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C. Hosidius C. f. Geta 68 BC. Rome. Denarius AR17 mm, 3,96 g
Obv: Diademed head of Diana draped right, bow and quiver at her shoulder GETA before, III. VIR behind. Rev.: The wild boar of Calydon right, pierced by spear and attacked by dog. C. HOSIDI. C.F. in exergue.
Crawford 407/2

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GALLIENUS
AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (this coin cited). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, chlamys blowin’ in the wind, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side.
Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273

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GALLIENUS
Antoninianus
OBVERSE: GALLIENVS AVG - Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: VIRTVTI AVG Exe: SPQR - Trophy between two captives
Struck at Asian Mint, 268 AD
2.9g, 20mm
RIC V-1, Asian Mint 675

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Severus Alexander, Denarius - Rome mint, AD 225
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, Laureate head of Severus Alexander right
IOVI VLTORI, Jupiter seated left holding victory and spear
3.26 gr
Ref : RCV #7873 (75), Cohen #97

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Kingdom of Elymais
Kamnaskires III with Anzaze
Tetradrachm
Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, circa 82-75 BC
Obv.: Conjoined busts left of Kamnaskires and Queen Anzaze; [monogram above Seleukid anchor behind]; c/m: Nike standing left, within rectangular incuse
Rev.: Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him; BΛCIΛEΩC KΛMNΛIKIPOY KΛI IΛIIΛIICHC ANZAZH (BAΣIΛEΩΣ KAMNΣKIROY KAI BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ ANZAZHΣ) around, date below (out of flan).
11.88g, 26mm
Ref.: Sunrise 470; Alram 454 and note 548; for c/m, cf. Van't Haaff Type 7.1.1-6.


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Elymais
Issued under Phraates
c. 150 AD
AE Drachm | 3.79 grams
Obv: Bearded bust facing, crescent moon with pellet right and anchor
Rev: Eagle facing left with four crescent moons around

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TIF enlighted me about this fake:



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This one came off of eBay, it was in a pamphlet and with blurry photos so I took a gamble and tried for it. I tried to return it but the seller gave some trouble and told me to go through the pamphlet company, in the end eBay refunded me and let me keep the forgery.

Gupta Empire of India
Fake coin | 4.74 grams | 20mm wide | 2mm thick

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Tied up for three months in US Customs detention.



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There is a scorpion on the reverse of this coin, but it image was flattened during the countermarking process on the obverse.


Julia Iotape, Queen of Commagene AD 38 - 72
AE diassarion, 23.4 mm, 13.64 g, 12 h
Syria, Commagene, Samosata mint
Obv: ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΑ ΙΩΤΑΠΗ ΦΙΛΑ∆ΕΛΦΟΣ, diademed and draped bust of Iotape, right; countermark: anchor?
Rev: ΚΟΜΜΑΓ−ΗИΩИ, scorpion and inscription all within laurel wreath
Refs: Lindgren-Kovacs 1887; RPC I 3858; BMC Galatia p. 109, 4; Nercessian AC --; SNG Cop VII 5; similar to Sear GIC 5514 (which has lunate sigmas in the inscription).

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Countermark on my largest provincial bronze:



(With some imperial silver for scale)


Trajan Decius, Cilicia, Tarsus, 249-251 A.D., AE Hexassarion (Bronze, 36 mm, 23.29 g). ΑΥ ΚЄ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚΟΥ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ЄΥ ЄΥϹЄΒ / Π - Π Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan Decius to right, seen from behind; on neck, countermark: eight-rayed star within circular incuse. Rev. ΤΑΡϹΟΥ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ - Α / Μ Κ - Γ / Β Athena standing facing, head to left, holding spear in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on ground. RPC IX 1348.

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Hi All,

At 47mm I think this is my largest diameter coin.



Ex-Noble Numismatics (Australia): Auction 109 (28-30 Jul 2015) Lot # 3692

A substantial Zeus-Ammon/eagle bronze coinage of Ptolemy VIII is signed with the epithet Euergetes. RS Poole gave it to Cyrenaica. Svoronos, however, reassigned it to Cyprus and was followed in this by Mørkholm. TV Buttrey, in 'The Cyrene Excavations at the Sanctuary of Demeter and Persephone, Final Report', cited finds in the Cyrene excavations to rehabilitate Poole’s attribution. Buttrey dated part of this coinage to Ptolemy’s reign as king in Cyrenaica, and part to the time of his second reign in Egypt. In the absence of clear criteria, bronzes of traditional Ptolemaic type are here assigned, arbitrarily, to Euergetes’ reign in Cyrenaica, while those of traditional Cyrenaican type are assigned to the period 145-116, when he ruled in Egypt. Buttrey’s proposed dates of issue are indicated in the commentary preceding each series or issue.

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Elagabal AD 218-222. Rome
Denarius AR
17 mm, 2,16 g
RIC IV Elagabalus 56b
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG. Bust of Elagabalus, laureate, draped, rightABVNDANTIA AVG. Abundantia (or Annona), draped, standing left, emptying cornucopiae; in field, star

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