Ancients => until tomorrow

Good stuff. I've been wanting to get some of these, as important bits of US colonial history. I know they aren't hard to acquire, but I don't feel like I've investigated them enough to make an intelligent collecting decision. I like yours, though, and would be happy to have them.

 

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Some more favorites:

In the name of Honorius, Vandal Kingdom
AR siliqua
Obv: D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: VRBS [ROMA], Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear
Mint: Carthage (RVPS in ex; struck 440-480 AD)
Ref: MEC 1, 1-3; BMC Vandals 6-9

 

Domitian, Roman Empire (revalued under the Ostrogothic Kingdom)
AE As/42 nummi
Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIAN COS II, laureate head right, countermark XLII (42 nummi) in left field
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVST, Victory advancing right, standing on prow, holding wreath and palm branch, S-C across fields
Mint: Rome (struck 73-74 AD; revalued 498-526 AD)
Ref: RIC 677

 

Anastasius, Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire
AV tremissis
Obv: DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory standing with head left, holding wreath and cross on globe
Mint: Constantinople (CONOB in ex; struck 491-518 AD)
Ref: SB 8
Width: 16 mm, Weight: 1.5 grams

 

Athalaric, Ostrogothic Kingdom
AE decanummium
Obv: INVICT-A ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right
Rev: D N ATHAL-ARICVS, Athalaric, in military outfit, standing, holding spear and shield, S-C across fields, X in left field
Mint: Rome (struck 526-534 AD)
Ref: BMC 69, COI 85b

 

Struck by Republic of Venice in the name of Louis the Pious, Carolingian emperor
AR Denier
Obv: +HLVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross in circle
Rev: +VEN/ECIAS, legend in two lines
Mint: Venice (struck 818-840 AD)
Ref: MG 456v, MEC 789

 

Hilderic, Vandal Kingdom
AE nummus
Obv: HILD [REX], pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: Cross potent within wreath, ring above
Mint: Carthage (struck 523-530 AD)
Ref: BMC Vandals 9

 

Eanred, Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria
AE styca
Obv: EANRED REX + around a cross
Rev: + MONNE dot around a cross
Mint: York (struck 810-840 AD under moneyer Monne)
Ref: Spink 862

 

Louis the Pious, Carolingian Empire
AR Denier
Obv: + HLVDOVVICVS IMP, legend around cross in circle
Rev: + METALLVM, legend around cross in circle
Mint: Metallum (struck 816-819 AD)
Ref: MEC 762

 

Municipal Coinage of Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom
AE half-follis
Obv: IMVIC-TA ROMA, Roma helmeted, facing right
Rev: She-wolf standing left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, XX in ex
Mint: Rome (struck 498-526 AD)
Ref: BMC 30

 

Justinian I, Byzantine Empire
AE decanummium
Obv: D N IVSTINIANVS P AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, holding cross on globe in left hand and shield in right hand
Rev: Large I, star in left and right fields, all within wreath
Mint: Rome (struck 547-549 AD)
Ref: SB 308, MIB 228

 

What is the source of these splendid photos of the radiate Augustus and Ara Providentiae? Please contact me at: bernard.d.frischer@gmail.com THANK YOU!

 

A few non ancient favourites

 

Haven't read this whole thread but whoever bumped it, well done

Here's a token I really enjoy made for Luke AFB and is unlisted in the standard reference. It was purchased from a man who darn near completed the same goal as me - a complete set of Air Force trade tokens. He said he collected all of them except three over the course of 30 years and is "punching out" because his children have no interest in them.

Please excuse the poor photo - at the time I took the picture I was deployed with only a cellphone camera and I left it in the holder because I didn't have a new one to put it in.

What I find particularly interesting about this token is an obverse with the two aircraft and an ornamental reverse. The obverse allows for some clues about when it minted: the F-15 not arriving until the 70s and the F-16 in 81 or 82 (I can't remember). So this token was likely not minted until both aircraft were at the base at the same time...I think the F-15s left in the late 80s, but I'm too sore to check my noted

To keep this thread honest, I want to post my favorite an isn't this week:


Kyushu II. This coin is large, thin, and the dies were beautifully engraved. It is also a little brighter and more colorful in hand. I haven't attributed it yet so please don't spoil it for me!

 

I have too many favorites to post for now, but the 'currency' posts got me thinking...and the older the item is the more I desire it...thus, my unlimited passion for Ancients.

How about some Confederate Currency:

 

Really like that $20 bill Mikey, A. H. Stephens was a pretty cool guy, getting stabbed and all.

 

I've been wanting to get in to Confederate States notes...but I've been to distracted lately with Ancients to pursue them. Cool collection!

Since we've been posting notes, here are mine:


My favorite:


Since I only have three I posted them all.

 

Cool Military Payment Certificates!!!!

I wonder if Bing has gone into this area at all...I guess we'll soon see.

 

Like traveling or collecting? This is something else that has been put aside right now because the ancient bug has me by the tender spots!

Do you have the reference for those CSA notes? If you don't I could look them up for you, probably tomorrow...too much pain today to get it down.