Some favorite Ex CoinTalk Member Coins Posted by Previous Owners

I have several from Steve. @stevex6 Great guy!

 

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I have none from Steve, but I miss the guy. He sure was entertaining!

 

cmezner, Congrats on winning my Philip I Tet. from AMCC 3 . I was under the impression that no one from CT bid on the coins I had in that auction. Pictured below is a photo I took of that coin in natural diffused sunlight.

 

My favorite ex-Cointalker coin, and one of my favorite coins in my entire collection is from @stevex6 whom the administrators here banned and then badmouthed via PM when some of us attempted to appeal it. I wasn't supposed to say that second part but honestly I see no reason to keep it under wraps at this point.

I admired this coin when Steve bought it and posted it, even though at the auction that day I felt it was a little expensive. Even so, after a couple years of regretting not buying this coin, when I had a second chance to buy it out of Steve's collection for about the same price he paid, there was no question. It's a common type, I could have perhaps waited and found a better deal but none of them would be this coin, with this provenance, both to a friend and to the famous Knobloch collection, and ultimately, try as I might, I couldn't find any other examples with such wonderful and dramatic overstriking. Most of this type are just a mess from the overstriking but this coin is really as close to two coins in one as you can get with the very prominent undertype and legible undetype legend. I've seen a number of examples of this type sense then, both in a die study and in many old auction catalogs and none I liked as much as this coin so I am very happy I had a chance to purchase it.

Roman Republic Æ Triens(20mm, 5.88g, 12h), anonymous("CA" series), 209-195 B.C., Canusium(?) mint. Helmeted head of Minerva right; above, •••• / Prow right; above, ROMA; below, ••••; to right, CA. Crawford 100/3; Sydenham 309c
Overstruck on Oiniadai, Akarnania Zeus/Acheloüs, cf. BCD Akarnania 345-348 for undertype. For CA triens overstruck on Oiniadai cf. Hersh NC 1953, 14 and cf. Crawford Table XVIII, 91

Ex Stevex6 Collection via coin.ages, eBay, January 27 2018, ex RBW Collection, CNG e-auction 364, December 2 2015, lot 90, ex Stacks Coin Galleries, August 20 1986, lot 117, ex Frederick S. Knobloch Collection, Stacks May 4 1978, lot 90

 

That is a fantastic coin (I love the undertype peeking out of the galley prow!).

I wish I hadn't been absent from CT during the @stevex6 era! (Plz don't get yourself banned too!) From his coins posted in various replies, it was clearly a fantastic collection.

Wonderful backstory to this coin, too, from Knboloch --> RBW --> stevex --> yours. (I see that someone has added the Knobloch provenance in a comment to the ACSearch record of CNG 364, 90.) I checked this one on your page of Provenance paraphernalia & tickets (great resource for comparing collector tags, envelopes, etc.) and was amazed at how many "hits" each one has: almost 14,000 for this one (not even the highest by quite a margin)! Apparently there is quite a demand for such information (I need to get busy putting my "collector tag database" online too)!

 

Another person I didn't realize was (or is) a Coin Talk member. I have one coin from @Sallent:

Probus, billon tetradrachm, 277-278 AD (Year 3), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, A K M AV ΠPOBOC CEB / Rev. Eirene [= Pax] standing left, wearing long chiton and peplos, holding long scepter obliquely with left hand and olive branch with right; L Γ [Year 3] in lower left field. Dattari 5529, Emmett 3986, Milne 4550 at p. 109 [Milne, J.G., Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins (Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)], Köln (Geissen) 3132, Sear RCV III 12124 (ill.). 23 mm., 8.7 g., 12 h. Purchased from JAZ Numismatics Auction 183, May 2021, ex. Sallent Collection, ex. Bertolami e-auction 41, lot 292, April 30, 2017.

 

Also, I noticed that @jamesicus was mentioned in this thread. I see that he hasn't been here since last July. I'm almost afraid to ask, but has anyone been in touch with him?

 

The laws in my country are very strict about ancient coins. I only buy from European auction houses and I keep each invoice in perfect order.
This is why I don't even look at US auctions or any other sources of coins.
However, I received first hand info that this coin is from @Ryro's collection, available in an European auction, so I gladly got it.


Titus, as Caesar AD 76-78. Rome. Denarius AR. 18 mm, 3,28 g
AD 76
T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, head of Titus, laureate, right / COS V, Eagle with wings spread, standing front on cippus, head left
RSC 59a; RIC 191a; RIC2 861; ex Ryro

 

One reason why I think it's important to document and share provenance of as many coins as possible, even if it's not highly valuable (financially) or prestigious -- you never know who that information may be valuable to in the future, often in unanticipated ways!

 

It is a wonderful portrait of Philip I. I am very happy to have it in my collection

A perfect picture, thank you so much! May I ask if you have also a picture of the reverse that you can share

 

That's me. In general once I find a provenance for a coin, or in some cases correct a provenance for a coin, I'll add notes to its entries on ACSearch. In one case 4 separate auctions over several years had copied the wrong provenance for a coin of mine. Hopefully my coins won't lose their provenances but if they do I want it to be easy for future owners to reunite them with the coins.


I'm always amazed by how many hits some of the coins on my website get. I assume many of the hits are bots but I do occasionally get emails from other collectors and researchers discussing my coins. I hope my provenance scans are useful for others. I've learned quite a bit sharing them with other collectors and being told "oh that's RBW Handwriting" or "yeah that handwriting and red ink tells you it's SC Collection".

 

I have a handful from CT members, and several specifically from @lordmarcovan . Here are a few of them.

 

About 75% of the coins that appear in my auctions come from CT members, either as consignments or coins I've bought. But about half of the consignors prefer to remain anonymous. So if you've bought a coin from me, there's a significant chance it came from another CT member, even if it didn't come with a provenance.

 

Beautiful. What's the first one?

 

1862 Australia merchant token- they are a little more uncommon. It's a part of my "countries I've traveled to" sub collection.

 

My SteveX6's:


RR M Volteius Mf AR Denarius 78 BCE 18mm 3.96g Hd Hercules R lion skin headdress - Erymanthian boar Cr 385-2 ex SteveX6


RPrv Trajan AE Dichalkon Laureate hd L Rhinoceros walking L LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. rhino right


RR Hd Juno Sospita R goat skin hddrss She-wolf R placing stick on fire eagle stndng fanning flames 45 BCE 19.0mm 4.07g Cr 472-1


Troas Kebren AR Obol Archaic hd Apollo L - Hd Ram in Incuse sq 5th C BCE 7.65mm 0.64g SNG Ash 1086


Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE RIGHT-RIGHT 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1

 

A good part of my collection has been gifted to me from the incredible, generous people of this forum. It blows my mind every time I look at them!

There are too many to show off here, so, I’m going to share links to my year in review posts that cover them. It’s amazing!

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-a-christmas.391650/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/wow-what-a-year.389812/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/2020-the-year-of-your-incredible-generosity.373517/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/it’s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-erin’s-year-in-review.352624/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/erin’s-totally-rockin-year.329734/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/our-2017-in-review.308161/
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-nieces-christmas-is-gonna-pwn.307599

The threads speak for themselves. I will always cherish each coin.

My job finally starts this month, so, I hope to buy some more of CT’s ex coins in the near future.

Erin

 

Constantine I
A.D. 307
29mm 9.3g
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
GENIO POP ROM; Genius standing left, tower on head, loins draped, r. holding patera, l. cornucopiae.
In ex. PLN
RIC VI London 89b; LMCC 5.01.009


ex- @jamesicus

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-coin-collection-in-2021-part-1.372854/#post-5371130

 

I'll look through my files & post if I can find it . I hope I didn't delete it .

 

Pardon the...


But, here are some more CT pals coins that I've acquired:
My Roman rarity of Postumus famous General, ex @Bing


My MSC of DemetriusPoliorketes, ex @ominus1


My most handsome portrait on Roman silver, ex @bcuda


My coolest LRB, ex @Curtisimo


And my most recent big Ole 70gr acquisition, ex @John Anthony


Other CTers whoms coins I'd like to be able to say I've picked up:
@dougsmit
@Alegandron
@Roman Collector
@DonnaML
@ambr0zie
@Ed Snible
& @AncientJoe of course