Finally Got A Snake Coin, and Its Silver Too

That one has a nice medallic quality to it, lord m.

 

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I was very lucky to get this one. A bit off center on both sides but with a deep strike and a nice early style.

 

@Meander, forgive me if I'm wrong (I don't know this series well) but your coin appears to match this example in Forum Ancient Coins' fakes database. I guess yours could be the host coin and authentic, but I've been led to understand that having the host coin is rather uncommon. The style seems extremely detailed compared to others I've seen, although it is certainly possible that I just haven't seen similarly detailed authentic coins.

 

I didnt see that one coming. Exact match. I will have it checked before I return it to the seller. This one comes from the BBS of Harlan Berk a couple years ago.

 

Fingers crossed that yours is the host...

 

A great addition!

 

Well, I'm not @TIF, but I have a serpent drawn biga:

M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Head of Bacchus or Liber right, wreathed with ivy
REVERSE: Ceres holding two torches, in biga of serpents right. Symbol in left field (double headed axe)
Rome 76BC
3.75g, 18mm
Volteia 3; Cr385/3; Sear 314

 

Hold the applause. @TIF's example puts mine to shame.

 

I don't have one of those yet .

I do have other oddball snake transports and will post them later.

 

Maybe it was @stevex6

 

Not a mixed group, I tend to buy a few coins at a time. Makes the shopping experience more exciting.

 

icerain => congrats on scoring that very cool coin-type (yah, I love these coins)

 

Bing ... hmmm, I only have this A-Pius snake-biga example (is this what you were looking for?)

 

i bought this coin just because it had a snake on it.. prolly a good thing too.

 

if it turns out to be a counterfeit,happens to the best of us and isn't no shame on your part. better to find out now than later