An exciting find

Fantastic find, Orfew!! I'm sure we'll all be keeping our eyes open for IMP XVI now.

Here are the seller misidentifications that come to mind at the moment. First a pretty decent Johannes:

Misidentified as Theodosius, so I got it for around 25 bucks.

A nice example of the rare Tacitus double-value (double-silver) antoninianus, marked with XI instead of XXI:

Unsurprisingly, the seller thought it was an ordinary ant. At least one other bidder spotted it, though, so it wasn't super cheap.

Then there's this medallic as, misidentified as a sestertius:

Struck on a carefully prepared flan, these are very rare and were probably presentation pieces from the emperor himself. Since I have a small specialty in middle bronzes of Sev Alex, I HAD to have this coin. Which meant I paid quite a bit... I wasn't the only one who thought it was cool.

 

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Great coin @Orfew

 

I love Hekena’s hairstyle on that coin!

 

This con was very difficult to photograph. It arrived today I tried several times to take a decent photo. The problem is that the coin is very shiny silver.

 

Great find @Orfew ! You are becoming quite the specialist now! Coin looks great...super details.

I was looking for and THOUGHT that I found one if the first series of the new Roman Denarii of the reform of 211 BCE. No, wrong, missattributed... instead, @red_spork expertly pointed out the downward pointing helmet plume, which made it a rare Sicily issue!


RR Anon AR denarius Roma 211-206 BCE ROMA incus Dioscuri single horn-helmet Sear-- Craw 68-1b SICILY ISSUE RARE

 

While I have severe questions of anyone who mistakes these for sestertii, the medallic asses of the Severans are a special interest. For that matter, normal asses are often less than ordinary and study might associate them with a special New Year's donative or some such. Were they monetary asses or special purpose keepsakes like the British Maundy coins? I only have one, a Geta as honoring his elevation to Consul. Considering the scarcity and low face value, I prefer to imagine these are something more than small change that would be passed down to family or sold to collectors rather than spent.