Like most I am usually wary of posting a coin prior to having it in hand... however with the current situation mailing delays are the new normal. If you feel like rolling the dice and posting a new purchase please post it here so we can join in the excitement! *Previous thread was deleted due to some nasty comments. Lets not let the trolls ruin the fun.. lets continue to share our purchases and enjoy our hobby* ***************************** I will start off with my an inexpensive addition but my first coin featuring Neptune. Pretty excited and hope this will arrive soon! Claudius II, 268-270 NEPTVN AVG Neptune standing, holding dolphin and trident. Sear III 11353. RIC 214 "Antioch" mint.
That's a nice one, @Clavdivs. I won the coin below in a March 17th auction. It proceeded to sit in Germany until June 5th, when Deutsche Post finally allowed it to be shipped over to me. After over three weeks without a status update, I was starting to worry, but this thread prompted me to check again, and it appears that it arrived my central post office two days ago! With any luck, I'll have it in hand by Monday or Tuesday. TROAS, Sigeion AE20. 8.91g, 20mm. TROAS, Sigeion, circa 355-334 BC. SNG München 304-6; SNG von Aulock 1570; SNG Copenhagen 493. O: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace. R: ΣIΓE, Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right. Ex Dr. W.R. Collection; ex Demetrios Armounta Collection (CNG E-Auction 320, 12 Feb 2014, lot 128)
Shipped to me about 3 weeks ago. I bought this for ID practice on the hammered. A quick look says there should be an Elizabeth I sixpence, a couple edward pennies and a couple half or full groats.
Thanks. A little freaky but definitely cool. I've always wanted since first seeing @stevex6's example. I wonder if anyone here is the current owner of his.
I have also wanted the type since seeing his! I guess several of us will be bidding for the next one .
This one is heading my way. LINGONES potin unit, 90-70 BC. Photo's are not superb, but I suspect the coin to be in very good condition. In dubio whether I will remove the sand patina or leave it as is ...
Thanks. Not the best, but, hey, DOUBLE-BODIED OWLS??? That is too cool: Athens 340-317 BCE BC AE 12 Athena attic helmet R- Double bodied Owl with head facing E olive sprigs kalathos RARE BMC 224 R
I don’t dare post a picture yet (I am too superstitious), but I have a coin coming from France which has been stuck in New York customs for nearly a month now... I had a shipment from Hungry make it in 2-3 weeks, and a second shipment from Hungary currently on the way (6 days into its journey). I do most of my buying from European dealers, so I need to start focusing on US dealers while this continues (such as my recent CNG win which should be here Wednesday...)
I'm waiting for four coins right now -- one each from England, France, Germany, and Spain. I don't dare to post any of them!
Here is a coin I'm currently waiting for. I bought this Antoninus Pius Denarius from @Victor_Clark yesterday off of eBay for my burgeoning ancient coin collection. Hopefully, I’ll have it in hand very soon as I live just outside of Nashville. This coin for me is an otherwise bright spot in a week where I've already wrecked my car. Antoninus Pius AR Denarius 144 A.D. Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III; Laureate head right. Reverse: ANNONA AVG. Modius with four-grain ears and a poppy. Rome Mint RIC 62
Happy to grab a real bargain version of this extremely historical type.. far from the best you will see - but the story behind this coin is pretty amazing. Severed head and all.... 2.61g Helmeted head of Roma right "EX SC" before "ROMA X" behind Horseman galloping left holding a sword and the head of a barbarian "Q" and "M SERGI" below "SILVS" in exergue. Sergia 1a **(below grabbed from another thread on CoinTalk discussing this type)** I'm going to let Pliny explain this one: Nobody - at least in my opinion - can rightly rank any man above Marcus Sergius, although his great-grandson Catiline shames his name. In his second campaign Sergius lost his right hand. In two campaigns he was wounded twenty-three times, with the result that he had no use in either hand or either foot: only his spirit remained intact. Although disabled, Sergius served in many subsequent campaigns. He was twice captured by Hannibal - no ordinary foe- from whom twice he escaped, although kept in chains and shackles every day for twenty months. He fought four times with only his left hand, while two horses he was riding were stabbed beneath him. He had a right hand made of iron for him and, going into battle with this bound to his arm, raised the siege of Cremona, saved Placentia and captured twelve enemy camps in Gaul - all of which exploits were confirmed by the speech he made as praetor when his colleagues tried to debar him as infirm from the sacrifices. What piles of wreaths he would have amassed in the face of a different enemy! Natural History, Book 7 Chapter 28