My 1st Ancient

No. I'm not coming over to the darkside

@Ancientnoob and I hit it off with with our love of Highlander the series and he convinced me to accept a gift. I must say that holding such an old and nice coin in my hand does have an indescribable feeling. Not sure what it is exactly other than what's written on the insert but being silver and 2,000 years old you do feel a strong connection to early civilization and commerce. I'm still a morgan guy tried and true but this gift has opened my mind a bit to peeking into the far past. If and when I want another, a gold maybe or a Caligula or who knows, I'll definitely be going to him for it. Thanks again Nathan for opening my mind to the possibility that there can be "more than one" lol

And go ahead @Aidan_(), let loose

 

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That is a denarius of the Roman Empress, Faustina Senior, the wife of Antoninus Pius, one of the so-called "five good emperors." She was the mother of Faustina Junior, who married Marcus Aurelius, the stoic philosopher who later became emperor of Rome. Faustina Junior and Marcus Aurelius were the parents of Commodus, the emperor depicted in the movie, Gladiator.

A denarius was the standard silver coin used in the Roman empire and was worth about an entire day's wages, the amount which was the subject of Jesus' parable of the workers in the vineyard, Matthew 20:1-16.

Isn't that interesting? Pique your curiosity? Are you sure you don't want to come over to the dark side?

 

Wow, that is an excellent gift and a great first coin!!

Riiiiiight

 

Haha, wish my first was free.

But great first coin. Good choice from Nathan to pass on. It's from a time when the coins were still good silver and good die work.

 

Over the years people in the ancient coin communities, have gifted me items, hooked me up, pointed stuff out, corrected attributions, encouraged me and some even bought my wares, just trying to carry on the tradition.

 

Nice looking denarius. Anoob is a gem (in the rough of course)

 

Great first ancient. Flip may be vinyl. If so, store it something else. I find the Roman Republic to be the most interesting area, followed by Roman imperial, but nothing beats Greek for beauty. These are the big-three categories in ancients, but there are other areas.

Cal

 

Awesome first! Let's see if you can stop at one.

 

Ditch the Morgans man!!... Just jokes, there is so much satisfaction in holding a 2000+ year old coin in yer' hand. Start out small, ya' know a denarius here or there and slowly build your way up! The Dark Side is calling to you.

 

...and imagine what they look at when they are 4x the size.

 

The size of morgans! Just think!

 

You also can't forget there were coins that were ancient when your coin was new.

Italy,
Bruttium, Kroton
Anonymous Civic Coinage (BC 530-520)
AR Nomos 24 mm x 7.77 grams
Obverse : ϘPO left field, Lion legged Tripod center , Bennu bird standing facing left.
Reverse : Tripod in recess.
Ref: SNG ANS 227

 

no, no, of course you not coming over to the dark side.......



excellent....


most excellent...

 

C'mon, @Cascade , you know you want the matching dupondius...

 

That's a great coin and a 'first ancient' that anyone ought to be proud of. Nice one, Anoob.

 

Welcome to this side of the ol' coin-fence, Cascade (great OP addition)

=> I have a fairly sweet example as well ... wanna see it?




Fantastic recruiting job, Noob ... spread the word, brother!!

 

Geez guys. Thanks. I go away for a few hours and I have like 20 alerts lol. The ancient forum is kickin'!

Nice examples all!

 

Bing, is that second one in an ex-cookie monster collection slab