Additions this week

JULIAN II 361-3, AE1
9.05g, 28mm
Bust of Julian right "DN IVLIANVS PF AVG"
Bull standing right, two stars above "SECVRITAS REIPVB" "ANTr" in exergue
RIC VIII 216



This type was featured ealier in the week on this forum and I had to get one! "We covet what we see." HL


Maxentius Follis. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head right / AETERNITAS AVG N, Castor and Pollux facing one another, holding horses to center & spears to outside, MOSTQ in ex. RIC 35 of Ostia.

6.56g
24mm



Constantine I AE Follis. Siscia, 313-315 AD. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left with Victory on globe, sceptre and eagle at foot with wreath, gamma in right field; SIS in ex. RIC 7. 3.32g, 22mm.

 

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Great coins
mine new one in mine collection:



LUCIUS VERUS. 161-169 AD. AR Denarius. Rome mint. Struck 165 AD. Vendor foto''s
LUCIUS VERUS. 161-169 AD. AR Denarius (17mm - 3.35 g). Rome mint. Struck 165 AD. L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, bare head right / TR P V IMP II COS II, Mars standing right, holding spear in right hand, shield set on ground in left. RIC III 528 (Aurelius); BMCRE 376 (Aurelius); RSC 262. Good VF.
the mars is so great and now waiting for the post!!

 

Nice coins JBG. I am on the wagon, so no new coins for me this week.

 

Beautiful coins, JB and RO....

I have quite a few possibilities at bid right now and I won an Agrippina Senior sestertius and an Aemilian Provincial last week (which I already posted)....so I may have to wait a few more days to add to the list...

 

You can always buy more next week!

 

A great portrait of LV! And I too love the Mars coins!

 

Great new additions!

 

Great new addition, JBG (it's always nice seeing people buying new ancient coins!!)

... I've already posted this week's only coin-score, but I'll toss it into this thread as well, just for safe-keeping!



Egypt, PB Tessera
2nd-3rd centuries AD
Serapis & Gryphon w. wheel

 

nice new coins everyone! JBG, a coin of the that dioscuri reverse type is on my list!
that LV denarius is also "hot" ro!

well, i'll share the coin i DID NOT get this week. i just got a message from the seller saying that he lost this coin and couldn't ship it to me..after i inquired if my coin had been shipped...seller didn't give me a heads up on his own initiative.





...man, look at the cool owl.

the seller also lost another coin i ordered and found a third, he should be refunding me on the lost coins and shipping the other soon.

i hope.

 

I don't think I would order from this seller again!

 

depends on which coins he has? whom is the seller?

 

I've had sellers tell me they lost a coin, several times. What happened in each case is that they under-priced the coins and didn't want to part with them. Because lo and behold, a few months later I saw those coins listed again at higher prices. I guess they must have "found" them.

 

When dealers do not want your business, do not force it upon them. When you hear they went out of business, celebrate. I know the lack of my business was not the factor that drove a couple guys I knew out of business but there is no harm in enjoying their departure.

 

I was just notified I won one of several auction bids---I seem to be winning one of every 3-5 or so that I enter....I paid a bit around average retail, with due-diligence comparisons, which was a tad more than I intended...but when you have it in the 'winning column' for weeks and then 'lose' it at the last moment, it's like you already owned it and someone stole it from you... LOL.... Anyways...

Silver Tetradrachm of Antiochos III, 223-187 BC
Diademed Head Right of the King
Apollo seated left on Omphalos, holding arrow and bow
16.03 grams, BMC 25

 

Hello Mike,

Nice addition, I am wondering I see lately many coins with such silver, how can I say sort of melted look, in the past I bought coins that never had that, how is that now suddenly appearing is that normal? or from cleaning? with?
Any body a suggestion?

 

Here's an article that may interest you.

Crysallisation and Embrittlement of Ancient Coins

 

mmmm, crystals => my favourite!!

 

I just added two more 'additions' to my collection---losing out on one of three on auction bid.

The first is a Byzantine 'gold' type I was hungering for and the other a cool reverse of a R R denarii.

Heraclius 610-641 AD, AV tremissis;
Constantinople mint, struck circa 610-613
Diademed and cuirassed bust right;
Cross potent CONOB, DOC 53d; MIB 73b; SB786
16 mm, 1.30 grams




L Rubrius Dossenus 87 BC, 17 mm, 3.11 grams, Rome mint
DOS behind veiled head of Juno right, scepter over shoulder
L RVBRI in exergue. Triumphal quadriga right, Victory holding wreath above
Crawford 348/2; Sydenham 706; RSC Rubria 2

 

I don't collect Byzantine coins, but that Dossenus is very very nice.

 

Every time I see a Republican with something other than a Roma head and chariot type, I am reminded I want some more. This quadriga is different enough that we can overlook it is a chariot.