Happy St Patrick's Day => post your green, or your Irish, or any relevant coins!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

 

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Blue-green.

 

i love a sexy green ancient, here's my sexiest....(very pretty dark green in hand)





this one is pretty sweet also..

 

=> gawd!! ... sorry man ... I always take it a bit too far!! (it's my nature)

=> The Green Beer is on me, yeeeehaaaaa!!

 

Although not quite evident from the photo, this coin does have some 'green' in it.........

 

Far from ancient, but most definitely green...

 

I've got a thousand green Jefferson nickels collected by my grandfather... and stored in PVC plastic flips for many decades. Lost bunches of Morgans, Walkers, and SLQs to PVC corrosion as well

 

Happy ST Paddy's day. Great greenies gang! Here's mine:

Claudius, 41-54 AD
AE As, 29mm/11.3g; Rome Mint.
Obv: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP. Claudius bust left
Rev: CERES AVGVSTA, Ceres seated holding corn ears and torch, S C below.
(RIC.I.94)

 

Augustus & Agrippa AE Dupondius. Nemausus Mint, 20-10 BC. 11.2g, 26mm

OBV: IMP DIVI F, Back-to-back heads of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, & Augustus, laureate.

REV: COL-NEM, crocodile chained to palm, wreath with long ties trailing above.

REF: RIC 155, Cohen 7, RPC 523, Sear (RCV 2000) 1730, aorta 580

 

Nero. AD 54-68. AE As, Rome mint. 63 AD. 6.8g, 23.50mm

OBV: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP PP, Laureate head right.

REV: GENIO AVGVSTI, S-C across fields, I in exergue, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, sacrificing over lighted altar to left.

REF: RIC I 214; Sear 1977; WCN 269; BMC 252.

 

Domitian AE As. 81 - 96 AD, 8.5g, 28mm

OBV: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P, laureate bust right, wearing aegis.

REV: FORTVNAE AVGVSTI S-C, Fortuna standing left with rudder & cornucopiae.

REF: RIC 487, Cohen 122

 

Trajan AE As. Rome, 9.9g, 27.55mm

OBV: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, Laureate head right.

OBV: TR POT COS III PP SC, Victory walking left, carrying shield inscribed SPQR.

REF: RIC 417, Cohen 628. Sear 3242

 

Quintillus AE Antoninianus. Mediolanum mint. 2.6g, 18.79mm

OBV: IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, Radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.

REV: FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head left, holding standard in either hand.

REF: RIC 52, Cohen 25.

 

Maxentius AE Follis. Minted at Rome, 308-310 AD. 5.5g, 25mm

OBV: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right.

REV: CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, holding orb, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pediment.

REF: RIC Rome 210

 

Constans AE Centenionalis. 348-350 AD. 2.8g, 18mm

OBV: D N CONSTANS P F AVG, Draped and cuirassed bust right.

REV: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing left on galley, holding phoenix and labarum, piloted by Victory. TESB in ex.

REF: RIC VIII Thessalonica 120