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I bought this (much worn) Aureus for a slightly reduced price many years ago because the seller didn't like the Banker's (?) punch mark underneath the chin of Augustus -- I didn't mind it all.


RIC Vol 1, Lugdunum, No. 206

 

cool thread! how the heck did i miss it?

my most recent countermarks,

head of some guy...



grapes!

 

Good photography

 

VKurt, what kind of animal does that countermark depict?

 

I think this is one of our trolls.

 

Here is one of mine. Have others, but not photoed. Sinope/Pontus

 

That little mark would not bother me at all. I would love to have an aureus like that. Great coin.

 

Please excuse some rambling here -- offered with a warning that my memory is not too good these days and so dates etc. may occasionally not be reliable. Anyway, my recollection is that ancient coin collecting forty or so years ago was a great deal different than it is to today -- no computers, cell phones, the internet or elaborate auctions meant that most acquisitions (at least for me) were at small "mom and pop" coin shops; department stores (many of them had coin departments in the 1950s and 60s -- I used to buy many of my coins at Joske's of Texas in San Antonio in 1951); small local coin shows (lots of trading with fellow collectors there) and via "snail mail" from a few well known dealers (printed list mailers). My remembrances are of generally warm and friendly interactions with dealers and collectors back then -- but of course that is "old fogey" nostalgia at work -- there are many warm and friendly (and equally knowledgeable) dealers and collectors today -- exemplified by members of this Forum! And then, as now, a great deal of trust between all. Why all this? Well, I just had to set the mood for myself to post the following:

I have owned the great majority of my coins for a great number of years -- some over fifty years -- and I have weighed, attributed (mostly using RIC and BMC) and photographed (some not very well) all of them. So I have a good amount of (sometimes not very well written and organized) research information relating to them -- and a vast collection of photographic images (many archived). It is now time to forego all the "blather" and finally address the aureus I posted in the spirit of my above ramblings! I think I bought it from a fellow collector about forty years ago for around $600 -- I cannot find my original information relating to the purchase. Worn Julio-Claudian aurei could be had for just a few hundred dollars in those days. I used to buy quite a few coins from Ed Waddell via his mailing lists back then and I recall him once phoning me to say he was going to mail me a Nero aureus -- I believe he wanted something like $300 -- and if I liked it to mail him a check, otherwise mail it back to him . Ah, those were the days!! Anyway, I bought it. I could only find a pic of the obverse in my archives (I swapped for it many years ago) -- I think the reverse image became corrupted when I transferred it to my computer:

 

I've had this one for quite some time, posted it once last year. I had it out today and remembered seeing this thread sometime back.

Kassandros
19mm, 6.33g. Amphopolis 306-297BC
Heracles in lion skin right
Rider on hirseback [counter stamp]
SNG Munich 1001 Rv

 

Here I go again with bringing another old thread to life... I bought this coin uncleanwd recently for pretty cheap. I have not cleaned them yet, as I don’t really know how to but thet’s for another day. I see thst it has a counterstamp and using the limited resources on these on the internet I came across something I think it is. I believe it to be a Hadrians Head mark. From what Ive heard, these were made from 133-135 AD during the Second Jewish Revolt celebrating the attacks from Legion XII. Is this true for all of these or are some Hadrians Heads made for other reasons? I would also greatly appreciate any input on what coin this is, I have seen ?Domitians? name pop up a lot with these but have no clue— as you probably can tell I have no idea about anything ancient, though I would like too. I will also make a new thread for this. Thank you everyone!

 

Ptolemy II.. I love the Trident..

 

That is quite amazing! Thank you for sharing that - incredible!