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the sewer goddess, now that's a new one on me

 

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Great coins, SA.

 

I really considered the "Sewer Goddess" but other coins were stretching me, I also looked at your Apollonia being so cheap.

 

There were no bidders on the Apollonia when it hit the block. I intended to give it just one rebid if necessary. Fortunately it wasn't . Unfortunately, I missed other targets so its trip to me will be disproportionate to the cost of the coin. I may ask them to hold it until I accumulate a few more.

Oh, well then let me toot my own horn

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-deity-worthy-of-respect.251682/

I had a great time researching the coins for the write-up. I still have the shrine in my bathroom and a few "WWVCD" bracelets

 

Yes its a shame they haven't got a standard postage for the cheap coins. Actually you might get another couple of auctions in before you get that coin at the speed NN send out.

 

Speaking of of sewer godesses and other classic Roman Gods. Anyone have any statuettes and altars of any Roman deities? I know there is a poster that has one of a river God. Not sure if anyone else does that.

 

Thanks, @Orfew! I've been on here a little more than a month, but haven't yet initiated a thread... the longer I wait, the more I feel like my first one needs to be a super-humdinger-thread-starter, and so the more I wait, and so the more I feel it needs to be a humdinger... etc. etc.

Thanks for linking your writeup, @TIF! I will be using that to fill in the "history" field in my database as I wait for the coin!

 

Athens Two Owl Bronze

I picked up one of those also -

ATTICA. Athens. Ae (Circa 322/17-307 BC).
Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right.
Rev: AΘE.
Two owls standing facing one another, heads facing; all within wreath.
SNG Copenhagen 92-3; Kroll 44-7; HGC 4, 1726.
Condition: Good fine.
Weight: 3.60 g.
Diameter: 13 mm.

this one is to share postage with a denarius

 

This was the "big" purchase to go with the double owl, another bird coin.


Roman Republican Denarius, Wren & TOD, 189 to 180 BC, Rome
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right; mark of value to left.
Rev: Diana Lucifera driving biga right, holding reins and whip; below horses, bird (wren?) sitting right, TOD In Ex – ROMA in linear frame; Todillus?
Cr 141/1, Rome, 189 – 180 BC, Dies – 30/37 (Luna)
BMCRR Rome 589, note 1 (Diana)
Syd 345 (Diana)
Sear 66 (Luna)
Alb 546 (Luna)
FFC 81 (Diana)
RBW 620 (Luna)

Note 1 – Todus or Todillus is the name of a small bird of the wren species. It may have been the cognomen of the moneyer. If so, the wren would be another instance of a punning allusion.
Note 2 - I am not clear on the difference in the goddess Luna, Diana and Diana Lucifera. The seller used the name Diana Lucifera. I list six reference books and none use that exact name.
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 3.96 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.


the Wiki folks wanted me to credit the photographer of this pic of Diana -
By antmoose from Rome, Italy - Flickr, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=374432

 

Diana, the twin sister of Apollo, was regarded as the moon-goddess. Luna is the Latin word for moon. When given the title of Lucifera ("the light-bringer"), Diana is depicted with a long torch, symbolic of moonlight, or with a crescent on her head, as in the coin and statue you show. See my post here.

In addition to Lucifera, Diana had many other epithets, depending upon which function she was serving to her worshiper: Diana Lucina (Goddess of childbirth) Diana Aventinensis (of the Aventine) Diana Caelistis (celestial) Diana Nemorensis (of the woods) Diana Omnivaga (wandering one) Diana Opifera (aid bringer) Diana Venatrix (huntress and mistress of wild animals) Diana Tifatina (of the town of Tifata), etc.

 

Wow, rrdenarius ... congrats on the new OP-scores

I don't exactly understand the want behind those great big pieces of whatev, but I'm pretty fricken sure that if you tell me a bit more about them then I'll probably sell my van and buy a bunch of those chunks!!

 

Nothing for me today....
But I will be on-line to score some really nice coins tomorrow's auction!

 

I took at least two looks at some of the coins already shown here (though I didn't bid on them in the end)... specifically, @rrdenarius's Athens AE, @Nicholas Molinari's MFB, and @Ancient Aussie's Mopsus. Nice scores, guys!

I didn't watch live, but placed pre-bids and surprised myself by winning six coins, four of them at or below estimates. I think it's a record for me... I usually fare very badly at Naumann auctions. I'll show just three so as not to spam the thread .

I went for this one because @TIF has one, and pretty much everything that TIF has is on my want list .

MACEDON (Roman Protectorate)
Ae (Circa 142-141 BC). Thessalonica. 8.61g, 20mm. SNG Copenhagen 1324-6; BMC 55; HGC 3.1, 1117. Obv: Facing head of Silenos, wearing ivywreath. Rev: MAKE / ΔONΩN, Legend in two lines; D above; all within ivy wreath.

This little AE from Achilleion joins my Troas mint set. It's one of the harder-to-find cities and I'm really pleased with it.


TROAS. Achilleion
Ae (4th century BC). 0.98g, 8mm. SNG Copenhagen 64. Obv: Crested helmet left. Rev: Monogram.

An example of this next A-Pi type has been on my want list for a very long time. It seems like every time I see one, I have an excuse to tell myself that I'll gun for the next one. I'm glad I finally went for this one and managed to win it (right at my maximum bid).


ANTONINUS PIUS (138-161)
As. Rome. 9.56g, 26mm. RIC 736a. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS II, Laureate head right. Rev: IMPERATOR II / S - C / ANCILIA. Two ancilia (oval shields with rounded projections above and below).

 

Nice score! Congrats... and the other three?

 

Three great coins well done.

Word. I wanna see em too

 

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9c0c1ab8-512a-4735-baea-2c4cbf37ab7c

 

i cannot buy in a Auction i dont have a credit card to poor,
i can buy with pay pal
in my country you needs a good money to have one

 

We both seem to do a good job of acquiring coins the other person then wants

Congrats on snagging some bargains today! Even though I have a Silanus Silenus I was tempted by yours. It looks so familiar somehow...

 

That has to be the ugliest face even seen on a coin.

 

Agreed!