Shame about the holes....

But I got a discount for damaged goods ....wanted this type for quite a while but hardly ever see any and if I do it's usually an As, so very happy to get this Sestertius even with the holes that I notice whoever did it probably in antiquity were careful to miss Trajan's head, but unfortunately hit an area of the porticoes. Weird light yellow-green patina same as the pic. The temple of Jupiter Victor was dedicated on the Palatine Hill 13 April 294 (or 293) BC. This octastyle Corinthian order temple makes its first numismatic appearance on denarii of Domitian struck in AD 94, probably marking the re-building of the temple after the devastating fire of AD 80. Trajan used the temple to symbolize his military victories at the time of his decennalia, at which time the large courtyard altar and side colonnades may have been added. Elagabalus later re-dedicated the building to his eastern god Sol-Elagabal, and in the 10th century the sacred site saw new use as the church of St. Maria de Palladio.

Trajan (98-117). Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.54g, 6h). Rome, c. 107-111. Laureate bust r., slight drapery on l. shoulder. R/ Octastyle temple with portico on either side, seated figure within; Jupiter on pediment seated facing, seated figures on either side; Victories at corners, standing figure at point. RIC II 577. Three holes repaired, otherwise near VF.

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..thats an :O-wow coin AA! ..and heck whatsa lil hole amongst greats....O...those holes lQQk very similar to a coin i believe @dougsmit has....that could a plus for the coin for it may mean it was used for a specific purpose/ritual....your are the architect of ancients

 

Yes, from today's collector's perspective holes in coins are unfortunate, but back then I suppose people were just too busy with the basics of life to give anything that we consider defacement much, or no thought whatsoever. So, they would punch, drill, cut, file, scratch and scrape with no compunction. At least you can say, with your coin, that it is, indeed, very holey!

I do not have an ancient coin with a hole. I do have some Spanish cobs, but they really don't qualify for this forum.

I do have a Byzantine bronze medallion that is holed, 7-12 centuries CE, which covers a lot of ground, time-wise. The obverse (or reverse?) probably depicts St. Basil, with a cross comprised of dots on the other side.

37.07 grams

ex Roma E-Sale 81

 

That is an AMAZING coin And despite the holes you can still see much of the artistry... that said, one hole is character, three holes is a drive by shooting
Here's some of my holiest coins:

 

That repaired hole in the last coin is interest. It is obviously very old. It this coin were silver or gold, I could see the point of doing that, to bring it up to legal weight, whatever that it, but to crudely plug a bronze coin is quite interesting.

Ditto for the OP coin.

 

this one has a couple of holes



Magnentius
A.D. 350-3
25x27mm 8.7g
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG; bare-headed, draped & cuirassed bust right
SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; large Chi-Rho flanked by A-W
In ex. SAR
RIC VIII Arles 194

 

Someone was having fun with the old punch!

 

Holes - have quite a few, why would anyone make these holes. What a shame!

Some of those:

Cistophorus, Ionia, Ephesus, 28 BC
25 mm, 11.375 g
RIC I 476; Sutherland Group I, 18; CRI 433; RSC 218;

Ob.: IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•COS•VI•LIBERTATIS•P•R•VINDEX• laureate head r.
Rev.: PAX in left field; Pax, draped, standing left on parazonium(?) holding caduceus in right hand; behind her, in r. field, a snake emerging from cista mystica; all within laurel wreath.





Denarius, Rome, 19 - 18 BC, Marcus Durmius, moneyer
18 x 19 mm, 3.427g
Ref.: RIC I² 315 corr. (no stars); RSC 428;
Ob.: M•DVRMI[VS]•III•VIR•HONORI head of Honos right
Rev.: CAESAR AVG(VSTVS)•SIGN•RECE, bare-headed Parthian kneeling on right knee to r., extending in r. hand signum, with a vexillum marked X, and holding out l. hand below l. knee

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..i've only one ancient that's holed, but i can see this being worn as a charm by some legionary, who, from the looks of the hole, was quite successful and had a long career.and i got quite a discount because of it...but i have slew of HRE's with holes in them..they were worn as jewelry...and i find that fascinating too... ..here's to holey ancients L Plautius Plancus,47BC, OBV: Mask of Mesdusa, RV: Aurora reigning the 4 horses of Sol, 18mm, 3.65gms

 

Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall...



PAVLLVS LEPIDVS CONCORDIA

Veiled and diad. head of Concordia right

Rev. Togate figure of L. Aemilius Paullus standing left touching trophy to left of which stand King Perseus of Macedon and his two sons as captives
TER above, PAVLLVS in ex.

Rome 62 BC

Sear 366; Craw 415/1; Syd 926; Aemilia 10

3.80g

Holed in antiquity

This moneyer was the elder brother of the triumvir M. Aemillius Lepidus

 

you must be listening to the Beatles...

 

That's what you call perforated metal

 

Nice.. the holes managed to miss the important bits.

 

Besides the hole I would count that republican coin the most artistic of the period, great coin.

 

I’ve always wondered what the point was in making a hole on such a small coin.

Thasos, Thrace
AR trihemiobol
Obv: Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos
Rev: ΘAΣ-IΩN, volute-krater
Mint: Thasos
Date: 411-350 BC
Size: 0.82 gr
Ref: SG1755v

 

Besides the coins how much for the hat...

 

I love that coin...but would have lost value if it was on the private parts..

 

one of my favs ever since it came out...and i dig the vid there too!