Holy Moly LRB

When I saw this my jaw dropped. It's being auctioned on CNG now at https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=393020 and if it wasn't that I already have a pretty nice Constantine II I'd go all in on this one.

This gave me an idea for a thread. What coin due to its condition wowed you?

Rasiel

 

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Very "minty" fresh that coin is.

 

I would love to know how that survived all this time in that condition.

 

That coin wow'ed me due to more than just condition. Everything about it is pretty amazing.

 

I can’t argue with you @Suarez ! That’s drop dead gorgeous! I sold off my late Roman coins and no longer collect them but I can still appreciate and respect them. I hate to use the term “museum quality” because that coin is better than that.

 

It was found in an excavated jar of olive oil?

 

Hey...how can that globe be on an altar, that was before Columbus discovered the earth was round!!!

 

Now that's purdy!

 

Joke's on you (and everyone). The world is flat....DUH

 

I LOVE Weird Al. My first ever concert. I went with my parents (HOW COOL IS THAT?!?!) to the Nebraska State Fair (Keep piling on the coolness) to see him during his Bad Hair Day Tour.

 

Amazing coin Rasiel. It's hard to believe a coin could survive in such a pristine condition. Must have been kept away from all moisture and as little exposure to oxygen and other gases as possible.

 

Here are a few of mine that made me say wow.

 

Here is a favorite "wowser" of mine .



and another one.


Antioch, Syria, Philip II, AD 247-249, Billon Tetradrachm: 13.37 gm, 28 mm, 1 H.

 

His beard game is on point!

 

I'm on a tight budget but these coins called to me....

 

I dont typically purchase based on condition as I prefer coins that have some wear. Most of my coins are VF and under, but here is the last coin I bought that I said 'wow, I gotta have that!'



Hadrian, 117 – 138 AD
Æ As, Rome Mint for circulation in Syria, 24mm, 6.90 grams

Obverse: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, Laureate and draped bust of Hadrian right.
Reverse: COS III S C, Griffin springing right.

References:
RIC 681 // RPC 3759 // McAlee 549

 

Wow. That looks like a medallion. But it’s not.

 

Truly impressive engraving which the condition shows off to full advantage. Sweet!

The first coin that comes to mind where condition (& engraving) wowed me is my Julian bull:

 

Here's one of my wowsers, still fully silvered:

Maximinus II ("Daia"), A.D. 310-313
Bronze Nummus
Antioch mint, A.D. 312
Obv: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG
Rev: GENIO AVGVSTI - Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys hanging from shoulder, holding head of Sol and cornucopiae
ANT in exergue; [star] in left field, S in right
RIC 164b
22mm, 4.7g.

This brings up a question. It seems like there are a lot of coins of Maximinus II with a GENIO reverse that are still in pretty amazing states of preservation to be had relatively inexpensively. Has anyone else noticed this? I think I've owned this coin for around 5-6 years.