Ancients

I felt like copying Martin
So, what made me buy these two? (well Doug S. did, but why)



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Well the Phillip I ant is just plain righteous. Scarce Antioch issue, PM under the bust, strong strike, clean surfaces. It's a major home run! I'd love to come across one of these types for sale some day.

 

The rarest ruler for the Falling Horseman type happens to be Constans.

 

I starting to see a trend here. I'm getting blamed for other people's collecting habits. Perhaps I should tell you not to buy anything but slabbed proofs so I can get the coins I like.

Your Philip is better than either of mine and I like that big A on your FH2. I have a Spes (albeit with a flat spot on the reverse) but have not bought the third type (cum Persis).

 

I had a lot of trouble posting the above in the order I intended and made it worse trying to edit it. A also threw in an Aquilea mint FH2 with huge A and a Constantius II of Siscia. While Constans is a lot less common overall for horsmen, this issue is relatively common and as easy to find as the Constantius II as shown. The rare falling horseman is Magnentius.

 

Nice pick ups Randy .

 

indeed nice...i have no idea why you got them...other than they are pretty sweet. the philip is VERY nice.

 

I like them both but prefer the Philip

 

You should write pages, and post message about coins to avoid, even at low prices, then buy them all.