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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8261306, member: 134416&quot;]Quips Sir Mixalot, &quot;I like big coins and I cannot lie..&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;ve bought a fair amount of coins from Marc.&nbsp; That&#039;s another interesting addition to your wonderful collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would be a very happy camper if all my coins were 35+mm. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a few random recent examples:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456935[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>itle: Trajan (AD 98-117). Egypt. Alexandria Æ Drachm / Nilus Reclining</b></p><p><b>Attribution:</b> Milne 551</p><p><b>Date:</b> Dated Year 2 - AD 98/9</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> AVT KAIC NEP CEB ΓEPM, laureate head right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Nilus reclining left on back of crocodile, holding cornucopia and reed, LB (date) in exergue</p><p><b>Size:</b> <span style="color: #ff0000">37.44mm</span></p><p><b>Weight:</b> 27.69 grams</p><p><b>Description:</b> near VF. Huge Medallic flan.</p><p>Ex: Marc B./Ancient Imports (how come he changed the name? Ancient Imports was a bit catchier).</p><p><br /></p><p>The next: An inexpensive throw-in with a very nice S805 Heraclius.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456936[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>USTINIAN I.(527-565).Nicomedia.Follis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv : DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG.</p><p>Helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe and shield with horseman motif, cross to right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev : Large M, ANNO to left, cross above, regnal year to right, B officina letter below, mintmark NIKO.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 201.</p><p>Condition : Very nice green patina.Very fine.</p><p>My grade: Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>weight : 20.1 gr</p><p>Diameter : <span style="color: #ff0000">36 mm</span></p><p><br /></p><p>I had always wanted this type of Heraclius.&nbsp; I was prepared to find a more expensive one, but this was the only one left on vcoins at the time..&nbsp; A higher grade but possibly bd infested one had just sold.&nbsp; However, this one has an unusually large flan.&nbsp; A person at work, &quot;It looks like a cookie.&quot;&nbsp; Another said burnt cookie.&nbsp; Well, better than my mom, who calls Byzantine AE slag heaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s unusually worn for the type.&nbsp; Most Seleucia ones I see are VF.&nbsp; Perhaps it had a long and colorful history during its time in circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456938[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Title: *Sear 844* Byzantine Empire. Heraclius (AD 610-641) with Heraclius Constantine Æ 35mm Follis</b></p><p><b>Attribution:</b> Sear Byzantine 844 Seleucia Isauriae mint</p><p><b>Date:</b> Dated year 7 - AD 616/7</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Facing crowned busts of Heraclius, on left, and Heraclius Constantine, smaller, on right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Large M, Christogram above, ANNO to left, ςΙ (date) to right, A (officina) below, SEL ISA in exergue</p><p><b>Size:</b> <span style="color: #ff0000">35.30mm</span></p><p><b>Weight:</b> 14.52 grams</p><p><b>Description:</b> nearing VF. From the Peter Lee Collection.</p><p>My grade: VG/F.&nbsp; Ex Marc B.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456939[/ATTACH]</p><p>Caracalla (198-217). Cilicia, Tarsus. Æ (<span style="color: #ff0000">35mm</span>, 13.29g, 6h). Laureate and cuirassed bust r., slight drapery. R/ Emperor standing l., togate, sacrificing over altar. Cf. SNG BnF 1527-8 (for rev. type). Near VF</p><p>My grade: VG/G&nbsp; Ex London ancient coins.&nbsp; A throw-in when I ordered a lovely (for type) Leo III.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just before covid struck I hopped on a couple of good deals from Ken Dorney. There was a lucky accident with the other Alexander.&nbsp; The wrong coin was shipped, a Dionysios type.&nbsp; I ended up liking the coin, kept it, settled accounts, and re-ordered the correct one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456941[/ATTACH]</p><p>Aeolis, Temnos, 188 - 170 BC</p><p>Silver Tetradrachm, <span style="color: #ff0000">35mm,</span> 15.79 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Herakles right wearing lion skin.</p><p>Reverse: Zeus enthroned left holding eagle and scepter, monogram above oinochoe below vine tendril in left field.</p><p>Price1678 // SCBC356</p><p><br /></p><p>Struck on a broad flan, original find patina.</p><p>Ex: Ken Dorney.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456947[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;GP97579. Bronze tetrobol, Lorber CPE B275, Svoronos 505 (8 spec.), Weiser 28, SNG Milan 552, BMC Ptolemies -, SNG Cop -, Hosking -, Noeske -, Malter -, VF, nice dark green patina, <span style="color: #b300b3">thick</span> tight flan, porosity, obverse edge beveled, central depressions, Alexandria mint, <span style="color: #00ff00">weight 45.469g</span>, maximum diameter <span style="color: #ff0000">33.0mm</span>, die axis 0o, c. 260 - 246 B.C.; obverse horned head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagles standing left on a thunderbolt, wings open, head left, Y/T monogram between legs; from a New England collector, Coin Archives records only one sale of this type in the past two decades; <b>very rare</b>;</p><p>Ex: Forum[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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