Ancients => stevex6 => "2016 To Date" (merely an OCD chore)

I'll definitely move north if it gets much hotter.

 

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We've had a crazy roller-coaster winter - everything from 80-degree days to blizzards.

 

Yep, the winter in the northeast has been a bit weird, but basically 'mld'.

 

Today is supposed to be +8 degrees Celsius (47 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

=> that's fricken T-shirt weather!!

 

He has two such books, covering neighboring time periods. The first, published by Seaby and covering 63-49 BC, has life-sized photos which are not as pleasing as the second, covering 81-64 BC and self-published, with enlargements. Both are fascinating, but he is dating the types and his arrangement has not received general acceptance. By that I mean that the dates of Republican types from those time periods are not certain and scholars have said some hoard evidence conflicts with his sequence. The stories of the moneyers involved are excellent and fascinating. I own both and really enjoy them, even if the dates are not quite right.

That said, they do not have the heft or importance of a $50 book. They are paperback, 222 (81-64) and 206 (63-49) pages. This one is worth the cost:

https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ba..._inventory_clearance_sale/622451/Default.aspx

For one review, see:

http://www.jstor.org/stable/42678959?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

 

Hey ... where did that cool porn go?


... just jokes ...




Corned beef, mustard, pumpernickle bread, sauerkraut, swiss cheese ... and some awesome tomato soup

*ding-ding* ... yup, it's dinner time!!

 

Thank you very much!

 

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I really like Feruary 24th. Hoof!

 

Well, I guess since I accidentally revived this thread prematurely, I'd better quickly do my quarterly updating, eh? (I should have waited until June, but *whatev*)

=> here are my sweet coin purchases from the 2nd-quarter of 2016 ...

10) March 20th
Sabina, wife of Hadrian. Augusta, AR Denarius
128-136/7 AD
Struck circa 128-134 AD
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 2.9 grams
Obverse: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust right, hair in plaited coil on crown of head
Reverse: Anepigraphic, Venus standing right, seen from behind, leaning on column with shield behind, holding reverted spear and helmet
Reference: RIC II 412 (Hadrian); Strack 363a; BMCRE 920 (Hadrian); RSC 89
Other: Sweet and Rare



11) April 6th
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor, Antoninianus
Treveri (Trier) mint
2nd emission, mid AD 269
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 2.79 grams
Obverse: Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: Clasped hands
Reference: RIC V 7; AGK 3b
Other: 6h … sweet brown surfaces with traces of silvering
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind



12) April 20th
Magnia Urbica. Augusta, Antoninianus
Ticinum mint. 5th emission of Carus, August AD 283
AD 283-285
Diameter: 21 mm
Weight: 3.45 grams
Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane and set on crescent
Reverse: Venus standing left, holding helmet and scepter; shield at side; SXXIT
Reference: RIC V 347; Pink VI/2, p. 29
Other: 6h … cozy brown surfaces (flan crack)
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Justice Frederic Rockwell Sanborn Collection (Sotheby Parke Bernet, 24 February 1977), lot 89




13) May 11th
ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Æ Drachm
Early-mid 1st century AD
Diameter: 35 mm
Weight: 20.73 grams
Obverse: Antigonos, magistrate. Radiate head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath
Reverse: Nike right on rose, holding wreath and palm frond
Reference: RPC I 2756; BMC 364
Other: 2h … earthen green patina, crack running along reverse edge




14) May 11th
ASIA MINOR, Uncertain (Ionia?). PB Tessera
1st-3rd centuries AD
Diameter: 14 mm
Weight: 3.07 grams
Obverse: Ant, ΓA IOV around
Reverse: Blank
Reference: Gülbay & Kireç




15) May 23rd
Julia Paula. Augusta, AR Denarius
Rome mint
219-220 AD
Diameter: 19mm
Weight: 2.97 grams
Obverse: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust right
Reverse: CONC-ORDIA, Concordia seated left, holding patera; star in field
Reference: RIC IV 211 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 172 (Elagabalus); RSC 6a
Other: amazingly sweet toning




... so-far-so-good, eh?

 

This is what you do on a tight budget?

 

Gorgeous coins Steve - but where are all the animals?? I just see an ant...

 

I know, eh? => well, this is apparently the Year of the Coin-chick?!

... it's just happened, not scheduled (I am merely following my divining-rod!!)

 

Let's use semantics to fix it - you've collected several party animals...

 

NOTE: there's no need to comment and/or "like"

=> this is merely me updating my Year-to-date coin conquests

Thanks for tolerating my "stuff"

cheers


16) June 1st
PHOKIS, Federal Coinage. AR Obol
Circa 478-460 BC
Diameter: 8 mm
Weight: 0.81 grams
Obverse: Facing head of bull
Reverse: Forepart of boar right within incuse square
Reference: Williams –; BCD Lokris 208 (this coin); HGC 4, 1062
Other: 7h … toned. Rare
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 161 (25 October 2011), lot 41; BCD Collection (Numismatic Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010), lot 208, purchased from Peus, May 1978




17) June 26th
Roman Republic Anonymous, Æ AS
Date: 169-158 BC
Size: 33.61 mm
Weight: 32.89 grams
Obverse: Head of Janus
Reverse: Prow right, above, griffin right
Attribution: Crawford 182/2
Other: hard green non-active deposits





18) June 29th
ISLAMIC, Mongols. Ilkhanids. Arghun, AR Dirham
AH 683-690 / AD 1284-1291
Astarabad mint
Diameter: 17 mm
Weight: 2.75 grams
Obverse:
Reverse: Hawk type
Reference: Diler Ar-173; cf. Album 2149.2; ICV




19) July 21st
PONTOS, AMISOS, Æ 21
CIRCA 85-65 BC
Diameter: 21mm
Weight: 6.9 grams
Obverse: Aegis (Medusa facing)
Reverse: Nike advancing right, holding palm; monograms flanking
Reference: RG 44; SNG BM Black Sea 1189
Other: Choice original patina




20) July 21st
PONTOS, CHABAKTA, AE23
100-85 BC
Diameter: 22.84 mm
Weight: 10.60 grams
Obverse: aegis with facing head of Gorgon in center
Reverse: Nike advancing right, carrying palm branch, [C]ABA KTΏN across, monogram ΔVI
Reference:
Other: VF … some minor scratches on obverse … RARE TOWN MINT




21) July 24th
PAPHLAGONIA, AMASTRIS, AE 21
circa 85-65 BC
Diameter: 21.24 mm
Weight: 7.46 grams
Obverse: Head of Gorgon in center of Aegis
Reverse: Greek legend: AMAS TPEON either side of Nike holding long palm-branch, advancing right
Reference: Sear 3675, SNG Black Sea 1315/1316 var
Other: Acceptable relief obverse. Clear reverse. Toned copper and green patina. Planchet crack from strike.
A very good coin for this type




22) July 27th
CAMPANIA, Cales, Æ20
Circa 265-240 BC
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Weight: 7.29 grams
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo left; [uncertain symbol to right]
Reverse: Man-headed bull standing right, head facing; star above, [uncertain symbol or letter below]
Reference: HN Italy 436
Other: 5h … VF, green-brown patina
From the Camerata Romeu Collection




23) July 27th
Nicephorus II Phocas, with Basil II.
Fourrée Histamenon Nomisma
Constantinople mint
963-969 AD
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 2.85 grams
Obverse: Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator
Reverse: Crowned facing busts of Nicephorus II, wearing loros, and Basil II, wearing chlamys, holding patriarchal cross between them
Reference: Cf. DOC 2; cf. Füeg 2; cf. SB 1777
Other: 6h … Fine, plating worn through
From the E. E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection
=> Zombie Jesus




24) July 29th
Constantine II AE Follis
(Trier mint)
Date: 317-318 AD
Diameter: 20.2 mm
Weight: 3.0 grams
Obverse: FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C - Draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine II
Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS - Young prince in military dress, holding spear and globe. F-T in fields, BTR in exergue
Reference: RIC 173 (r3)
Other: kinda Spock-like (cool coin)




25) August 24th
CALABRIA, Tarentum, AR Obol
Circa 280-228 BC
Diameter: 8.5 mm
Weight: 0.53 grams
Obverse: Kantharos; five pellets around
Reverse: Kantharos; five pellets around
Reference: Vlasto 1655-6; HN Italy 1076




26) August 24th
THESSALY, Thebai, AR Hemidrachm
Early 3rd century BC
Diameter: 15 mm
Weight: 2.52 grams
Obverse: Veiled head of Demeter right, wearing grain wreath
Reverse: ΘHBAIΩИ, Protesilaos right, holding shield and sword, and stepping off prow of galley to left
Reference: BCD Thessaly I 1347 corr. (same dies; retrograde И not mentioned); BCD Thessaly II 758 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 30 (same dies as illustration)
Other: 12h … VF, toned, some granularity

From the BCD Collection

 

So far, so good ..... 2/3 of the way through 2016 already (crazy, eh?)

 

Steve, It's obviously been a fantastic year for you so far!!

LOVE your purchases!!!

And still four more months to go....hope I do as well.

 

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