Sallent's Top 20 of 2017 (With plenty of drama and suspense, and some clickbait)

#16. Richard Simmons' star pupil



Ladies and gentlemen, you may remember our next contestant from the Richard Simmons show. He was tall yet fat, but Richard Simmons made him fab!

So let's see a round of applause for Fat Pegasus.


Roman Republic, AR Denarius(18mm, 3.83g, 8h). Q Titius, moneyer, 90 BC, Rome mint. Bearded head(Mutinus Titinus?) right, wearing winged diadem. Line border / Pegasus right; below, in linear frame, Q·TITI. Line border. Crawford 341/1; Sydenham 691; RSC Titia 1; BMCRR Rome 2220; Russo RBW 1274.

 

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Very nice!

I think so. I'd have to rewire a need plug and probably replace the tubes. nothing to hard

 

Very nice @Sallent !

I have one of those. As a Two-Pack: Quinarius and Denarius


RR Q Titius AR Quinarius 90 BCE PEGASUS Sear 240

RR Titius 90BCE Denarius pegasus Sear 239 Ex @Mat (expert mouser for coins...)

 

Hey, I like pegasus coins fat, skinny their all good

 

#15. Every pup deserves his 15 minutes of fame



Here is a not so ordinary pup from Argos. Unlike many of his counterparts, his entire face is on the flan. This coin was one of my first scores of 2017.


Argos
AR Triobol
80-50 BCE
Forepart of wolf, right
A-ΓA / Θ-O / KΛEOΣ divided by large A, harpa below, all within incuse square
16.32 mm, 2.01 grams

 

A sweet little pup!

 

ARGOLIS, ARGOS
AR Hemidrachm
OBVERSE: Forepart of a wolf left
REVERSE: Large "A", eagle below "I-E/P-W/NO-S" = Hieron (Magistrate)
Struck at Argos,90-40 BC
2.25g, 15.5mm
BCD Peloponnesos 1177
Ex Aegean Numismatics

 

I'm loving the dogs!

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Three sweet pups!! Nice ones Sallent and Randy and Bing! Here is a pup pic from my 2015 trip to Pompeii.

 

They come in bronze with the whole wolf as well.


ARGOLIS, Argos
AE Dichalkon. 3.51g, 17.2mm, ARGOLIS, Argos, circa late 3rd - early 2nd century BC. SNG Cop 67; BCD Peloponnesos 1128. O: Laureate head of Apollo to left. R: Wolf standing at bay to left; above, A.

 

Thanks to @Bing @randygeki and @Sallent I've got a new coin to add to my 2018 want list. Those are great coins.

 

I'm not a fan of dogs like you are so I got the variety with a real wolf.

 

Gorgeous WOLF @Sallent ! That is a fun one to have.

This one is a little old and worn... now it looks like a dawg chawin' on a bone.

ARGOLIS Argos 490-470 BC AR Triobol 14mm 2.9g Forepart of wolf lying - A 2 incuse sqs pellet crossbar within shallow sq incuse BCD Peloponnesos 1009 RARE

Love dogs!!! They keep their owners real.

Blue as a youngster:

 

She was 1/2 grey wolf, 1/2 Siberian husky

Still missing that Argos wolf though

 

#14 Roma victor!



When the Republic needed to strike back at Carthrage and recover the lost cities in southern Italy, it needed coinage to pay it's allied soldiers of Greek heritage in southern Italy. So Rome's military mints got going and this victoriatus was struck!


Roman Republic
AR Victoriatus, Anonymous, ca. 211-208 B.C.
Uncertain mint(traditionally, Vibo Valentia).
Laureate head of Jupiter right. Border of dots
Victory standing right, crowning trophy with wreath; between, VB; in exergue, ROMA. Line border. Crawford 95/1a
Notes: Traveling Roman Military Mint in Southern Italy

It still has lots of original soil and hoard patina attached to it, which in my opinion makes this coin even better as its barely been cleaned at all.

This coin helped defeat Hannibal in southern Italy...well, it helped fund the armies that did. It's hard to find a more historic coin out there.

 

I picked up a victoriatus this year also, but haven't posted it much. Yours is much cooler.

 

Excellent pick! I was gonna wait until I had it in to share but I recently picked up one of these "VB" victoriati as well. (I know, I was done buying coins for 2017 but I couldn't resist):

 

Very nice!

 

Congrats on the Punic War capture @Sallent ! Yours look great!

I have several Victoratii, but I will toss in a couple for snicks:


RR Anon 211-206 BCE Victoriatus STAR Very Rare Sear 49 Syd 233a Craw 105-1


RR Victoriatus 211-208 BCE Jupiter Victory Traphy VF Craw 53-1 Syd 83