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Pisidia. Selge circa 300-190 BC.
Obol (trihemiobol?) AR

10 mm, 0,88 g



Pisidia, Selge AR Obol Circa 350-300 BC Obverse: Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue Reverse: Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Attic helmet; behind, astragalos References: SNG France 1928. SNG von Aulock 5281 Notes: Archaic style and a scarce variety with Athena portrait left. Possibly pre-dating the usual date of 350-300 BC typically assigned to this type.


Next - another silver coin from Asia Minor

 

@Ryro wrote: “Here's a Macedonian shield coin... that's not from Macedon:”
Philadelphia? Hard to read for my old eyes.

 

You got it

 

AEOLIS, Kyme. (450-400 BC). AR Hemiobol. (8mm, .44g).
Obverse: Head of eagle left; K[Y]–M around.
Reverse: Quadripartite granulated ‘mill-sail’ incuse square.


NEXT: Another Greek coin with the city letters on the obverse.

 

next: Pyrrhos

 

Next up: another Pyrrhus type other than the two @Andres2 and I have posted

 

13 hours and no Pyrrhus.

This one was in my top 10 of 2017 list.


Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 23.16 g, 29 mm.
Rome, AD 142.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right.
Rev: ANNONA AVG S C, Annona standing right, between modius and prow, holding corn ears and out-turned cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 597; BMCRE 1228; Cohen 37; RCV 4147; UCR 502.

Next: coin from one of your past "top 10 of the year" lists.

 

My number 1 in 2020


RIC II Trajan 693
Quadrans 20 mm, 3.01 g
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, head of Trajan, laureate, right / S C, She-wolf walking right

Next - the first coin you bought and proved to be rare, without you knowing this.

 

This worn tetradrachm that I got for under 100 bucks. With quite some research, it turned out to be a pretty scarce variety!

Price 879
The only other example (AFAIK) is with ANS!
My post on this coin https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ba...rachm-turned-out-to-be-a-scarcer-type.372052/
Next- A coin you got for under 100 bucks which normally is never cheap.

 

It is an interesting market for price fluctuation- in various conditions this coin has sold for a low of ~20 and a high of ~600, it has nice provenance (E.E. Clain-Stefanelli) and is an Alexander III lifetime coin, with interesting history & in my view good looking. I posted a writeup here. All in, this was about $65:

Kings of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BCE. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.98 g, 12h), Lampsakos mint, struck under Kalas or Demarchos, circa 325/4-324/3 BCE
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
Rev: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Demeter (?) standing facing, holding two torches; monogram (Δ over O) below throne
Ref: Price 1356; ADM II Series V

Next: A coin you purchased for much less than your personal estimate

 

Wow! What a find!

 

I think my bid was 150 and it sold for around 60.


Achaea. Arcadia, Caphyae. Septimius Severus Æ22
Obv: Laureate head right.
Rev: KAΦYI ATΩN / Artemis, with veil billowing, running left, head right, holding torch and bow.
22mm., 5.2gm.
BCD Peloponnesos 1385.

Next: One of your best finds!

 

Bought this one to replace a sestertius Galba in my 12 caesar bronze set , the sestertius was too big compared with the other bronzes.



next: a coin you upgraded in your 12 caesar set

 

Here's an upgrade I made earlier this year to my denarii set. My old Domitian felt too "standard" and I like this type much more.

Roman Empire. Domitian as Caesar (69-81). AR Denarius. Rome mint. Struck under Vespasian, 70-75. Laureate head of Domitian right, CAESAR AVG F DOMIT COS II / Domitian on horseback left, raising right hand and holding a sceptre in his left. RIC II 680
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Next: Another coin with an anepigraphic obverse/reverse

 

Here's a denarius of Sabina, Concordia reverse, circa 128-138 AD.



Next: Any coin of Sabina.

 

RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 2576; old RIC II Hadrian 396

17 mm 2.69 g
SABINA AVGVSTA, bust of Sabina, diademed, wearing stephane with hair in queue, draped, right / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing right, arranging drapery and holding apple

Next - Plautilla

 

Next - bronze Plautilla with an actually visible reverse.

 

RI Plautilla 202-205 CE m Caracalla AR Denarius 3.7g Concordia patera scepter RIC 363

Next: Another Plautilla - BRONZE (oops, @hotwheelsearl wanted a BRONZE Plautilla)