Here are a couple of coins I recently purchased from fellow CT members. You may notice that neither are legionary denarii This is my first and only Albinus CLODIUS ALBINUS AR Denarius OBVERSE: D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right REVERSE: PROVID AVG COS, Providentia standing left, holding sceptre and wand over globe Struck at Rome 2.95g, 19mm RIC IV 1 (c); Cohen III 55 ex CT-MB Collection Examples of this coin was recently discussed in another CT thread. That discussion led me to want an example. T. CARISIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Head of the Aphrodisian Sibyl right, back hair in sling REVERSE: T. CARISIVS above sphinx sitting right; III.VIR below Rome 46 BC 19mm, 3.49 g Cr464/1; Syd 983a; Carisia 11 ex. Doug Smith Collection Post anything you feel relevant.
Nice RR. And the one that replaced the one you have now. Clodius Albinus (193 - 195 A.D.) AR Denarius O: D CL SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right. R: MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing front, head left, holding a spear and leaning on a shield. Rome Mint 3.21g 19mm RIC 7, RSC 48, RCV 6144, BMC 98
That depends on how you look at it. They are not only different reverses but the PROVID is a more scarce 193 AD issue. Mine was from CNG a long time ago. I don't have a Minerva.
Here's a coin I bought from Mat, an issue of Claudius from the Syrian city of Gadara... Gadara was a center of Greek culture situated southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Its ruins are located near the modern city of Umm Qais in Jordan. The city passed in and out of Seleucid and Ptolemaic control during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, until it was captured by Alexander Jannaeus in the 1st. But it wasn't long before Pompey placed the region under Roman control (63 BC), fortified Gadara as a bulwark against Nabataean expansion, and made it one of the semi-autonomous cities of the Decapolis. Claudius. AD 41-54. Æ18, 4.6g, 12h. SYRIA, Decapolis, Gadara. Obv.: CEBACTOC; Laureate head of Claudius right. Rev.: ΓΑΔΑΡΑ; Veiled and turreted head of Tyche right. Reference: RPC I 4816; Rosenberger 21 ; Cf. SNG ANS 1294-6; Spijkerman 16. Ex-Mat It has made a nice companion piece to my only other coin from Gadara (not from a CT member)... According to Josephus, Gadara was laid to waste during the Jewish Revolt of AD 66. "So Vespasian marched to the city of Gadara. He came into it and slew all the youth, the Romans having no mercy on any age whatsoever. He set fire to the city and all the villas around it.” [Josephus, Wars of the Jews, Book 7.] By the 2nd century, the city had recovered and flourished, boasting baths, theaters, a hippodrome, colonnaded streets, and an impressive aqueduct. This coin features Faustina II, empress and wife of Marcus Aurelius. The depiction of Zeus is not generic – this is Zeus Ammon, the syncretic amalgam of Greek and Egyptian head deities. He was the patron god and protector of the Roman military garrisoned in Judaea, Legio VI Feratta. SYRIA, Decapolis, Gadara. Faustina II Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ20, 7.9g, 12h. Dated CY 225, AD 161/2. Obv.: ΦAVCTINA CЄBACTH; Draped bust right. Rev.: ΓAΔAPЄΩN ЄKC (date); Laureate, draped bust of Zeus right. Reference: Spijkerman 49 (same dies); Rosenberger IV 51 (same dies); SNG ANS 1312-3 (same dies). Note: The Greek numerals giving the date on this coin are weak, but the die matches confirm ЄKC.
I'm on my phone and away from home so the info on a few is escaping memory. EX: Red_Spork Cilicia, Korykos. Circa 1st century BC. Æ22mm(6.30 gm). Turreted head of Tyche right; ΔΙ behind / Hermes standing left, holding phiale and caduceus. ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ to right. SNG Levante 791 (this coin); cf. SNG France 1075; cf. SNG von Aulock 5679. Ex Eduardo Levante collection, CNG 66 lot 549 EX; Sallent Claudius As EX; Doug Smith VIA-JAZ Geta, AD 209-211 Hybrid denarius (AR; 18-19mm; 2.68g; 6h) Obv.: P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT; Laureate head of Geta to right. Rev.: PONTIF – COS II; Genius standing front, head left, sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar, left, and holding corn-ears in left hand. Reference: cf. BMCRE V p. 365, 49 and p. 227 (hybrid reverses Septimius Severus)); cf. C. 139. From the Doug Smith Collection; ex A.K. Collection Lot 623, P31 A.K.Collection: Coin ID P31 from Lot no. 623 EX; Sallent Gordo III
Great coin @Bing . Captured a few from Mr. @Mat ! Here is a cool one I captured from @seth77 : This one went back and forth to Romania due to the US Postal Service rejecting a ripped envelope! (Like THEY have never destroyed packages!). Was really happy when this one finally arrived. View attachment 844324 FLORIAN AE23mm 3.54g Antoninian/Aurelian (VF, patina, deposits) AV: IMP C M AN FLORIANVS P AVG; radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear bust r. REV: CONCORD MILIT; Emperor togate stg. r., clasping the hand of Concordia stg. l. EXE: S REF: LV 2738; RIC V-1 57var (unlisted bust type), RIC Online #4294 7 specs listed, only one in La Venera, and only 2 from prior sales; 1st issue for Siscia mint, 2nd officina, july-august 276AD. A rare coin from a very brief reign, as Florian has only reigned for a couple of moths in the summer of 276AD. And my AV Clodius Albinus. I had it silvered so that @panzerman would not try to steal it way in his brutal auction bids... CLODIUS ALBINUS (193-197). Denarius. Rome. Obv: D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES. Bare head right. Rev: ROMAE AETERNAE. Roma seated left on shield, holding palladium and scepter. RIC 11 ex: @John Anthony
Me, too. John put in a lot of work for our benefit. It was almost like the 'good old days' when I was a member of the Ancient Numismatic Society of Washington (DC) and members would bring coins to meetings for sale and trade. It was how I discovered many of the things that I later bought to excess. Without that education, I would never have bought many of my coins and probably would not have started my web pages.
Nice! Glad to see you managed to pick one up so quickly, Bing. Also kind of neat both of ours are from the collections of CT members. ROMAN REPUBLIC, Imperatorial Period AR Denarius. 3.93g, 18mm. Rome mint, 46 BC. T. Carisius, moneyer. Crawford 464/1; Sydenham 983. O: Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling and tied with bands. R: T•CARISIVS, Sphinx seated right; III•VIR in exergue. Ex Mikey Zee Collection
Quoting myself but I need to add - I LOVED the coins! Almost every ancient coin I own I bought from John. I understand also. Turning a hobby into work sounds like no fun to me. I don't think I could do it.
Yep, there's a lot of inbreeding exchange going on around here . Here are some of mine which used to belong to other CoinTalk members: ex @@JBGood EGYPT, Alexandria. Carus undated, but struck apparently struck posthumously by his son Carinus in CE 283/4 tetradrachm, 19 mm, 7.7 gm, 12h Obv: ΘEωKAPωCEB; Laureate head right. Rev: AΦIEPωCIC; lit altar decorated with crossed palms, star in upper left field. Ref: Emmett 3995.2, R2 ex JBGood ex Keith Emmett Collection ex Empire Coins, July 1982 EGYPT, Alexandria. Carinus year 2, CE 283/4, Augustus tetradrachm, 18 mm, 6.2 gm Obv.: AKMAKA PINOCCEB; Laureate, cuirassed bust right. Rev: Elpis standing left, holding flower and clutching hem of robe; across fields L-B Ref: Emmett 4007.2, R1 from the JBGood collection ex Stevex6: MYSIA, Kisthene Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready Rev: Forepart of winged boar right Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock Very rare. ex X6 Collection EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius Regnal year 8, CE 144/5 AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm Obv: [legend]; laureate draped bust right Rev: Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing; flanked by the Dioscuri who are also standing facing, heads turned towards Serapis, and each holding a flagellum ; [L] H in exergue Ref: Dattari 2864 (RY2); Dattari-Savio plate 148 coins 2864 and 8724; Emmett 1670.8; Not listed in Milne. Ex X6 Collection THRACE, Sestos (sometimes spelled Sestus) c. 3rd-2nd century BCE AE 16.6, 2.35 gm Obv: Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; dotted border Rev: chelys; ΣH downward in right field; dotted border Ref: von Fritz, Nomisma 1, 15 (coin 29 on plate 1 in that book) ex Stevex6 Collection ex @@Eng EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I Regnal year 4, CE 246/7 Billon tetradrachm; 23mm, 13.4g Obv: A K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC ЄYC; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Alexandria standing facing, towered head left, holding bust of Serapis in right hand, vertical scepter in left; L Δ (date) across field. Ref: Emmett 3469.4; Dattari 4856 and 4857; Förschner (Frankfurt Museum) 973-975; Curtis 1320; Savio (Museum Osnabrück) 1895-1896; Dattari-Savio plate 257, coins 4856, 4857, and 10518 ex Eng Collection ex Zach Beasley ex Keith Emmett Collection ex Decus 1986 I think I have more ex-Engs but it's hard to search for them since most search engines (including CT) exclude three letter words. ex @@dougsmit Elagabalus AR denarius, 2.4g, 19mm, 6h; Antioch mint. Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: TEMPORVM FEL; Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and patera. Reference: RIC IVb 201, p. 44. ex Doug Smith Collection #527 ex @@John Anthony NABATAEA, Aretas IV with Queen Shaqilat 9 BCE - CE 40, Petra AE18 Obv: jugate busts of Aretas IV and Shaqilat right Rev: crossed cornucopia; Nabataean letters between and below Ref: Meshorer 112-114? Ex John Anthony A gift from JA, his first Nabataean! Yes, it is a completely crappy coin but it was the first Nabataean he owned so that makes it special . ex @AncientJoe KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h Pella, 342-336 BCE Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95 ex Colosseo Collection KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne Ref: Price 3325 ex Colosseo Collection Septimius Severus Rome, CE 206 AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343. ex Colosseo Collection
I miss John’s auctions too. I’ll admit to having thoughts about starting my own monthly/bi-weekly auction to fill the void, but I do worry about the time it would take (and it would probably feature more medieval coins than you guys would be interested in!). A few ex CTers: Kushan Empire Karishka I, r. 128-158 A.D. AE Tetradrachm, 24.73 mm x 16.8 grams Obv.: Crowned, diademed king standing facing, holding spear and sacrificing at altar at left, Bactrian legend around: ϸΑΟ ΚΑ ... ΝηϸΚΙ (King Kanishka) Rev.: Four-armed Oesho (Shiva?) standing facing, head turned to left, nimbate, holding various attributes, Bactrian legend right: ΟΚϸΟ, tamgha at left Ex Parthicus Provincial Rome - Egypt Nero, r. 54-68 A.D. (64-5 A.D.) Alexandria mint, BL Tetradrachm, 24.23 mm x 11.8 grams Obv.: NEPΩ KΛAYΔOΣ ΣEB ΓEP. Radiate bust right, wearing aegis Rev.: AYTOKPA. Eagle standing left, palm frond behind, LIA to left Ex. Doug Smith Collection #178 Kingdom of Macedon Alexander III (the Great), r. 336-323 B.C. (c. 325-315 B.C.) Pella Mint, AR Tetradrachm, 27.72mm x 17.2 grams Obv.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin Rev.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus Aëtophoros enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, ΣΙ in left field Ex. red_spork Spain - Castile & Leon Sancho IV, 1284-1295; BL Cornado, 19 mm x 0.7 grams Obv.: *SAnC-II REX. Crowned bust left Rev.: +CASTELºLE LEºGIOnIS. Castle, star and S above Ref.: DeWitt 3434 variety Ex. Sallent Collection
I got this beauty some time ago from @Gavin Richardson. It deserves a better photograph than I have the skill or equipment to give it, but it looks significantly better in hand than on screen. It has a nice, shiny patina that brings out lots of detail at the right angle, even the Agrippa portrait. Obverse: IMP PP DIVI F, head of Agrippa (left) wearing rostral wreath, laureate Augustus right Reverse: COL NEM; crocodile chained to palm branch, wreath with trailing ribbon at top RPC I 525