Group lot goodies: 83 x fun, plus a draw!

Bingo!! I love this one. I think @Sallent wants it though.

 

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Here are two other Aurelians which I don't think are visible in the pile: a denarius and a Vabalathus. I won't be keeping either, though they aren't bad coins:

BUT there are two other Aurelians visible in there waiting for someone to ID...

[edit: Actually the denarius is visible towards the bottom right.]

 

Again, I am super impressed! I understand this is a scarce obverse legend:

As you can see, it is from the Thessalonica mint. (Issued AD 317-318.) Another keeper!

 

Right again... surely it would be impossible to identify the reverse from the group photo! So I'll post it:

RIC 212, an upgrade from the one I already had, which has more mottled silvering & toning:

 

Nope, not Antoninus. A trachy, yes, but nobody has got the emperor right yet. Care to hazard a guess?

 

I think I will wait a bit to see if someone can ID it. (Is it really a fourrée? )

 

Brian gets the dynast right (kaching! name in the hat), but not the reverse. Not a lion's scalp either, but Pan is very close (too bad it ain't)...

 

Yes, this is right, there were three of them in there. I'm not sure which one to keep! (Any info on the varieties would be gratefully received!)

Some very cuddly looking lions here.

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Yup. Can anyone get the reverse? (Surely not, except by a lucky guess?! But I've been amazed by other Sherlock Holmes moves earlier in the thread...)

I'm pretty sure the Elagabalus reverse isn't guessable, so here it is (haven't looked up the RIC number yet):

Nice portrait, the reverse legends could be better. I might keep this, since I don't have another bearded portrait...

 

This is what I suspected too, but it isn't. Well, "tari" is probably an appropriate term, but there are no Christian symbols or latin alphabet on the other side... this was the toughest ID job for me.

 

Exactly right. Diameter is 14mm. I think it is CONSA (hard to see in the photo), RIC 72, allegedly scarce. Not much obverse legend left, and I can't figure out the mint... this was one of the duds IMO.

 

What a great looking lot SA! You're going to have lots of fun with that pile of coins for sure!

 

I don't think this is Alexius I...

 

No, but you're warm!

 

SPES??

 

Not Fausta...

 

Hmmm Aelia Flacilla?

 

Eagle-eyed Doug has spotted something pretty interesting. Here's a bit more of it:


And I might as well post the whole Aurelian he mentions. Its condition is a bit disappointing, given the bit of obverse visible in the group shot, but it is a cool & scarce ADVENTVS type:

 

Fausta is closer (timewise & familywise).

 

I expect someone can get these: