Roman Republic I knew you'd get there sooner or later, my favorite type of ancients, a beautiful coin!!
Believe it or not, but I bid on another coin like this just tonight, but was out-sniped. Oh, it wasn't near this nice, but nice enough for me. Congrats. P.S. I thought you were going to stay away from RR coins.
Thanks everyone, I may also get some of the Imperial Provincial Issues! Probably be in the "poor house" for eternity.
Terminology problem: There are two terms used to mean the same thing by different people. Greek Imperials and Roman Provincials are two names for the same thing - the local coinages of the cities in the East (mostly). Combining the two into Imperial Provincials is just going to confuse things more where we already have confusion. If I were thinking of breaking into the field from the top end, I'd look for some of the large medallic bronzes (many over 35mm) with mythological reverses. The plain ones are impressive; the top end ones are spectacular. They tend to sell a bit under common gold but there are exceptions. Some come in EF but few are seen in many examples so you can be choosy about grade or about type but not always about both.
A real beauty!!! Congrats again!!! Hmm, @Carthago is giving you a run for your money and I KNOW @Volodya has a few gorgeous examples too. I suppose you know that you're almost 'obligated' to add a biga and triga example as well
I have a nice example of the OP coin, but I don't have a photo. Here are a couple of things from the same period:
