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Byzantine coin I recently purchased from CNG (link to ACSeach record) because it was described as only “reportedly” Hugh Goodacre Collection (and, later, Luis A. Lopez Martinez Collection who acquired it at Downie-Lepczyk 70 (17 Sep 1986), Lot 275, unillustrated).

John III Ducas Vatatzes. Empire of Nicaea. Æ Tetarteron (20mm, 3.29 g, 6h). Magnesia mint, 1222-1254. DOC 56; SB 2114; see Goodacre refs. below.​

With a little research I found this as well (at some point I'll give it a full post):

- Ex Hugh George Goodacre (1865-1952) Collection;
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University (Goodacre Loan by Mrs. N.J. Goodacre, housed at the Heberden Coin Room), c. 1952-1986;

- Illustrated in:
1. Hugh George Goodacre (1957, 1965 [part III, 1933]) A Handbook of Coinage in the Byzantine Empire, page 312, No. 3 (this coin illustrated).
2. Goodacre. 1931. “Notes on Some Rare Byzantine Coins.” Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 11, No. 43: 151-159. Page 157, No. 7 (as John I Vatatzes) & Plate XI, No. 11 (this coin illustrated). [.pdf downloaded]
3. Goodacre. 1938. “The Flat Bronze Coinage of Nicaea.” Numismatic Chronicle Vol 18: 159-164. Page 159, No. 1A (this coin illustrated, citing Sabatier LXIV, 12).
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Based on leads found in Goodacre's text, I found the following.

Uncertain but likely:

- Ex Ducal House of Saxe-Coburg, Gotha, and collection of M. Curt de Bose (Curt von Bose, 1808-1884), Leipzig, prior to 1842.

- Likely the model illustrated:
4. de Saulcy’s essay in Revue Numismatique (1842: Pl. XIX No. 7) [and later serving as the model for 5, cited in 6, below, all referenced above in Goodacre's (1938) "Flat"];
5. Sabatier (1862: p. 293 & Pl. LXIV, fig. 12). One of two coins serving as models for Leon Dardel’s illustrations, Figs. 11 & 12.
6. Cited in (not illustrated: Wroth’s BMC Vandals (p. 219, note 1).​

All illustrations in this temp. Imgur album (until I post elsewhere). On tracing provenances & "plate coins" from line-drawings: Silvia Hurter (2008) “Torremuzza’s SEGESTANORVM,” AJN 20: pp. 113-117, Pl. 37-40 [on JSTOR (best plates, but no .pdf download) & on Archive.org (poor plates, but .pdf avail.)].



Next: Prior collection provenance or publication found “in the wild” (information you found that wasn’t shared by the dealer -- doesn't have to be extensive, just any fun or interesting discovery)

 

Wow that's really cool @Curtis

 

Next up: more nymphs

 

I dig nymphs!


Lucius Verus, AD 161-169.
Roman Provincial Æ assarion, 4.23 g, 18 mm.
Thrace, Augusta Traiana, AD 161-169.
Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑV-ΡΗ ΟVΗΡΟϹ, bare head, right.
Rev: ΑV-Γ-ΟV-ϹΤΗϹ | ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ, three nymphs, stolate, standing facing, arms draped on each other's shoulders and holding unknown objects (thymiatera? tripods?) at sides.
Refs: RPC IV 10343 (temporary); Schonert-Geiss 89; Varbanov II 909; Moushmov (1912) --; Moushmov Online 2987A; Staal, pl. 2, fig. 12.

Next: Lucius Verus

 

Well, not my best photo, but how about another Lucius Verus from Augusta Traiana?

Roman Provincial. Thrace, Augusta Traiana. Lucius Verus (co-Augustus w Marcus Aurelius, 161-169 CE) Æ Assarion (18mm, 3.90g, 11h).



Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Λ ΑVΡΗΛΙΟϹ ΟVΗΡΟϹ. Bare head of Lucius Verus right.
Rev: ΑVΓΟVϹΤΗϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΗϹ. Tripod entwined with serpent, head left.
Ref: Schönert-Geiss 103 = Varbanov 903 = RPC IV.1 Online 10348 ex. 1 = Corpus Numorum Type 1727 = Staatelich Münzkabinett Berlin No. 18239780 (ex Löbbecke).
Prov: Internet group lot, c. 2001-2013.
Published online: Second known example: RPC IV.1 Online 10348.2 (this coin illustrated); this coin also illustrated on Wildwinds Lucius Verus & Augusta Traiana pages (submitted May 2013).

NEXT: Even More Lucius Verus!

 

LUCIUS VERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: L VERVS AVG ARMENICACVS, laureate head right
REVERSE: TR P V IMP II COS II, Mars standing right, holding spear & leaning on shield
Struck at Rome, 163-4 AD
3.0g, 16mm
RIC 529 (Marcus Aurelius), C 263

Next: Mars

 

A young looking Trajan .. and Mars..



NEXT: More MARS..

 

Hostilian Caesar (son of Trajan Decius), AR Antoninianus, 251 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, C VALENS HOSTIL MES QVINTVS N C / Rev. Mars running right, holding spear in right hand and shield in left, MARTI PROPVGNATORI (Mars the Defender). RIC IV-3 177b, RSC IV 15, Sear RCV III 9556 (ill.). 22 mm., 3.65 g.



Next, a different member of the immediate family of Trajan Decius.

 

Herennius Etruscus
Syria, Antioch
Billon tetradrachm
Obv.: ЄPENNЄ TPOY MЄ KY Δ ЄKIOC KЄCAP, draped and cuirassed bust right, ••••• below
Rev.: ΔHMAPX ЄΞOYCIAC, eagle standing left, wings spread, head left, wreath in beak, S C below
Ref.: Prieur 636
Billon, 9.75g, 26.9mm

Next, again, a different member of the immediate family of Trajan Decius.

 

Herennia Etruscilla, AD 249-251.
Roman orichalcum sestertius, 14.04 gm, 28.3 mm.
Rome, AD 250-251.
Obv: HERENNIA ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: FECVNDITAS AVG SC, Fecunditas standing left, right hand extended to child standing at her feet; holding cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 134a; Sear 9504; Cohen 9; Hunter 12.

Next: Fecunditas.

 

Faustina II AD 147-175. Rome
Denarius AR; AD 160 (December). 17 mm, 3,16 g
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right, hair in chignon behind / FECVND AVGVSTAE, Faustina as Fecunditas, standing front, head left, holding infant in each arm, two other young children standing beside her to left and right, holding onto her gown
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 676, RSC II 95, Sear RCV II 5251, BMCRE 89

Next - Diva Faustina II

 

Next: Marcus Aurelius sestertius

 

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck AD 171...(32mm, 24.68 g)
Obv. Laureate, draped head right, IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXV
Rev. Fides standing left, holding Victory and standard, FIDES EXERCITVVM COS III SC.....RIC III #997.


Next...Fides holding Kebabs..

 

Not sure whether this is kebab or shashlik, though:
Maximinus Thrax, Roman Empire, denarius, 235–236 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, bust of Maximinus Thrax, draped and laureate, r. Rev: FIDES MILITVM, Fides, draped, standing front, head l., holding military standard in each hand. 2.49g. Ref: RIC IV.2 Maximinus Thrax 7A.

Next: Maximinus Thrax

 

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Maximinus I, AD 235-238. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 11.51g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 235/236). Obv: AVTO MAΞIMINOC EVC CEB; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: Bust of Nilus right, slight drapery; L B (date) to left, cornucopia to right. Ref: Köln 2558; Dattari (Savio) 4586; K&G 65.18; Emmett 3292.2. Good Very Fine. Dark brown patina with traces of red. From the Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian. Ex CNG eAuction 474 (12 Aug 2020), Lot 294.
Next: Nilus.

 

12 hrs

Antoninus Pius from Apamia,
27mm, 5.09g.
Next- Non sassanian/Arabic wafer thin coins!

 

That's easy – medieval bracteates are usuall made from flans about as thick as tin foil:

Abbey of Fulda, under Heinrich IV. von Erthal, AR bracteate, ca. 1249–1261 AD. Obv: Abbot seated facing holding palm branch and book; in Gothic polylobe and double pearl border; around outer rim; H-V-H-V. 29mm, 0.52g. Ref: Berger 2293.

Next: Another thin coin

 

While most bracteate coins, and indeed collectors, are found in Europe, some were produced by Mon city states in Lower Myanmar/Burma.

Mon City-States of Myanmar
Gulf of Martaban Region
c. 600-900 AD
AR Bracteate | 0.03 grams | 7mm
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Next: Another bracteate coin

 

Nepal 1 Dam - Rana Bahadur Shah
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