Ancients => Two Alexandrian TETs (yah, I needed a fix!!)

Tough love. You paid too much unless you consider the Tacitus worth $90 and the Probus $10. The Tacitus is a very nice example so you may be close. Probus eagles are common so you can hold out for a smooth one. Mine is a different year and not great but I bought it for $7 a long time ago when I was young and foolish.

 

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I was wrong. A coin of Probus with portrait of Diocletian might be rare!

 

Thanks for the tough-love, Doug ... I always love hearin' the truth from Mr Miyagi!!



Oh, you may not have re-read my thread-update, but Batman only charged my $85 (delivered) for the two new sweeties (so, I must be very close to being at "atta-boy"?)

$15 - Probus
$70 - Tacitus

=> cha-chinnggg!!

Again, thanks for responding => I always get all giddy when you comment on my stuff (good, or bad) ... awesome, thanks!!

 

Really? ... huh, the plot thickens!!

 

Doug => oh, and that's a gorgeous $7 Dolla coin ... oh, and a super-photo!! (well played, Miyagi)

 

Probus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Nike advancing left, holding wreath in both hands
Minted in Alexandria, Egypt. Year 3. (LГ in left field)
Milne 4555 (this coin). Curtis -, Emmett 3992(Year 3) R5 (this coin). BMC -.

Ex-Olympus Coins February 1992
Ex-Keith Emmett Collection.

 

Probus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Athena seated left, holding Nike and sceptre; shield below chair
Minted in Alexandria Egypt. Delta over L in left field. Year 4. A.D. 278-279
Milne 4570. Emmett 3977(4) R3. Curtis 1844. BMC -.

Ex-Col. James W. Curtis Collection.
Ex-Olympus #5 catalogue (December 1982)
Ex-Keith Emmett Collection.

 

Probus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) seated left, holding scales and cornucopia
Minted in Alexandria Egypt. LE in left field. Year 5. A.D. 279-280
Milne 4594. Emmett 3980(5) R4. Curtis 1845. BMC -.

Described by Col. Curtis as "Very Rare" on his 2x2 coin holder, which still accompanies the coin.

Ex-Col. James W. Curtis Collection.
Ex-Olympus #5 catalogue (December 1982)
Ex-Keith Emmett Collection.

 

Martin => ridiculously super-coins, as always (please keep 'em comin' ... I never get tired of your "stuff")

 

All soooo much better than the new one. Perhaps I have an attitude about the eagles because I have too many but after you get as many tets as you have, it is increasingly hard to find ones you don't have so you start looking for other features. I have a snipe set on a tet because I liked the look on the face of the emperor's portrait. I have a antoninianus enroute that I paid more than I would have for most for that same reason. Neither are Probus. Most Probus Alexandria faces are a bit 'ordinary' in my opinion. Martin's year three Nike is better than most. Whatever the coin, rarity makes us more interested. Were Falling Horsemen rare, the type would not be the laughing stock it seems to be with so many of you. Were EID MAR denarii common, we might point out the fact that the artwork is something you could draw. There are some well done Eagles but I prefer pretty much anything from Alexandria that is not a standing figure or a bird.

 

Doug => I always enjoy your writing, but I didn't quite understand which coin and/or which coin-comrade you were aiming at? ... ummm, being vain, I assumed that you were referring to "my" Probus/Diocletian Eagle? (but I may be incorrect?)

... ummm, so I am assuming that even at $15, you are not liking my new Probus/Diocletian coin? (man, that's cold)

... ahaha => just jokes ....... I almost like it more when you chuck-crap at my coins, for then I get to bring it up in our future coin-intereactions (thanks for your coin-time, my friend ... I always appreciate it, seriously!!)

 

I still only have on tet.

 

Great coin, randygeki => thanks for posting

Hey???? => now I'm curious??? => ummm, I haven't seen a single Alexandrian Tacitus TET (what gives??)

=> please dig-deep and post your Alexandrian Tacitus TETS, otherwise I'm gonna start thinking that today's purchase was even fricken sweeter than I thought!!

 

Steve, overall you have some of the nicest and most carefully selected coins posted here (except for maridvnvm's , of course). All I was saying is that the Probus eagle was not up to the Steve standards. The Tacitus was. I don't have a Tacitus. If I did, it would not be that nice. My best tets are ladies:


Yes I know the Severina is an eagle but it is also a ETOYC Z. Why would that mean anything to me? Anyone? Please show your Aurelian year 7 coins. They exist.

 

Severus Alexander, Billon Tetradrachm
Obv:- A KAI MAP AY CEY ALEXANDPOC, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
Rev:- Dikaiosyne seated left on facing throne, holding scales and cornucopia.
Minted in Alexandria. Year 7 (LZ in upper left field). A.D. 227/228.
Reference:- Milne 3017. Emmett 3097 (7) R5 citing Milne. Geissen -. Dattari 4296

 

Claudius II Gothicus, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– AVT K KΛAVΔIOC CEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Nike advancing right, holding wreath & palm, year
Minted in Alexandria, L in left field, B in right field (year 2). A.D. 268/269
Reference:– Curtis 1712, BMC 2321 Milne 4228

 

Aurelian, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– AYT K Λ Δ AYRHΛIANOC CEB, Laureate and draped bust of Aurelian right
Rev– I A C OYABAΛΛAΘOC AΘHN Y A [C R or VT S RW], Laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus right
Minted in Alexandria, Alexandria Year 1 of Aurelian (L | A), Year 4 of Vabalathus and Zenobia (L | Δ), 270 AD
Reference:– Geissen 3054; Dattari 5422; BMC 2386; Milne 4308

 

Tacitus Alexandrian Tetradrachm
Obv:– A K KL TAKITOS SEB, Laureate, draped bust right
Rev:– ETOVC, Dikaiosyne (Aequitas) standing left with scales & cornucopiae
Minted in Alexandria, A.D. 275 – 276 (A – Year 1)
References:– Milne 4489

 

Maximian, Billon tetradrachm
Obv:– MAΞIMIANOΣ ΣEB, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:– None, Herakles, standing, head to his left, right hand rests on club, left arm extended, on which is draped a lions skin, with apple in palm. Star in left field.
Minted in Alexandria (L | Z).
Reference(s) – Curtis 2086, BMC 2548v, Milne 5027

 

=> of course

Thanks for the compliment, Doug (everybody knows that your coins are the real-deal and the best part about your coins is the interesting coin info/tales that comes with them!!)

Great coins, fellas .... oh and Martin, thanks for posting your Tacitus TET (I was beginning to think that I had the only example!!)



... please keep 'em coming, gang!!