Freed some Friends (2) AUGUSTUS

Continuing my Freed some Friends thread: Please see recently DE-Slabbed AVGVSTVS

He is a bit off centered on Obv... But, I can see him pretty well...

Augustus 27 BCE - 14 AD
AR Denarius
Lugdunum Mint
17.03mm c 2.05 Thick, 3.76g

Rev: Gaius & Lucius Caesars
Sear 1578

 

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Nice,

Mine was a jailbird too

 

My other:

 

I like mine freed much better now...can see it and have the NGC cert! Mine is a 3/5, 3/5, XF... bit off-centered! LOL, we should not P/O the Emperor by being off-centered!

 

Mine I got on a trip to Croatia a few years back from a colleague there. Notice the difference in the simpulum & lituus. Mine is in the "Pd" formation.

 

Wow, yours are heavier, thicker vs mine being thin. Interesting...

How did you like Croatia? Not been there, and understand it is a gorgeous area...

 

I was in Zagreb and a coastal town named Pula. Zagreb is like most large European towns. Pula has tons of Roman ruins. It was a tourest area for the Romans and and still is tourist area. But the ruins were fantastic.

 

Well done! Very nice... Great 2nd pic with the evening sky, gorgeous.

 

why would you deslabb a coin ??? i appreciate an ancient coin but to break it outta the slabb is defeatus

 

In my personal view:
Coins have been collected for over 2000 years. Coins were meant for commerce, being handled and traded between two people in a bond of trust in a transaction. Ancient coins have been uncovered in dirt, the ground, ancient buildings, temples, from all over the world. I enjoy being able to TOUCH history spanning hundreds, if not thousands of years! These coins are well cared for, as I feel I am a steward for them. However, as coins were MEANT to be, I enjoy sharing them by passing to someone else's hands. That way they can appreciate their long history, and be able to TOUCH the past.
Slabbing coins have been a recent phenomena of what, maybe 50 years? Why would you want to slab them?

 

Very nice coins of the Divine Augustus!
Congrats on freeing that poor fellow!
Augustus Caesar AR Denarius
Lugdunum mint
3.73 Grams

 

excellent coins, a must have imho.

1 for in my bucket-list

 

i was also in Pula, the "modern" houses around had the stones taken from the ruins

 

Maybe for collectors of moderns, but most collectors of ancients despise the things. I collect coins, not chunky pieces of plastic. I'm certainly not opposed to authentication when it comes to more expensive pieces, but I prefer David Sear's style, where the coin doesn't get entombed.

 

Slab collecting help turn me off to U.S. coins in 2013. I think the only U.S. coins I bought were a couple Silver Eagles for my album. Post Civil War military trade tokens are not generally slabbed, I've seen only two so far and I can't imagine what the submitter was thinking as the cost of stabbing far outweighs the worth of the tokens. Put a maybe $10 token in something like a $40 slab then try to sell it on eBay for $25? Think it's still on eBay a year later...

 

Same for me! I sold my collection back in the late 80's, kept several pieces that I loved, and cherrypicked various coins I liked until 10 years ago. Used to have a LOT of CWT, HTT, Love Tokens, and various fun US Type coins. Then I saw this "phenomena" of Slabs as I started to get back into collecting (ancients for my love of history). LOL, I thought: WHY??? Coins were MEANT to be circulated, to be TOUCHED! Test, Pattern, and some Proofs (for their ORIGINAL reasons) would be the pieces that you could "slab", but everyday coins??? When I see circulated Ancients (or other coinage), I am excited as they were TOUCHED / USED in commerce...

 

Well I haven't quit my military trade tokens, in fact I've got a small lot on the way now. They give me a similar kick like ancients do, especially when it's one that requires a bit of research to try and figure out when it was made and what the people who used it were up too.

 

It was a CWT that got me started at 9yo. My grandmother gave it to me: we thought it was an odd cent from 1863. Mint condition, Eagle, everything. Still have it: label it as coin #1 in my collection. 'taint worth much, but worth EVERYTHING to me!

 

I have HTT's and CWT's, and some US type coins. None are slabbed, but I don't handle them as casually as ancients. They are modern after all, and they don't have patinas, and they CAN be adversely affected by the oils from your hands. A sampling...

 

Love those! Nice!