Ancients => stevex6' 2017 First-blood!!

I love these coins also! Like the family photos as well!

 

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Thanks JBG ... oh, and thanks for posting that awesome example (very cool)

=> feel free to post any cool photos from your cool 2016 experiences ...

I love that "stuff"

 

wow, thanks guys ... those are awesome

 

Took this sweet Osprey (fish eagle) picture near my house on the last day of 2016. There are a lot of eagles on ancient coins so this kind of fits.



Rock on 2017!

 

that's the spirit!! => thanks for the cool photo, Theodosius

 

I am staying on the IRRELEVANT path...


Kostantiniye, (Istambul)
Ottoman Empire
Suleyman I (The Magnificent) (r. AD 1520- 1566)
AV Sultani 20 mm x 3.36 grams Dated ( AH 926 or AD 1520)
Obverse: Sultan Süleyman Shah bin Sultan Selim Shah, Azze nasruhu, dhuribe fi qustantiniyah , seneh (926)-(Sultan Süleyman Shah son of Sultan Selim Shah, May his Victory be Glorious struck in Constantinople Year (AH 926) )
Reverse:Reverse : Dharibun-Nadri sahibbul izzi vennasri filberri velbahr-(Striker of the Glittering, Master of Might Victory and of Land and the Sea.)
Ref: Album -1317

 

Maybe a little IRRELEVANT and RANDOM just to help spice up... Fills an Empress slot that I did not have...


RPrv
Thrace, Perinthus.
Octavia, wife of Nero. Augusta, A.D. 54-62.
AE 27 (26.32 mm, 7.61 g, 1 h).
Obv: [OKTAOYIA ΣEBAΣTH], diademed bust of Octavia right
Rev: HPA ΠEP[INΘIΩN], statue of Hera of Samos left.
RPC 1755

 

I really looked hard at that the other day and almost bought it myself. Ended up getting a different coin and a few books from Warren instead. Looking forward to receiving my last coin of 2016.

 

It was just a cool coin, and it is also my first holed coin.

 

=> that's a great question ... sadly, I don't even have a lousy coin-answer ...

Oh, but I do have this sweet coin-link (the magistrate's name is always a great date indicator, eh?)

https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&ITEM_INVENTORY_NUMBER=&CONTAINER_NAME=&ITEM_LOT_NUMBER=&ITEM_DESC=rhodes ar hemidrachm incuse menodoros&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&VIEW_TYPE=0

Man, I'm very glad that they tried to be retro and cranked-out this OP-winner (the coin is super-cool)

 

Oh, and Gandalf => thanks for posting your awesomely random examples!! (man, I love seeing other people's coins) ... a couple of total winners!!

 

very nice on broad flan Steve