Secret Saturnalia 2019

Awesome! Thanks for taking charge on this awesome tradition @Curtisimo .I will send a PM shortly.

 

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Thanks Curtis! PM sent!

 

Oof. Got busy building an airplane and completely missed this. PM incoming!

 

Okay, so the first round of pairings is officially complete. If you sent me a PM and didn't get a response from me telling you who your recipient will be then please send me a follow up PM or post to the thread.

A Note to All Secret Saturns
I will personally guarantee that everyone who signs up for Secret Saturnalia this year will receive a gift so please don't let that concern hold you back from participation. If for whatever reason you signed up and then don't get a gift from your SS please send me a PM around Christmas and I will send you a replacement gift.

Also, please do your best to take photos of your gifts when you receive them and post them, either here or in a separate thread, in a timely manner. It can be a big let-down to a gift giver to have no feedback from their recipient about their gift! So please don't forget, it is just funner for everyone that way!

Io Saturnalia!

 

Time to pimp my Saturnalia gift from last year. Truly a great gift if you ask me. Thanks again to my Secret Santa for sending it to me.


Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis. Elagabalus. A.D. 218-222. Æ (26 mm, 10.75 g, 1 h). A.D. 222. Sergius Titianus, consular legate. AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head of Elagabalus right / VP CEPΓ TITIANOV MAPKIANOΠOλIT-Ω-N, Hera standing facing, head left, holding patera and scepter. Hristova & Jekov 6.226.3.14; Varbanov 1459. Attractive multi-hued green patina, small flan flaw on obverse. Nearly very fine.
From the Big Sky Collection.
Ex Triskeles 19, 337 (buyer never paid).
Ex Agora, Sale 60, Lot 97

 

I would like to participate. Hopefully this year I won't spend the holidays in the hospital!

Some previous gifts:



Missing an image of a Constantius follis...

 

All of them are nice gifts. Your Secret Santas have all been very generous.

Since we are showing off other previous gifts, here's the rest of my Saturnalia gifts.

 

This sounds like a blast! Count me in!

 

Last year I received this AMAZING uncirculated Philip the Arab antonianius - my very first ancient coin.

 

I am going to go ahead and bump this thread with one of my Secret Saturnalia gifts. It’s a beautiful coin that is nice and hefty. I love it. Truthfully, it is one of my favorite coins.



SS Pairing Update
I am going to try to get the second round of pairings together at the end of the week! If you wish to participate it might be a good idea to try to get your PM to me by Thursday / Friday so you can make the round and still have plenty of time to select a gift and get it shipped.

Io Saturnalia!

 

Wow this is awesome ! Words cant explain how much I love this group, you can count me in for sure. Thank you @Curtisimo for getting going.

 

I certainly have fun with Secret Saturnalia & appreciate all the effort that Curtisimo puts into it.

I was about to send my giftee a slabbed ancient along with a gift-wrapped pair of pliers - but then I found something better. I found a variety on an ancient coin. My giftee had mentioned in a thread that they didn't have this variety. I hope they still need it because the gift is on its way.

Happy Saturnalia everybody.

 

Io Saturnalia CT Ancients Forum!

As a reminder, I will be sending out the recipient information for the second round of pairings tomorrow evening. If you wish to participate I highly recommend sending me a PM before tomorrow afternoon as our next pairing after tomorrow won’t be until Dec. 3 when the entry period closes.

 

I commend anyone taking part, but I just don't know enough, so I will just watch and be envious!!!

 

This will be my first Saturnalia

 

I am just trying to bump this thread to the front page. Hope everyone has signed up. Here is a Saturnalia gift from some years ago.
Cool Stuff:


Galeria Valeria
AE Follis
Cyzicus Mint
26 mm, 7 grams
Obv: GAL VAL-ERIA AVG,
diademed & draped bust r
Rev: VENERI V-ICTRICI,
Venus standing left,
holding apple; Delta in left
field, Star in right field.
MKV in exergue.
Grade: VF w/ clear centered
details.
Other: RIC VI58, Sear 14597

 

I’ll keep this thread bumped by posting this absolutely incredible Coin. It is not my coin but it sure is fun to look at.

 

A couple of Saturnalia gifts from years past: