Greek and Roman Coins Found

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Speaking of coins that 'dealers' provide to kids...Many supply un-cleaned 'fresh out of the ground' types...and one I saw appears to be a 1st century low grade dupondius or AS of a Posthumous Augustus issue....with an unusual reverse---a temple or mausoleum with an 'individual' walking down the steps away from it...

Anyone have any clue as to what this coin may actually be from the description?? I will try to provide photos when I can.....Thanks guys!!!

 

One would assume Philip Kiernan, the professor who verified the coins, would instruct the course. Based on his CV from the UB website he is already teaching a graduate level course on numismatics and based on his research interests, eclectic as they are, he does have more than a passing fancy into numismatics having taught a seminar on Greek and Roman Numismatics as early as 2003.

 

That is good to hear. It is hard to tell from the write ups I have seen. The Roman gold is obviously a 12 Caesar set. The Greeks shown are also a non-representative high end group but having the coins slabbed will allow them to be handled after a fashion without reducing their value. We see press releases on such things that are written by someone in the publicity department rather than by someone in Classics, History or Art. I must admit that it seems a mark in the school's favor that he might be allowed to retain the coins for any purpose rather than selling them for the benefit of the general fund. The auction realization of something like this would buy several footballs. I see from their website that they have 11 faculty and 30-35 graduate students which I would classify as a good size program. Perhaps these coins got lost in the right neighborhood.

 

Guys, This coin was an un-cleaned example from a lot of about 50 given to kids for their class....Please forgive the poor photos from my cell..

It appears to be a left-facing radiate of Augustus--a posthumous issue from either Tiberius, Caligula or even Titus...and it may be Tiberius instead of Augustus---but the reverse intrigues me since it seems scarce and unusual to me..

Any thoughts and comments on it??

And please post your Posthumous issues..

Thanks

 

Sorry Mikey, the images are too poor for me to tell anything. Try taking a better photo. Oh, and welcome.