My life for the next couple of months...

Thanks for all the comments, guys. I'll see if I can get pics of a few more before other new coins arrive and I'm sidetracked again.

 

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I had some good daylight today and took the opportunity to work on pictures of a few more coins.

I had been meaning to pick up a nice Victorinus, and for me this one fits the bill.

VICTORINUS
Gallic Empire
AE Antoninianus
3.0g, 19.7mm
Trier mint, early-mid AD 270
RIC V 118; AGK 14b; Cohen 79
O: IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R: PA-X A-VG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V to left, star to right.


A coin of one of the tetrarchs from the London mint was also somewhere on the want list.

GALERIUS
Follis
9.60g, 28mm
Londinium mint, AD 303
RIC VI 33
O: MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C, large laureate and cuirassed bust right.
R: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae.


And for my collection's Aelius-shaped hole...

AELIUS, as Caesar under Hadrian
Denarius
3.34g, 17.6mm
Rome mint, AD 136-138
RIC II Hadrian 435a
O: L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right.
R: TR POT COS II, Spes advancing left, holding up flower in right hand and raising skirt with left.

 

All VERY handsome coins!

 

Excellent pieces Z!

 

Galerius looks like a younger Kris Kringle

 

Dear OP:

"ERMEGRSH ERMEGRESH ERMEGRESH"

"ADOPT ME"

 

Wow. That is a stunning piece, what razor sharp legends!

 

In time, my son, my Kingdom of uncleaned culls shall be yours.

 

Well, I've finally sent three coins from the lot off to Sear - the Diadumenian, the Balbinus, and a Maximian follis (not shown yet). Ultimately, I couldn't actually find more than those that I was actually uncertain enough about one way or the other (and that were also actually worth the expense of a Sear opinion). I'll post an update when I get them back.

 

And a pic of the Maximian follis maybe?

 

Hello Zumbly,

And the Marc Anthony? are you sure it is ok? great coin.
I hope it will turn our fine at Sear, then I take my hat off for you !! and sell all my coins I quite )

 

Update:

The three coins I sent off to David Sear have been returned, and all three have been given certificates of authenticity.

The Balbinus and Diadumenian have been shown before:



The third one was a Maximianus antoninianus, nowhere near as valuable as the other two, but ultimately I decided I wanted Sear's opinion on it anyway. I had been unsure about it for several reasons, and am happy it came back with the all-clear.


MAXIMIANUS
Billon Antoninianus
3.81g, 23.5mm
Lugdunum mint, AD 287-289
RIC 458; Cohen 647; Bastien 218
O: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust right, wearing radiate crown.
R: VIRTVTI AVGG, Hercules standing right, strangling Nemean Lion, his club on ground behind.

I don't have any other coins from this group that I feel I need to send off to Sear. Six coins, fortunately none of significant value, I'm already either absolutely or reasonably sure are fakes. The other ninety or so I'm confident are authentic. A good lot, all in all .

Thanks again, everyone, for your comments and input!

 

Fantastic news!! That really was an award-winning mixed lot

 

Excellent news! Now where are the rest of the pictures

 

Thanks, many of the remaining coins are the more common types and I can't seem to muster the enthusiasm to photograph at the moment. Yeah, junky coins with holes in them make for more interesting subjects .

 

Congrats on those results. Those are great coins!

 

that's great news, my friend => plus, that sweet $50 certificate might be worth something someday? (maybe once ol' David Sear has passed away those babies will be collectors items themselves?)

... I have a dream that everything I own becomes valuable!!

 

I share your dream Steve...in fact, you wouldn't believe the gold mine I'm sitting on in Air Force base trade tokens! Goldmine I tell 'ya!

 

exactly => and maybe my 2000 cds will be worth as much as vinyl?!!

 

Aww shucks...I threw out all my CD cases and covers like 9 years ago..