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Sextans c. 230 BC. next up Triens - aes grave.

 

P.S. Happy Birthday Sallent

 

Raised ROMA


RR AR Denarius C Antestiu Rome 146 BCE 3.97g 19.0mm Helm hd Roma R X C ANTESTI - Dioscuri gllpng R puppy-dog running ROMA

Next: Incused ROMA (edit-too late)

 

TRIENS AES GRAVE



RR Aes Grave Anon 280-276 BCE Triens 46mm 90.3g 9.3mm thick Tbolt-Dolphin Rome Crawford 14-3 T Vecchi 3

Next up: Aes Grave Uncia

 

Aes grave uncia --- next up aes grace semis.

 

much too late

 

Since we are past the 12 hour mark, the show must go on. Here's my Aes formatum:



Aes premonetale. Aes formatum,
6th-4th century BC. AE. g. 64.72 mm. 40.00. Former ArtemideKunstauktionen

Next up: chunk of change over 60 gr

 

You are all really inspiring me to get more into Republican bronze! Great coins!

 

Aes rude 225-217 BC.. 463.62 Grams - from Castelfranco dell`Emilia hoard,1898.
Immagine sending your kid out to but a pack of gum with this sucker
and have him come back with the change!


next, your favorite republican denarius...

 

Brutus: highlighting his maternal and paternal tyrannicidal ancestors and foreshadowing his role in the murder of Caesar (10 years in advance). More in this thread.


Roman Republican, M. Junius Brutus, 54 BC.
AR Denarius, Rome, struck 54 BC
Obv: Bearded and bare-headed head right of L. Junius Brutus; BRVTVS.
Rev: Bearded and bare-headed head right of Caius Servilius Ahala; AHALA
Size: 3.96g, 17-19mm
Ref: Crawford 433/2; Junia 30

Next: someone else's favorite Roman Republican denarius

 

MN. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Jugate heads of the Dioscuri
REVERSE: Galley under oar
Struck at Rome 108-109 BC
3.9g, 20mm
Cr.307/1, Fonteia 7

Next: Galley under sail rather than oars

 

Not really ancient, but now obsolete.(since 2002 Euro) From my holiday to Crete 50 Drachma = 16 cents US.

next another galley under sail.

 

She ain't pretty but she is rare:

Caracalla
Roman Provincial
Mesopotamia. Rhesaena. AD 211-217. Bronze Æ AYTOK ANTWN, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / III - C (retrograde), P - S, legionary vexillum. Castelin 9; BMC 2.

Next up: your favorite provincial

 

Nice coin. Just as a note, 50 drachmes = 0.16 USD at the exact time it switched to the euro, with a rate of 340.75 drachmes to 1 euro (2001). The drachma was fluctuating very very much over its history. Greece joined the Bretton Woods system in 1953 and the drachma was worth around 30 drachmes to 1 dollar, so that coin would be worth around 1.70 dollars. This was all the way until after the Greek junta in 1974, where the Greek "economic miracle" (as they call it) ended. After that it got a little bit less worth, around 40 drachmes to 1 dollar, it stayed stable around that number. The funny thing is, that the moment Greece joined the European Union in 1981, the drachma became much and much less worth. In 1980 it was still ~38 drachmes to 1 dollar, in 1982 it was already ~72 drachmes to 1 dollar. And finally, when this coin got minted in 1986, it was already ~150 drachmes to 1 dollar. So, at the time, the purchasing power of that coin was around 0.33 USD.

Sorry, a little bit off topic, but I just wanted to share the story behind the "modern'' drachma

 

My favorite Provincial is this Alexandrian Tetradrachm of Julia Domna dated year 20 (LK - Sept 211 to Aug 212 showing Caracalla an Geta shaking hands. I believe this is the only type showing the two together struck after the death of Septimius Severus before Geta was murdered in December, 211. If you know this to be incorrect, please show me the coin.


Next: a coin showing more than three persons each of whom has coins of their own

 

Doug, This coin shows 4 persons but only 3 moneta's holding coins or do I miss something ?

@Pavlos 0.16 USD equals 16 cents US, just another way of writing it down.

next: Moneta

 

@Andres2 I think you misunderstood my whole writeup, all I wanted to say is that the coin was at the time it got minted, not worth 16 cents US. You based it on the rates of 2001.

 

Arcadius, Honorius, and Theodosius on the same coin reverse. I don't have one photographed but there is one crummy one in the container of LRBs. Here is one currently on the market.



Next: Favorite solidus

 

Not only my favorite, but my only one.

VALENS
AV Solidus
OBVERSE: DN VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: RESTITVTOR REIPUBLICAE, Valens standing right, holding labarum in right hand & Victory on globe in left, cross to left. Mintmark star ANTE star
Struck at Antioch, 364 AD
3.6g, 19mm
Antioch RIC 2d,xxxvii-5

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