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This is a coin I purchased a while ago. It took it a while to get to me. I'm very happy with it. This was one of those coins that snuck under the radar.

Pisidia, Antioch, AE, Gordian III (238-244 AD)
21.84g, 34mm, RPC VII.2, 2698 (6th known)
Obv.: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Augustus)
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear. Young portrait.
Rev.: CAES ANTIOCH COL, SR below
Statue of Mên, on base, standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding sceptre and Victory (standing r., on globe); behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., cock standing l., giving hand to statue of Fortuna of Antioch, on base, standing l., holding cornucopia; between them, altar.

 

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Again, this was another coin I was not expecting to win. But luck was with me.
Deiotaros, King of Galatia, Pharnakeia. AE. 63-40B.C.
2.72g, 15mm. Ref.: Imhoof KM 6; SNG von Aulock 8719; Newell 1

Obv.: Draped bust of Mên right, wearing Phrygian cap with stars, crescent on shoulders.
Rev.: AHTΡ monogram between crossed cornucopiae.
Now the thing with this coin is that you may find a bust listed as Attis. This is NOT Attis. I found no image of Attis wearing a cap with stars and never sitting on a crescent. This is Men.
Secondly, I found this attributed to Pharnakeia but that is in Pontos, not Galatia. I am looking for opinions or references that can confirm or identify the city.

 

This one took two months coming over from Spain. I like animals on coins, and this leaping lion is one of the nicest I've seen on a Roman coin. Gallienus commissioned an entire series of legionary coins; this one was struck in honor of Legio IIII Flavia Felix, a legion founded by Vespasian in A.D. 70. It was active primarily in Dacia (under Domitian and Trajan) and Moesia Superior.

 

I think this is also an As.

 

Correct, it is an AS

 

Arrived yesterday

 

Alexander III (The Great) AR Drachm 336-323 BC. Obv. Herakles facing right, Rev. Zeus seated left.

 

I ordered 3 coins from my fav dealer which arrived this morning. For the second time he included a freebie as thanks
This is it
Constantine I AE follis. AD 330-335. IMP CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, o on banners. Mintmark RFP.
17mm, 2.54gr. RIC VII, 327

 

That is a particularly nice bust! I'm partial to Rome mint portraits of Constantine.

 

Thank you. I think it is the largest bust/portrait I have now, covers most of the obverse.

 

Would love to get someone's help identifying the mint on this tetradrachm. I have been searching for hours on Pella with no avail. The symbols all start looking the same. Any info you can pass off to me I would really appreciate. This is me and my son's first coin together. Thank you.

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The mint is Sardes (in Lydia), ca. 319-315 BCE. The original listing when it was sold at Heritage Auctions (your coin) had it as "Price 2664" (star below monogram) but it's actually Price 2665 (star above monogram). (Additional examples here on Pella, and a few dozen more on ACSearch.)

 

Thank you so much Curtis!!!! Dumb question, but what does the Price 2665 mean?

 

Not a dumb question -- everybody has to ask sometime! It refers to Martin J Price's 2-volume work, The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus, published in 1991.

It's pretty much the standard reference for all Alexander Drachms, Tetradrachms, Staters (and I guess other denominations too, but those are what I'm usually looking at). There are some others (e.g., Troxell), but that's the primary. The numbers for Price are what PELLA uses (the ANS' database), so you can know a Pella number by knowing the Price number and vice-versa.

My latest coin of a type cataloged there is the Alexander Drachm below, which is a "Price 2600." (Listed as "Pr-2600" in the auction listing but sometimes it'll just be "P" for price.) So I've looked it up in the hard copy book, but can also look it up on PELLA: https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2600

SNG Lockett 1501 (this coin), ex Salton.​

 

One last question, is there a guide to roughly tell us the value of these coins? Or would we just base it off what it sold for?

 

No guide. Just have to look at recent auctions or dealer prices and guess. Not like modern coins where there's one "correct" price. Could vary quite a lot depending who's bidding that day.

 

Excellent information! Thanks for all the help!!!!! This coin would have been close to 5000 years old by the time I figured it out.

 

Thank you for starting your answer with this statement. I'm a firm believer that the only "dumb" question, is the "unasked" question (there's many that don't know, like me, but fails to ask). And, thank you for your expertise. I'm new to ancients. I never have felt like I knew everything, but, I didn't know anything about the information you just shared! Like the old saying goes, "you can learn something new everyday if you pay attention", lol. Thanks again, I like learning, and I just learned something new! I tip my hat to you sir!

 

New arrival this morning
ALEXANDER III the Great AE16
Obverse: Macedonian shield with thunderbolt on boss.
Reverse: B – A either side of Macedonian helmet with chinstrap. ^E Monogram upper right.
Price 404 var (monogram upper instead of lower). Uncertain mint in Macedon, ca. 326 BC. 4,65 g - 16 mm

 

So, after a couple of weeks of soaking and brushing...eh...