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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24708076, member: 87809&quot;]My latest acquisition: a ring for my husband <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot;Roman Bronze Ring with Carnelian Intaglio of Athena, ca. 2nd Century AD. The goddess, helmeted and draped, turned to the right, is holding a spear in her left hand and a shield (on the ground).&quot;</p><p>Picture courtesy HJB:</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]1578863[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And while picking it up downtown at HJB, of course I had to go through the pick-bin and get myself a few coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is bent <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and I thought no one would want a bent coin, poor coin, so I bought it and now I have a bent coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Rome, 131 BC, moneyer L.Postumius Albinus</p><p>According to Crawford, &quot;The moneyer is not otherwise known, but is doubtless a son of L. Postumius Albinus...&quot; and a grandson of Spurius Postimius Albinus (L. f. Sp. n. Lucius filius Spurius nepos)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>20 mm, 3.817 g</p><p>RRC 252/1; Varesi 519; Sydenham 472; Babelon Postumia 1; RBW 1035; BMCRR 1129;&nbsp; RCV 2000 Ed (Sear 5) 128;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Roma to r. wearing winged helmet with crest, earring, and pearl necklace, hair falling in three locks; below chin, mark of value X (striked through = mark of value = 16) and behind apex (Flamens cap). Border of dots</p><p>Rev.: Mars in quadriga, right, holding spear, shield and reins in l. hand and trophy in r. L•POST•ALB• (AL ligatured) below. In exergue, ROMA. Border of dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578864[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1578865[/ATTACH]</p><p>An Æ As from the time of Augustus. I picked it because it is from Augustus (of course I had to buy it) and it was struck by a moneyer I didn&#039;t have yet: Tullus was triumvir monetalis in 7 BC&nbsp; with P. Lurius Agrippa and M. Salvius Otho </p><p><br /></p><p>Rome, 7 BC, M. Maecilius Tullus, moneyer</p><p>28x27 mm, 8.934 g</p><p>RIC I, 435; BMCRE-220; Cohen 448; RCV 2000 Ed, 1684</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT, bare head of Augustus to r.</p><p>Rev.: M MAECILIVS TVLLVS III VIR A A A F F around large S•C</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1578867[/ATTACH]</p><p>And this one I think I will try to clean it, no idea what the black gunk is:</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius, Rome 105 BC</p><p>19 mm, 3.566 g</p><p>Crawford 316/1; RSC Thoria 1; Sydenham 598; RCV 2000 Ed., 192; BMCRR 1617</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Head of Juno Sospita to r., wearing goatskin headdress; I•S•M•R (Iuno Sispes Mater Regina) downwards at left</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: Bull charging to right; control letter B above; below L•THORIVS /BALBVS. Border of dots</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578868[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578869[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly this is quite a mishmash<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Thanks for reading<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please share anything relevant. Does anyone have a bent coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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