My top "10"/ just having fun!

Thank you AncientJoe! I always enjoy seeing your amazing coins/ posts.
John

 

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I like the Macedon starter and the byzantine frontal portraits , a very nice and precious collection ! I still dream of having an ancient gold coin .

 

Thanks for kind words In this World everything is possible, I wish you a Happy 2021!

 

Some lovely stuff there panzerman, congrats on another great year.

 

Thanks Panzerman. Actually you should've name the Rottweiler "Sleipnir" as that was the name of a creature. Maybe "Odin", if small enough, could've have ridden him: at least for Halloween?

Fortunately {tho unfortunately for me} the Barbarous Aureus with the Slipnir reverse isn't unique. There are at least two other pieces auctioned by Leu Numismatik, one in their Aurum Barbarorum collection part I (2019). This coin came from their Aurum Barbarorum collection part II and is the nicest of the three.

Leu Numismatik gave me permission to reprint their article on the Aurum Barbarorum coinage and I'll provide links here:
https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Ancients_Rome/articles/Aurum-Barbarorum Collection Leu_4_p434-435_v1.pdf

https://coinsandhistory.com/countries/Ancients_Rome/articles/Gallienus Alexandria Troas barbaric issue.pdf

Actually they gave me permission for my website but I'll ask them now if okay for CT.

I'm highly envious of your Honorius tremissis. I paid 1,200 euros for a worn common Pulchria tremissis 10 or more years ago from Gorny & Mosch. There is a famous Renaissance painting of Honorius feeding the pigeons which I have as a screensaver for Linux.

While Honorius was a bad emperor due to negligence, so many bad things happened to the empire during his time that actually a history of his era would be very interesting.

 

Thanks!

 

Yes, I was VEEERY lucky on the Honorius Tremissis. It was lot#1 of an obscure auction. Most advanced collectors probably never looked at the lots. I ended up getting a rarely seen Koln AV Dukat for a steal. This never happens when dealing with well known firms like CNG/ Kunker/ Roma...

They say, God made the Rottweiler to be man's companion. Later he created all the other dog breeds for the Rottie to rule over. Hence today, Rotties are named after Gods/ Loki/ Wotan/ Marduk/ Zeus....

 

This is the best quality Tremissis I could find in coin archives/ others are few/ and poor quality.

 

Just to update/ I found a second AV Tremissis of Theudebert II minted in Clermonte...

 

Holy smokes King Midas... I mean @panzerman ! These are all beautiful but my favorite is the Erythrai. Thanks for sharing these coins from your beautiful collection.

 

Thank you Curtis

Just to let you know, the Erythrai Hekte was the cheapest coin in "top ten" by a wide margin. Got it for $800. CNG e-sale 459