Covid-19 ...Post a Coin you are waiting on... if you DARE

I am sorry to hear that, I hope, otherwise all is well. Hopefully your new coin brings you some cheer, it will be in the mail in the morning...you might even have it by Tuesday.

 

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Waiting for a Henry V Groat, it's been "Origin Post is Preparing Shipment" for over a week now.

 

I’m certainly looking forward to it. On the other hand, do you do any Nashville area coinshows?

 

No, no shows in the area, but if you are ever in my vicinity and want to look around and check some coins or check references let me know, we live in Bellevue.

 

Thank you, that sounds good. I'll be sure to keep that in mind for future reference.

 

This 1780 Nurnberg (Germany) pfennig was shipped April 14th. I just received it last week! Sorry for the bad pictures, but my phone doesn't do well with small coins.

 

I'm usually too cheap to buy a coin books, but tonight this lot just came up on eBay for $29.99 - 6 coin books including Sutherland's Roman Coins (my local library has this, but I've checked it out a lot and the cover is falling off). This is the only one I am familiar with.

I'm most excited about Women of the Caesars: Their Lives and Portraits on Coins by Giorgio Giacosa, R. Ross Hollowat (Translator). Is this any good? The cheapest copy on Amazon or Abebooks was around $100, so I figured the price was right.

Carson's Roman Republican coins? Looks good, but never judge a book by its cover, they say.

Not here yet, of course, but I'm anxiously awaiting them...I never post ahead of time, so they will probably get lost in the mail now, thanks to me tempting fate.

 

If you like Women of the Caesars, you'll enjoy this one by @Jasper Burns !

 

It's nothing special and it was cheap but I finally got a coin from Judaea. Purchased on June 17 and just shipped out yesterday. I hate waiting.

 

It has a lot of great pictures, and for that reason I'm glad I have it. The text is a bit weird. Perhaps it's a translation issue, but I doubt it. The author makes a lot of judgments about the characters of various women from their coin portraits, a dubious enterprise under the best of circumstances, but even more so given the substantial differences among the portraits of any given woman. Which the author seemingly ignores.

 

And ... it arrived

CELTS, Anonymous. Denomination: AE Potin, minted: Lingones ; 100 BC
Obv: Three horn-shaped ornaments revolving around central pellet within annulet, all within dotted circle
Rev: Three S-shaped ornaments revolving around central pellet, all within dotted circle
Weight: 2.57g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: LT 8329; SLM 604; Gäumann 161; DT 3261. Provenance: Ex d'Antan (auction 127 lot 421), ex VanZandwijkmunten; acq.: 07-2020

I like the typical Celtic design in combination with the clear break-point of characteristic of potin units. Nice addition to the other two potins:

CELTS, Senones or Tricasses. Denomination: AE Potin unit, minted: Celtic Gaul; c.100 BC
Obv: Head with “wild” hair
Rev: Horned horse with long tail, three pellets around
Weight: 4.2g; Ø:19mm. Catalogue: BMC.396. Provenance: Ex Eldijk collection; acq.: 09-2019


CELTS, Uncertain tribe (Carnutes?). Denomination: BI Potin, minted: Central Gaul; 200-100 BC
Obv: Helmeted head, looking to the left.
Rev: Raven standing, to the left
Weight: 3.85g; Ø:20mm. Catalogue: LT.manque - DT.2675 - BN.manque - PK.60 - Sch/SM.424. Provenance: Found in North France, near Abbevile; acq.: 06-2020
Very rare (R3) specimen, only a few sold in previous auctions last 10 year.

 

Thanks for that capsule review, Donna. I've noticed from older books on ancient art (and coins) that there is a tendency to make character judgments based on portraits. Sometimes these are instructive, but as you note, much of the time it is a dubious enterprise (and sometimes unintentionally funny).

At least I can always look at the pictures!

 

I'm guilty of doing that when I watch cat pictures on the internet or of the cats my friends have. The result is that I group them by portrait alone in the category of either "baby" or "goblin." Not a very scientific approach to either cats nor imperial portraits.

 

LOL !!! I am not a cat lover at all. I would never harm nor torment a cat. I would never intentionally harm any animal, it is not in my nature. However, there are certain traits that animals exhibit that I do not care for.

Ergo, for my mental make up, Dogs are a much more pleasing companion to me.

Having raised 6 daughters, and growing up on farms, I have probably had more cats (perhaps 30 or so), than many cat lovers here. Lol, however, I stand my ground that I love Dogs MUCH more. So, I heartily agree about your cat classification as GOBLINS, LOL.


RR AR Den C Antestius Rome 146 BCE 3.97g 19.0mm Helm Roma R X C ANTESTI - Dioscuri gllpng R puppy-dog running ROMA Cr 219-1e

 

Cats are as close as we can get safely to vicious predators, without fearing for our lives. And if that wouldn't be enough to make them awesome, some of them are also extremely affectionate. I've had my main goblin (a 15pounder male alley cat that my wife brought home as a kitten) guarding me and cuddling to my chest and stomach when I was sick as a dog and couldn't even leave the house. As with other things, I think you have them how you keep and raise them.

 

Very much agreed. It is also the Karma between the two Souls, and how you bond. We had a Maine-Coon, which was an incredible friend. However, he still crapped in a litter box, kneaded all the time, jumped on every surface available, and had cat ways of doing things. I will let everyone else love them.

 

This will be my newest purchase when it gets here:

 

This Aegina Obol
With the small hole, this turtle swam right into my price range

Its gonna be a month till I get this though, this tortoise is making its way across the ocean.

(its a tortoise I know)

 

One of mine that I didn't dare post just arrived:


read all about it here

 

This one just came in after about 45 days of waiting.



Alfonso XI, (1312 - 1350 A.D.)
Spain, Leon
Billon Cornado
O: +ALFON S REX, crowned bust left
R: CASTELE LEGION•, castle with three towers;
ME 1182; Burgos 289.