These are lovely :)
Some lovely coins above, two of these three below are well-worn, but were somehow irresistible at the time. Nero aureus RIC 50 - Temple of Janus...
I briefly owned this, maybe the world's worst Tribute Penny - a fourrée which came with two other coins for $35 for all three in a Rudnik auction...
Thanks, @Roman Collector - that's pretty close :D The background of my photo' should be white, not pink, so my photo is too red and you've made...
I bought this one accidentally - clicked on "Bid" on my 'phone when trying to stop it sliding off something during an Artemide Live Auction. RIC...
For some reason, the figures on the reverse of #2 (top right) remind me of Morris Dancers.
Great work! Thanks @zumbly.
These all have "issues" (mostly just wear!), but I liked them. Ex-jewellery Philip II stater, Pella, posthumous - £1099 from Roma in 2013: [IMG]...
Here are three - two tetradrachms & a didrachm. Syracuse tet - Boehringer 604, ca. 450-440 BC. From CGB, 2010 (€950 - it was an unsold from an...
I forgot about this one - Urania, the Muse of Astronomy - Cr. 410/8. Star on the obverse, globe and Urania on the reverse. Obviously,...
This is pretty spacey - Crawford 309/1 - "Sol in facing quadriga rising from the waves of the sea; star on either side; X and crescent above." [IMG]
I think it was well worth it :)
This is a very ugly, but fairly rare, sextans - Crawford 134/6 LPLH. It was worth £22.50 I paid for it :D [IMG]
Hi again, Doug. According to Crawford, the lizard on the obverse is associated with die numbers 209-284 (provisional range). BMCRR lists three...
Thanks, Doug. I have Crawford & Grueber - I will have a look tonight to see if there's a correspondence between the lizard (yes, I think it is...
I'm not sure I introduced myself when I joined at the end of 2016. Anyway, I'm Irish, Aidan, 49, IC ("chips") design engineer - currently working...
Here's a fourrée example of RIC 2 (Caius/Caligula): [IMG] Next - coin with a hole
OK - here are some. This was, maybe still is, my favourite coin - £500 from Spink in 2007 - Syracuse tetradrachm, Tudeer 82/SNG ANS 290: [IMG] I...
Denarius of C. Naevius Balbus, 79BC (RRC 382/1b) [IMG] Next - Venus
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