Tiberius Aureus - Creditcardius Maximus

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  1. 4to2centBC

    4to2centBC Well-Known Member

    I told myself, "it's my Christmas present to me." I tell myself a lot of things like that.

    Fortunately I share the same taste as me and myself, so there have been no arguments about over indulging.

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    Tiberius AV Aureus. Lugdunum, AD 14-37. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated right on chair with ornamented legs above a single exergual line, holding long vertical sceptre in right hand and branch in left. RIC 29; C.15; Calicó 305b; BMC 46; BN 26. 7.64g, 18mm, 10h.


    I have looked at these...... for a very long time. Now I will be paying for one of these......... for a very long time.
     
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  3. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Totally worth the pain
     
    Pishpash, Oct 28, 2017
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  4. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Superb coin. Congrats on the wonderful acquisition.
     
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  5. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    Sweet coin
     
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  6. ominus1

    ominus1 Well-Known Member

    ahaha... i like your logic...ANd your new coin!
     
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  7. Multatuli

    Multatuli Homo numismaticus

    How I wish Santa would bring to me something like this....
     
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  8. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    Gorgeous coin! As long as you're not paying a stupid price for it, it will hold its value.
     
    John Anthony, Oct 28, 2017
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  9. Nathan401

    Nathan401 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    A well deserved gift!!
     
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  10. AncientJoe

    AncientJoe Well-Known Member

    Congratulations! That's a particularly fine styled example.
     
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  11. Severus Alexander

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    Years of joy for a few thousand bucks... sounds like a good deal!
     
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  12. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    What a stunner!
     
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  13. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    Wow!!!
     
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  14. David Atherton

    David Atherton Flavian Fanatic

    A fabulously stunning coin!
     
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  15. 4to2centBC

    4to2centBC Well-Known Member

    According to my wife, every coin I buy has a stupid price.
     
    4to2centBC, Oct 29, 2017
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  16. 4to2centBC

    4to2centBC Well-Known Member

    Your specimen was probably a subliminal influence in my purchase. I have looked at your collection so many times, it wasn't until this morning that I remembered you own a superb example. Your Tribute Penny write-up was running in my mind when I was deciding on my bid price. I just didn't realize it was from your website, til 30 seconds ago.

    I blame this purchase on you. :angelic:


    Thanks everyone else. Kind comments.

    btw I am interested to see it in hand. It was described as having luster around the devices.
     
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  17. Eric Kondratieff

    Eric Kondratieff Active Member

    Particularly nice portrait on this one. So many are truly schematic, even on the gold; this one has a nice sense of individuality to it. Congratulations!
     
    Eric Kondratieff, Oct 29, 2017
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  18. panzerman

    panzerman Well-Known Member

    Great coin! Now only to come up with ideas for Thanksgiving/ ST. Nicholas/ Birthday/ Valentines Day;);););););););););)
     
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  19. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    A beauty, congrats!
     
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  20. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Well done @4to2centBC ! Beautiful Aureus! Such a wonderful feeling to hold approx 1/4TOZ of ancient gold in your hand... I have a couple Ancients around that weight, and they are fun to hold.

    :) Same with Modern World Gold, I like that 1/4TOZ weight the best! Well done!
     
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  21. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    I just searched "Tiberius aureus" on acsearch and many examples come up, but yours has unusually fine portrait style. You have good taste.
     
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