Ancients => uh-oh => My wife is "not" gonna be impressed!! (*awkward*)

Yah, I am trying my best to stay on the straight-n-narrow ... but man, there are soooo many cool lanes that drift-off to the left and the right, eh? ...

=> hey, I just happened to take a stroll on a path that led me to this nasty ol' Alexandrian A-Pius (man, I seem to be drawn to this dude's coinage!!) ... he rocks!!

... anyway ...

Despite my awesome wife's wishes/knowing, I splurged and bought myself (us) this kinda sweet Alexandrian drachm ...

ANTONINUS PIUS, Alexandria, Bronze Drachm
138-161 AD
Egypt, Alexandria, year 8, (144-145AD)
Diameter: 33mm
Weight: 23.15 grams
Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius facing right
Reverse: Serapis wearing the modius between the Dioscuri, LH in exergue
Other: Rare





... ummmm, by the way, I could only find "1" other example of this cool coin-type ....

=> "please" send me any other info that you guys find on this coin ... okay?

Thanks, my super-cool-coin-gentlemen (and lady)

 

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Nice! A-Pi really does have the coolest bronzes. I love this one's Serapis and the Dioscuri strutting down the runway reverse. That's some serious fashion posing they're doing!

 

I love those big ol' Alexandrian drachms. Despite the wear it's a fabulous coin. Very cool pickup, my friend!

Edited to add the Emmett number: 1670(8), R3.

 

=> exactly, Z-bro => those dudes have got some serious "Show-Time-Attitude" on their minds!!

... thanks for the "yo" Princess

 

Wait until your wife gets ahold of the bank statement on your own personal bank account while you are overseas and calls you in the middle of the night wondering what the h e double hockey sticks you bought for that enormous sum.

 

=> hey, wait a minute? .... Daisy, is that you??!!

 

Hey, Princess => what does "R3" mean to the common-man?

... Ummm, or more specifically => dah, wha?

Thanks (I like you)

 

It's his rarity rating, R1= most common, R5 = most rare. Take it with a large grain of salt. Some coins, especially of the earlier emperors might rate R1 or R2 but good luck finding one for sale.

Conversely, I'm seeing a fair number of dichalkons for sale yet often the rarity ratings are 4 or 5. His data is drawn from published collections. Maybe those collectors/museums just didn't find those worthy of acquiring.

 

Thanks

=> hey TIF, do you happen to have any links to this coin-type?

Hmmm? ... well, it's an R5 until proven differently (I didn't find a single example on wildwinds or CNG archives) ... curious, eh?

Thanks again (you rock)

 

Sure, I may be chuckin' a bit o' crap at my cool new coin, but "oh my" I am challenging all of you dudes to find another example of this coin ...

So "please" => use your coin skills to find more examples ...

Thanks brothers (and sis)

 

I just got home and wow. this is a great coin. Love the reverse.

Sounds like this may haven't happened to someone, eh scottishmoney?

 

Nice, when I saw the reverse I thought it was a coin I had been searching for myself, which depicts the Three Graces. Maybe this is another coin with them on it?

If the wife asks, tell her it must have been a mistake. Someone bought it under your account but it wasn't you.

 

Hi, icerain ... yah, it does look pretty similar, eh? (oh, and I "love" those Three Graces examples ... very cool) ..

Hmmm yah, but I'm pretty sure that these images are "comin' atcha" rather than walkin' away like the Three Graces (but I really do suck at this "stuff" ... for all I know the Three Graces are comin' at us as well?)

... man, I should stick to animals!!

 

Hmmmm? ... I just went and found a bunch of paintings of the The Three Graces, but I'm still confused which direction they're supposed to be facing!!?


... you choose ...





Yah, bottom-line ... I think that my coin is "not" the sweet "Three Graces"

.. my cool new coin is what it is ... *awesome* ...

=> it's "Serapis wearing the modius between the Dioscuri"

 

There is one I see on MA-Shops. The left and the center grace are facing right and the right one is facing left.

btw. I really want to get the coin, but I will have to save up for it as its rather pricey.

 

Okay => let's see 'er dawg (post the coin ... nobody is gonna scoff it ... well, probably not)

SIDE-NOTE => I "double-dog-dare" anybody to find an example of my OP coin!!

 

http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=216045

 

looks like this

 

sadly, my browser doesn't allow me to look at acsearch (*sigh*) ...