Post your favorite coin here!

I'll have to show two, because I can never settle on one.



Licinius I
AE 3 – 20mm, 3.1g
Siscia, 319-320 AD
IMP LIC-INIVS AVG
Laureate bust r., bit of drapery on lr. shoulder
VICT • LAETAE PRINC PERP
Victories inscribing shield with VOT PR on altar with “I”
ASIS * in ex
RIC VII 96 var.
ex Forvm

The style of the portrait recalls those of Maxentius or the tetrarch Maximianus. Furthermore, there is on the left shoulder a bit of drapery. That particular motif fell out of use nearly two hundred years before this coin was struck.



Tiberius
AE semis – 18mm
Lugdunum, 12-14 AD
TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT VII
laureate head r.
brockage of obverse, intended Altar of Lugdunum type
RIC 246 [Augustus]

And of course, a classic brockage. Brockages are much more common on Republican denarii and Gallic antoniniani. Its quite unusual to see them for this time period.

 

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What is the rarity of (each) coin?
And BTW, even though they are dirt, I kinda like the first one

 

OH BOY! Mine is just gonna keep on changing...

Since the quoted coin is now sold, this is my new favorite... (For now)
(Had the coin for a few months now, not like it is new) lol

 

Travis, just wait till after I get back from the MSNS....I shall make you drop everything and follow the Emperors orders!

From the consul under Emperor Ardatirion!


stainless

PS: Fine ONE coin that can beat ancient art....a challenge you will not pass!

 

Seeing that you do collect the second best series of US coins...your taste isn't too bad...but still WAY off


stainless

 

Nope, never gonna give in... Unlike how I did with the toned jeffersons....

MY Gold Indians...

 

BTW, I am not sure on his first one, but the brockage is near unique, and possible one of a kind

I only know of one other specimen for the one in my avatar!


stainless

 

But can that sort of stuff be traced back? Is it well documented?
(My guess would be no)

 

hmmm...what should I use to demolish that?


Ah...look no further than...here:


http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=20971&pos=7


stainless

 

Never seen a coin more uneven in my life...

 

No, but I'll say this much. brockages are VERY scarce for his coin era and very rare for that coin...like I said, most likely unique, and more common for mine, being that mine is a Republic. by More common, I mean there are more republican brockages, yet usually just a few of each are known.

If these errors were caught, they were destroyed...otherwise It was a chance that it was off with the minters head!

And, no they aren't documented...NO ancient is documented...we just know they are rare..lol. I guarantee you they will never find a hoard of just one type of coin, all brockaged.


stainless

 

You ain't seen my Julian ? (er, well..It's Ardy's problem now)






stainless

 

Ahhh man, I wish you wouldn't have said that... I had a whole hoard of Republican Brockages in my attic! I used them for bait, when I went fishing in Port A.... Caught lots o' fish with em'...
Kinda odd though, when you think about... No documentation or anything, yet people know all sorts of stuff about the coin?

 

Did somebody throw up on it?
It's got a puke-green hue to it.... LOL

 

But what kind of documentation are you wanting? these are buried in the dirt, and as of right now, we know that they are rare. Is it possible we will find more specimens? yes. Is it likely? no. Will they be a better example than the ones known? probably not!


stainless

 

So it is mostly a blind mintage deal... There could have been millions made, and yet only a select few survived, thus driving the demand for the ancient collectors...

 

patina...lovely patina....

what the hell do you eat to get green puke?

stainless





to get this thread slightly on topic:








Cr463; Syd 977 - brockage error Manius Cordius Rufus
AR 17 Denarius
Obverse: RVFVS, owl on cresent helmet
Reverse: Incuse of obverse


brockage!











Envy it t$



stainless

 

So jealous! And can you explain what exactly a brockage is?

 

ya..maybe a few minted (which I doubt) but none would make them out of the mint, or very few.

It's like a US brockage...how many of those do you think there are?


stainless

 

Each ancient brockage is practically unique, given the particular set of circumstances that lead to its creation. Sure, we can find more. So? There would then be three or four. Still pretty damn rare in my book.

Personally, I like the first coin I posted better than the brockage. No other published specimens. The portraiture style is a throwback 20 years to the beginning of the Tetrarchy. More importantly, perhaps, on the left shoulder is seen a trace of drapery, which indicates divine associations.