One Man's Junk (Baltimore #'s 6-11)

From Harlan Berk's junk bin. RR as, Janus, Prow. I've never seen an RR bronze in a junk bin. This one only grades G, but it has a lot of nice detail for the grade, and it's problem-free. I simply couldn't leave it, right?

 

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For junk, that is a nice looking RR bronze.

 

Wow, nice junk bin find.

 

and its a great big ol' coin! feels good in hand.

 

Ptolemaic bronze...

 

That's not a "junk bin" bronze at all. I'd certainly have picked it up myself. Can you make out the symbol above the prow?

 

Nice junk! Oh oh a Ptolemy!

 

I love these bog clunker coins! It would be noce to have a pocket full!

 

Sort of, but it's not immediately recognizable to me. I'll hit the books later and see if I can attribute the moneyer.

 

I just took a look at my copy of Crawford and I think you might have a mast and sail above the prow making it a Crawford 213/1, which is relatively scarce. You really almost never see this series any nicer than your example. If you ever want to get rid of it...

 

It's one of the coins going up on auction this week.

 

Here is the nicest example I could find online, from RBW's collection so you can see it a bit more clearly: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1102750

 

Muchas gracias!

 

Definitely would not have hesitated to pick this up from a junk bin, nice catch.

FTFY Juan Antonio

 

Large follis of Justinian I - pretty decent. Not your $100 model, but not really junk bin stuff either...

 

JA, You seem to be on a roll!!

 

Respectable follis of Maurice Tiberius, emperor with globus cruciger and Elvis sunglasses...

 

I always wanted to be a junk collector. Now you've rekindled my interest

 

Small bronze of Macedonia, Amphipolis. You find many off-center strikes on these. This coin may not look like much at first glance, but it's centered, the town is completely spelled out on the reverse, and it's even got the monogram at the top of the horse. Plus, that's Poseidon on the obverse...

 

Man, sooo much junk on this thread! Ah jk, that's a nice 'un JA, can you post the description for that?