My first Ancient

Congrats on your first ancient.

Here's another Aequitas with the VI like RC's:



Gallienus Æ Antoninianus
(261-262 A.D.)
Rome Mint
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, VI in right field.
RIC 159 var. (bust / field mark); Göbl 0500q.
(3.72 grams / 20 x 16 mm)

 

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Nice ! Seems their are many siblings of this ,lol.
Question. Do you guys ever buy " Raw " ancient coins or ones that have gone through the preservation stage .

 

Lots of folks exclusively buy Uncleaned and clean themselves. I tend to go 50/50

 

I believe this is attributed as RIC 159, with no mintmark.

At least, that's the only example on Wildwinds with the reverse legend AEQVIT AVG

 

@SensibleSal66 , welcome to the great hobby of collecting ancient coins! Here is a large website you will want to visit:
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/
with many pages beginning with an FAQ page with answers to Frequently-Asked-Questions.

Of course, this forum has had many threads with advice for beginners. There are links to some here:

http://augustuscoins.com/ed/threads.html

Those pages could keep you busy for a long (hopefully very enjoyable) time!

 

Thanks Valentinian . I added the links to my Favorites. I'll read over the next weeks .