Most of you know that our friend stevex6 is in the process of selling off his collection, and as I mentioned in another thread, I just purchased 8 coins from him. One the highlights of my coin-week here on CT was always 'CNG Wednesday', when Steve would share his latest acquisitions freshly won from his favorite auction hunting ground. Today isn't 'CNG Wednesday', but it is Wednesday, and I thought I'd post another coin from the group I just acquired from Steve. Appropriately, it was one of his 'CNG Wednesday' wins back in June 2015. Caracalla. As Caesar, AR Denarius Struck AD 201-202 AD 196-198 Rome mint Diameter: 18 mm Weight: 3.17 grams Obverse: Laureate and draped bust right Reverse: ADVENT AVGG, galley left; signum and aquila at stern Reference: RIC IV 120; RSC 3 Other: 6h ... VF, lightly toned Ex stevex6 Collection; ex Dr. George Spradling Collection Please feel free to share your galley coins, Caracalla coins, stevex6 coins, and, if you haven't already done so, please check out the sale of the x6 collection and pick up a coin or two: http://stores.ebay.com/Dionysus-Coi...%3D711-53200-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D1365131916547
One of the nicest detailed galley's I have seen good pick up zumbly, as it turns out I just bought a very cheap galley coin, Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor, 260-269 AD, AR Antoninianus, Trier, 1st emission, 3rd phase, 261 AD, 21mm, 3.85 gm, RIC 73. ex GB Collection.
Lovely Postumus galley! I really like the portrait on that one, too. I believe I have a few "ex GB Collection" coins but am away from my catalog right now and can't check and in any case have no idea whom GB is.
Fabulous! I'm glad it went to a good home. I have two ex-X6 coins which I will post when I can Get 'em while they're still available, folks!
Very nice Z! MARCUS ANTHONY RESTITUTION AR Denarius OBVERSE: ANTONIVS AVGVR III VIR R P C, Galley left. REVERSE: ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST, legionary eagle between two standards, LEG VI between Struck at Rome, 168AD 3.81g, 20mm RIC III 443 (Marcus Aurelius) ; BMCRE 500
I can't shoot my own pictures right now but this little Pigasus flew home to mama a couple of months ago https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an...my-pants-and-a-flyin-pig.236486/#post-1789633
I felt I should have an x6 animal coin: Indo-Scythian AE unit, Azes II, humped bull standing right, monogram above, Greek legend around, rev. maneless lion right, monogram above, Kharosthi legend around. 27mm, 13.42 g. But the one I really wanted was Zombie Jesus! Nicephorus II Phocas with Basil II, fourrée Histamenon Nomisma. Ex E. E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection (CNG 379, 27 Juillet 2016), lot 408.
Zombie Jesus is quite the score! The Indo-Skythian is great too. Of my other six, five are animal coins and the last is a weapon one. I'll pace myself with showing them .
My galley came from a show earlier this year and is not as nice as the X6 example. My X6 coin is smaller than your X6 coin. Kyzikos hemiobol
I have one at least as small to show later . When I first saw his Caracalla galley, I immediately put the type on my want list and started the hunt for a suitable one. There were many in equal or better grade, but I came up empty trying to find one with a jauntier galley. Steve sure knows how to pick 'em!
Here are the three that I have gotten from the Fabulous SteveX6 Collection - Wednesday TOSS-IN: Makedon Philip II AE 18 Apollo - Youth Horseback spear hd below 359-356 BCE 18mm 6.2g SNG ANS 850-1 Kebren AR Obol Archaic hd Apollo L - Hd Ram in Incuse sq 5th C BCE 7.65mm 0.64g SNG Ash 1086 RI Trajan AE Dichalkon Laureate hd Left Rhinoceros walking LEFT LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. (NORMALLY rhino walking right) I know only of 3 - @TIF 's, this one, and one listed on ACSearch.
