There were a surprising number of dealers with ancient coins at the Clifton, NJ monthly coin show. (which I will attend whenever I'm in NJ!) One table I missed until the end was a little old Italian gentleman with TONS of ancients, sestertii in particular. I was able to get these from dealers who didn't quite know what they had: the Constantius Chlorus (cost me only $12) was thought to be unattributable, and the Mytilene was misattributed as being from Syracuse. Crispus AE – London, 322-323 AD laureate cuirassed bust left, holding spear & shield, pattern on shield CRISPVS-NOBIL C globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX, three stars above BEAT TRANQVILITAS F-B PLON in ex. RIC VII London 250 C3 Constantius Chlorus AE – Follis Serdica, 305-306 AD laureate head r. IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTIVS PF AVG Genius stg. l., modius on hd., naked but for chlamys over l. shoulder, holding patera in r. hand & cornucopiae in l. GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI B in r. field, SM dot SD in exergue RIC VI Serdica 12a C Mytilene, Lesbos AE19 3rd-2nd century BC laureate head of Apollo r. lyre between two monograms, MY and T-I in fields BMC 17. 192-3, 96-105, Sear 4273
Cool !! maybe you can help me find a " must have " in LB. My wife digs the ancient coin book I have and the 1 ancient I have in the collection.
I used to love going to that show when I was a YN. There was always plenty available for those of little or no budget. Glad to hear that it's still good!
Very sweet, that first one is pretty cool! (Well, they all are, but that one caught my eye, nice! :thumb Phoenix
Personally the middle one is my fav, amazing detail in the hair and a truly awesome reverse. That figure is cool as hell. Beautiful coins, congrats!
