Baltimore Finds...

You found some really appealing coins at the show!

Wish I could have attended it.

John

 

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Another coin found poking around in pick bins, a small bronze of Abdera with a perfectly-centered griffin, all around well-struck, with a lovely aquamarine patina - pretty as a picture...

 

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Looks like Nessy. You know. The Lock Ness Monster.

 

One last coin for today is this bronze of Antioch in Pisidia, with a phenomenal bust of Geta...

 

Now regretting that I had decided not to... I recall letting out a small curse when noting the final hammer was actually quite reasonable.

 

It went cheap, 70 Euro. If a dealer picked it up I would not be surprised to see it retailing for far more. CNG has auctioned many in this grade for about $500. Fret not, for a common coin there will always be more.

 

Maybe everyone was thinking, "The bidding will go too high, so I'll just sit it out." Then...

 

EVERY JA AUCTION!!! I miss 'em all the time!

 

Hahah...yeah. Well, there was one time when the bidding went too high. Then the buyer returned the coin, lol.

 

What? You allowed a return because somwone though they paid too much? You are too kind.

 

A bit late in the conversation, but here's my Mikipsa too


Numidia, Mikipsa, AE26 minted c.148-118 BC
Laureate head of Mikipsa left
Horse galloping left, beneath, punic letters
15.23 gr, 26 mm
Ref : Sear #6596

Seems that Blatimoe show is worth visiting JA, very nice picups !
A pity I live so far away. My next trip to the USA will have to include a coin fair maybe...

Q

 

Hey @Cucumbor I have a Mikipsa also. Maybe they jangled around in the same money bag together!


Numidia, Mikipsa,
AE26 minted c.148-118 BC
Laureate head of Mikipsa left
Horse galloping left, punic letters below
Ref : Sear #6596

Stay Strong France!

 

KINGS OF NUMIDIA, MICIPSA
AE27
OBVERSE: Laureate, bearded head left
REVERSE: Prancing horse left, pellet below
Struck at Numidia, 118 BC
14.4g, 27mm
SNG Cop 505; Mazard 50; Müller 32

 

I find interest in the variations of the Mikipsa coins recorded as sold online. One was very nice but had poor horsehead detail and went for $1200 while others were quite nice overall for a fraction. Some have Punic letters under the horse. A few have a countermark head on the body of the horse which a major dealer does not even mention in the description (as if it is a fault no one would want and might not notice?). Being able to do Internet searches on such coins has really expanded the hobby for me. I'm not quite yet getting rid of all those old catalogs from the past but they are starting to seem 'so last millennium'.

 

Never heard of Micipsa, and of course now I want one.

 

Here's a billon tet of Philip I, Antioch. Very dark, EF, just lovely...



The varieties inscribed ANTIOXIA were actually minted in Antioch, the one marked MON VRB (Moneta Urbis) were minted in Rome for distribution in Syria (according to Prieur).

 

Super nice Philip.

 

This was one of those "good for the grade and price" decisions, an RR uncia worn down to Good with porous surfaces, but gosh darnit, everything is there and the coin has no damage...

 

The last of today's pics are two small Byzantine aes that I just thought were very attractive, a half-tetarteron of Manuel I and pentanummium of Justinian I...