own sons never give me any presents, but oh boy do they expect them.

On another note, I am astounded to learn how long clearance through US customs can take -
I thought it was purely a German thing. I once had to wait 6 weeks for customs here to notify me they had a package for me, and then they wanted 19% import tax on it!