Ancients => Man, I'm always scoring great coin-deals!!

Man, I'm always scoring great coin-deals!!

JEOPARDY ANSWER:

=> "things that stevex6 never says?"



*whatev* => Hey, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while!!

So, I scored twice at today's auction ... I paid through the nostrils for one of my coins, but I think I did pretty well for this sweet chick-coin?!!

Initial estimate was $100 ... but I scored it for $65 (I did a search and didn't find too many better deals)

Happy, happy, happy!! (hey, it's not usually my primary goal, but I admit that paying bargain-prices is always a very wise thing!!)

=> I hope you like it!!

Faustina Junior. Augusta, AR Denarius
Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161-164
AD 147-175
Rome mint
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.35 grams
Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Reverse: Draped and ornamented throne on which are two infant boys
Reference: RIC III 712 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 27-4b Diad.; RSC 191
Other: 12h … Good VF, toned
From the Dr. George Spradling Collection

 

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That's an outstanding coin for the price. I think Bing is rubbing off on you.

Hm - maybe I should have phrased that differently.

 

Thanks JA ...

=> yah, I thought that this baby was a bit of a steal (cha-ching)

Hey, it should go without sayin' that I'd love you awesome coiners to post your relevant coins!!

c'mon ... post-post!!

 

Well, maybe I'll post an example ... ummm, how 'bout another Faustina II coin?

Here ya go ... it's easy peezy!!

Faustina II AE Sestertius
Rome Mint
128-175 AD
Diameter: 31 mm
Weight: 23.72 grams
Obverse: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust right wearing circlet of pearls
Reverse: Reverse: IVNONI REGINAE S-C, Juno, veiled, standing left, holding patera & scepter; peacock standing left at feet, head reverted
Reference: RIC 1651



Wow, apparently this chick wasn't having a very good hair-day (hmmm, I wonder how many showers these sweaty rulers took?)



... kinda like baseball-cap Sundays?

 

Alas, I have no Faustinas of any generation to share. Someday.

 

Wow, nice ... I can't believe that you're not running-out and purchasing a coin so you can post it here!! (did I piss you off?)







... just jokes, Nabateeetennezer!!

Rock-on, my coin-friend!!

 

Well, I've done that often enough, so let me go take a look and see if I can find something I like.

 

Nice coins , you guys better quit showing this stuff as I'm feeling a pull from the dark side .

 

OK Steve, I went and bought a coin of Faustina II, just to post it in your thread.

I'm glad I looked though, because this coin gives me three firsts. My first coin of Faustina Junior, a portrait of Zeus-ammon, who was the patron god of the Roman legion in Syria, and it's my first coin of the Gadara mint. You all know how much I'm drawn to Levantine coins.

Syria, Decapolis, Gadara. Faustina II, wife of Marcus Aurelius. Augusta, 147-175 AD. AE 20mm (7.89 gm, 12h). Dated CY 225. 161/2 AD. Spijkerman 49 (same dies)

 

Careful now.....

 

Nice pickup little bro. Great detail.

 

I love the posts!!!!---Hell I always love the posts, I'm an ancient coin addict !!! LOL

Steve, yours has a reverse that I can't recall seeing before and it's a gorgeous coin!!

My Faustina Juniors/(II)MINOR: A denarius with a 'FECVNDITAS' reverse; and two worn sestertius I'm not 100% sure about:

 

My version:

FAUSTINA MINOR
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: SAECVLI FELICIT, throne (Pulvinar) upon which sits Commodus and Antoninus
Struck at Rome, 161-175 AD
3.22g, 17mm
RIC 711 (Aurelius) RSC 190

 

Nice, got a good price on it.

 

swish!! => nuthin' but net!!

Yah, I lucked-out on this baby ... honestly, I feared that I was gonna be outbid on my sweet Caracalla coin, so I gambled and put-out a bid on this fine Faustina!!

... oh, but please tell her that she was my first pick (she is so fricken insecure, know what I mean?) ... yah, daughter of A-Pius and wife of creepy cousin Marcus Aurelius (*awkward*)

 

That's a lot of quality for $65! Great purchase!

 

I do prefer the one you paid through the nostrils for, but this one is nice too. I like those flow lines and the high-fiving little guys on the reverse!

My Faustina Jr may have been before the kids came along...

 

$65 for the Puppet Show reverse. Can't go wrong with that! Congrats Steve. It feels good to pay 1/4 what it really worth. Take it in. Its amazing what we can find on the bottom. Yum, yum,yum...

 

I like the OP denarius quite a bit mostly because of the sharp reverse detail. I've never been a fan of Faustina's face but this one is not as bad as many so it is the kind of coin I might have bought for $65. I do not have the type. My favorite Faustina is the posthumous peacock denarius which cost me $70 and is lower grade than yours. Of course, it does have an animal and some people like animals so we have to pay more for them.

I also like this sestertius from the earlier period as first daughter.


The OP sestertius is less appealing but you knew that.