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Gupta Empire of India
Issued under Kumaragupta I
414-455 AD
AR Drachm
Obv: Bust right, imitative Greek legend HOHO
Rev: Garuda center, legend Paramabhāgavata mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Kumāragupta-Mahendrādityaḥ
Ref: Kumar's Kumaragupta I Garuda Type Variety B

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next: Perseus

 

Ah, the irony... I didn't even know that this coin existed until I saw it in today's Roma auction. Obviously, I had to have it. And just a few hours later I see it posted in 'Follow the Coin'. What are the chances!
So I just have to post it, even though I (obviously) haven't gotten it yet.
Here's to Perseus!





Next: winged helmet.

 

next: patina with colour

 

Bithynia, Herakleia Pontika Æ 23mm. Circa 305-280 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin / ΗΕΡΑΚΛΕΩΤΑΝ between club and bow in gorytos. SNG Stancomb 826; SNG BM Black Sea 1632; HGC 7, 484. 8.57g, 23mm, 4h.



Next: More colorful patina.

 

Northern Song Dynasty of China
1107-1110 AD
Obv: Da Guan Tong Bao, Slender Gold script
Rev: Blank
Ref: H#16.418

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next: Fortuna reduci

 

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Roman Empire
Issued under Gratian, unclear mint
378-383 AD
AE2 | 5.74 grams
Obv: DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG
Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB, Gratian holding Victory on globe and raising kneeling female on left

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very clear mint

next: another Gratian

 

Next: A Saturnalia gift.

 

Perhaps I'm being dense, but what do you mean?

 

I believe a Saturnalia coin gift from another CT member @DonnaML

 

That's a good idea! The coins I got for Saturnalia from other incredibly generous and thoughtful members of this board all have a special place in my collection:

2019:

Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 202–210 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG; head of Septimius Severus, laureate, r. Rev: INDVLGENTIA AVGG IN CARTH; Dea Caelestis, draped, riding r. on lion, holding thunderbolt in r. hand and sceptre in l. hand; below, water gushing from rock. 19mm, 3.32g. Ref: RIC IV Septimius Severus 266.

2020:

Kingdom of France, under Henry II, AR douzain aux croissants, 1550 AD, Lyons mint. Obv: + HENRICVS 2 · DEI · G · FRANCORV · REX · F · (lis); crowned French coat of arms; to l. and r., crown above crescent. Rev: + SIT · NOMEN DNI · BENEDICTVM · 1550 · (lis); pellet below 12th letter; cross fleurée with H and crown alternating in quarters; D below. 27mm 2.46g. Ref: Duplessy 997.

2021:

Faustina II, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 145–161 AD, Rome mint. Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL; bust of Faustina the Younger, band of pearls round head, with hair waived and coiled on back of head, draped, r. Rev: VENUS; Venus, draped, standing l., holding apple in r. hand and rudder set on dolphin, which coils round it, in l. 18mm, 3.06g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 517C (denarius). Ex Secret Saturnalia 2021.

Next: More Saturnalia coins

 

Artaxerxes I - Darius II
Achaemenid Empire
Siglos
Obverse: Persian King
Reverse: Incuse Punch
Saturnalia 2021 gift from @Orielensis

Next: Another Saturnalia gift

 

Hahaha how funny is that? While you were posting your Saturnalia gifts...I was posting my Saturnalia gift from you!

 

Indeed – and it's good to see that siglos again!

 

I just had him out the other day. Tis a beautiful coin

 

ANONYMOUS
Æ Semis
OBVERSE: Laureate head of Jupiter right; S (mark of value) behind
REVERSE: Prow right; dolphin before, ROMA below
Rome mint, 88BC
4.33g, 21mm
BMCRR II, p. 589, 10
Saturnalia gift from Ryro

Next: Any gift coin

 

This was a house warming gift from an online friend after I told him I had moved.

Southern Song Dynasty of China
1127-1131 AD
Contemporary counterfeit from a private mint
AE Cash | 2.61 grams | 25.5x26mm wide
Obv: Jian You Tong Bao
Rev: Blank
Ref: H#17.15-22, Z#293447

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Next: your first coin to arrive at a new house

 

We bought our current house in February 2017, moved in the first week of March and this arrived Mar 15th


NERO
AE 17
OBVERSE: NERWN KLAYDIOS KAISAR GER, draped bust right
REVERSE: QYAT-EIRH/NW-N, labrys (double axe)
Struck at Thyateira, Lydia, 55AD
2.97g, 17mm
RPC 2381; SNG von Aulock 3216; BMC 58; SNG Copenhagen 595;
SNG Munich 612; Weber 6931; Mionnet VII 596; Lindgren I 834

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