Twenty coins Updated

As of 8 September 2019

https://jp29.org/twenty.htm

The coins that I will fondle, admire, study and read about for the remainder of my days

 

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May that be for many more years...

 

Those are some great coins & enjoy them for many years to come.

 

Still amazing! I think you & @lordmarcovan are on the right track!

 

Nice collection of 20. I'm curious though. What coin did not make the cutoff at number 21?

 

Thanks Bing. This one was number 21:


RIC Vol I, CLAUDIUS, As, Rome, No. 113 (AD 50)
Obverse: Claudius, bare headed facing left
Inscription clockwise from bottom: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P
Reverse: Personification of Liberty, standing, facing right
Inscription clockwise from bottom: LIBERTAS AVGVSTA | S -------- C (left and right)

………………… I think it will make a nice gift coin for some CT’er eventually.

 

great coins

 

A nice collection!

 

That is a nice Claudius! It would certainly make the top of my list as well. Minted in Spain I think?

 

I think you are correct Bing. I only have BMCRE volume I (not RIC) and I never have checked the dealer attribution - I hope you will confirm your attribution and post it here.

 

Thank you Jay, Mat, Steve, Bing, “Moda” for your nice comments. The last research project I undertook before I kind of “retired” from such doings on CT was the Restoration coinage web page - and I got very excited and involved in it - hence the inclusion of those coins in my “twenty” (plus I gained a slot for Augustus). Again, twenty is the maximum number of coins that fit my stated criteria - and that I can carry around with me.

 

The portrait style looks very similar to one in my collection which I have attributed to a mint in Spain.

CLAUDIUS
AE As
OBVERSE: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TRP IMP P P - Bare head left
REVERSE: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI - Constantia standing left, raising hand and holding spear; S C across fields
Struck at Spain, 42/3AD
12.7g, 25mm
RIC111, BMC201, S1858

However, after researching, it appears that your coin is Rome mint after all.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ As (11.32 gm, 5h). Rome
mint. Struck circa 42-43 AD. Bare head left /
Libertas standing right, holding pileus and
extending hand. RIC I 113; von Kaenel Type 77;
BMCRE 204; Cohen 47.

 

Thanks for checking that Bing.

 

That is an exceptional example of the diaphanous drapery for an as. It is easier to find that on sestertii. Pick some young collector who will appreciate the die work.

 

Great word, that! You are a true wordsmith!

 

Really enjoy the Top 20, jamesicus. I admire your self-discipline! I have about 600 "Top 20" whatnots, some of them on the floor, under desks, etc.

Speaking of Claudius, I wanted to share with you an Claudius "Imitative" I just got - not nearly as nice as the one you sent me, and a lot lighter. But interesting, in a crude sort of way:



Claudius Æ Dupondius
(c. 41-54 A.D.)
Unofficial Mint (Sestertius)
[Missing] and garbled legend, laureate head right / [SPES AVGVSTA?], Spes standing left, holding flower & raising hem, [SC in exergue?]
RIC 99; Cohen 85 (imitative).
Countermark: DV and edge cut at 3 o'clock, obverse.
Pangerl Collection No. 58.
(10.66 grams / 29 mm)

 

Nice catch Mike. Yes, most are usually pretty grungy - but they almost always have interesting historical association - and I think they are seldom faked!

 

Nice selection jamesicus.
Your Trajanus sestertius is amazing, lovely green color. I have the dupondius version of that coin.

 

Thank you m’lord!