Uhm, so I bought this toned RR denarius (M. Cipius M. F.)

Great job! Cold turkey is the way to do it.

 

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It's been 8 years since I've quit smoking and I still get the occasional craving!!

... man, just like with everything that I try => I go full-steam ahead!! (I was smoking close to two packs per day before I decided to quit cold turkey!!) ... orange nic-fingers, yellow teeth and always the first one to leave a meeting so I could dart outside and have a quick smoke or two!!

Quitting smoking was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do ... but looking-back, I am so glad that I somehow broke free!! (my coin-cash increased immediately!!)

 

That explains all the screams.

How ya doin with all that extra coin money?

 

I like it. Nice toning and while it's missing the Roma on the reverse, who cares? The reverse is mostly completely and of cool, Celtic horse style. You're RR's are coming along nicely, Salient.

 

Good for your Steve! I quit smoking after my bachelor party, some 20 years ago. I think the concussion helped.

 

I quit cigarettes in 1982 or 83, but on my 50th birthday (1999), one of my guests was smoking so I thought I could just have one. MISTAKE! Three years later I had to quit again cold turkey.

 

You mean extra snack money. I've gained about 15 pounds. Time to hit the gym.

 

Terrific OP @Sallent ....I'd enthusiastically welcome it into my collection.

Hmmm, I quit cigarettes five years ago, immediately gained about 40 pounds, lost the weight over the next year...and then a year later took up a pipe and those small pipe tobacco cigars Black and Mild)....no inhaling and it keeps me from going on that rampage JA alluded to LOL

 

Ok guys, I'm happy for you, but this is not a meeting of Tobacco Anonymous

Getting back to coins for a second here, I think this is the coin @dougsmit kept hoping you guys would post



I don't know who won this bad boy at Agora Auctions back in November, but if it was one of you, stop hiding this beauty from the rest of us. I'm jealous, only one bid and he got it at $120.00 (excluding shipping and auction house fees). Great buy!

Notice the ROMA is barely there, the R is cut off and almost missing altogether. These coins have unusually small flans, so most of them will have barely any sign of the top parts of ROMA just present on the edge. If they have the full ROMA inscription, they will usually be off centered at the top of the reverse, and have part of Victory or the chariot missing. To have one that shows this much of the inscription ROMA and so much of the rest of the design is truly a treat.

I looked at 2 dozen images of these coins from past online auctions at various places, and most that have ROMA are off centered towards the top and you have to sacrifice part of the design to get those words, and the majority look like mine, with no ROMA or barely a hint of it, but the full design with bigga and Victory.

Notice that the coin above, as good as it is, has the back end of the chariot and horse's tail cut off by the edge of the flan, not to mention the barely present R in ROMA. I doubt you'll find one of these truly perfect. It is one of those things you have to decide when you get his coin with the typical small flans for the issue: "What part of the design am I willing to sacrifice a little on." If the answer is "None" then you'll be looking for a good long while for one, and perhaps never find it.

 

This one could be sharper, but at least has most of the legend:

At 17 mm it has a small diameter for a denarius. The type is quite common; Crawford estimates 535 obverse dies from the number extant in hoards. To put that number in perspective, types with an estimate of 200 dies are usually considered common.

 

As far as legend and design, that's as good as it gets. That one has pretty much everything present.

Thanks for the info. I had no idea they were this common. I guess that's why I could get it for relatively little compared to other RR denarii. Still, its a very beautiful little coin. I love the depiction of Roma on these coins.

 

Mine. Apologies for the photo; this image from the dealer (Kunker) from 2002 is all I have:

 

Darn it. I'm so jealous. yours is perfect in every single way. Do any of your coins feature in professional publications? I ask because you seem to have nothing but museum-quality coins.

 

Thanks. Some of my coins have appeared in various publications. Quite a few can be found on Andrew McCabe's website, although nothing like all of them. That's the only "publication" that's at all systematic. Andrew's photo's are the source for the majority of images I've been posting here.

 

You need to get a camera take some photos of what you're missing!

 

It's here. Look at the price listed on this old envelope...$7.00 Needless to say, I paid much more than $7 for it. Inflation is something else.




And here is the reverse with the Civitas Gallleries ticket

 

ahahaha => your coin is only worth $7

hmmm? ... I'm pretty sure that Doug bought one for $6 in 1978

 

I'll give you $8. You make a profit that fast.

 

Sure, that will be $8 payable in bullion American Silver Eagles. Gentlemen can always reach agreements.

 

Looks great! The coin definitely lives up to the seller's pic.