Seems like most of my recent wins have been bronze. The largest (115 grams) and smallest (1.21 grams) have sea eagle reverses. on left is a 6 nomisma coin weight (=1 uncia) on right is a 3 uncia commercial weight I am keeping my eye on a few auctions, but most of what I see is bronze. It is a good thing I stop here to see neat silver and gold coins.
There's nothing quite like holding large pieces of ancient bronze And you've picked up some doozies lately Here's my Skythian: SKYTHIA Olbia - Face Proto Money 437-410 BC Obv: facing gorgon's head. Rev: sea eagle flying right. 65.4 mm, 89.7 grams. Poor. Scarce. Literature Sear 1682. Purchased from Timeline Auctions Feb 2021
My favorite recent bronze win is this massive chonker of a Philip I, at a hefty 30mm. It has an interesting angle-filed edge. The corrosion/damage on the obverse is also rather interesting. The pattern indicates that another coin was overlaid on the obverse, but left some of it exposed. This exposed portion was then either in contact with corrosive soil or salt water. I hate damage on my coins but in this case it adds a little bit of archaeological interest, imo.
Those are some interesting items, @rrdenarius! Did they cost a fortune to have shipped? Chunky style!! Anonymous, Second Punic War, 218-202 BC. Roman Republican Æ as, 27.8 g, 31.1 mm, 1 h. Uncertain mint south of Rome (Campania?). Obv: Laureate head of bearded Janus, I above. Rev: Prow of galley, right; I above, ROMA below. Refs: Group D1, McCabe, Andrew. "The Anonymous Struck Bronze Coinage of the Roman Republic" in Essays in honour of Roberto Russo / ed. by Peter G. van Alfen and Richard B. Witschonke. - Zürich ; London : Numismatica Ars Classica NAC, 2013, pp. 141-144.
Shipping varies a lot. The large coin was an in person purchase. The scale weights were 20E plus or minus a bit. Other items headed my way are in the 20E ballpark. A 500 gram weight lot is a bit more at 45E. I assume most folks glance at the conditions for buyer's fee + shipping & handling + currency transaction + ..... I am looking at a weight for 10E that has a 40E shipping cost. That may be a bit too much.
