WTS: Ancient coins: Greek, Jewish, Roman

Discussion in 'For Sale' started by Valentinian, Oct 17, 2017.

  1. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    Some very nice ancient coins which are not yet on my site:
    http://augustuscoins.com/index.html
    but will be soon if they don't sell to my friends on CoinTalk first.

    TacitusROMAE.jpg
    Tacitus 275-276.
    ROMAE AETERNAE Roma seated left holding globe and scepter.
    Sear 11806. Much silvering, very attractive. Well-struck. High-quality, as you can see. [$69]

    PostumusPMTRP.jpg
    Postumus, 260-269
    PM TRP COS II PP (consular dating to 261) Postumus standing holding globe and spear
    Sear 10971
    Good metal with attractive surfaces (not porous as so many are). Very good portrait. [$39]

    AntiochusIVeagle6985.jpg

    Massive AE36, 39.80 grams. About 5 mm thick!
    Antiochus IV 175-164 BC. Very clear Greek legend, eagle on thunderbolt. Centering dimple.
    Mint of Antioch in Syria.
    Sear Greek 6985
    Hoover Syrian 643.
    This is about as massive as they come other than Ptolemaic AE. [$149 SOLD]


    SeptSevVOT.jpg
    Septimius Severus, 193-211
    VOTA SVSC DEC PM TRP X COS III PP [dates the coin to AD 202]
    Septimius Severus sacrificing (see he characteristic beard?) at altar
    Denarius. Sear 6391 Vows for ten (DEC) years. [$45]

    AlexanderJannaeus.jpg
    Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 BC. 17-15 mm. Large for the type.
    Anchor/star
    Hendin 4th edition 469 [$18]

    DelmatiusChiRho.jpg
    Delmatius with chi-rho. 335-337
    Before you look at the price, you might look at this one recently sold in CNG for $380+fees.

    https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=344146
    Clear chi-rho. Full flan (better on this coin than that one, also better surfaces here except for the eye). [$45 SOLD]
    An early Christian type before 337 (when Constantine died and his sons killed most of the rest of the family including Delmatius).


    Many more coins are on my site: https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=344146
    and books and catalogs about them are here: http://augustuscoins.com/numislit.html
     
    Last edited: Oct 25, 2017

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