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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4869806, member: 98035"]Yeesh, probably 80% of my collection was pieced together from unattributed lots! For the most part, I suspect that the sellers probably knew what they were selling, and oftentimes I paid a fair price for them - but sometimes I got a screaming good deal because the seller missed something.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my favorite individual purchases, bought either as a generic "ancient coin" or else generally attributed but missing an important detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was sold by Zeus as an Augustus provincial, but it is actually a solo coin of Lucius Caesar, the second known specimen of the type, and one of only a handful of coin types (and probably fewer than 1,000 coins total) issued in his name only, without big brother Gaius.[ATTACH=full]1175906[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Divus Hadrian by Antoninus Pius was sold by Zeus earlier this year as a generic "Hadrian Denarius" although I wasn't the only one to spot it, so it didn't go cheap.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175855[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I got this Julia Domna on ebay for $35, attributed but neglecting that it is the scarce and historically desirable MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR reverse - minted between Severus' death and Geta's murder, in addition to a really cool assertion that she is Mrs. Large & In Charge</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175861[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Outside of Stephen Album auctions, ancient Indian coins that are fully and accurately described are pretty rare, although there are a handful of ebay sellers in India that know their stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was sold as a Mauryan karshapana - it is much larger, much older, and much, much more rare - a Series III Magadha karshapana struck on the back of an older Series II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175888[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Western Kshatrapa drachms are common, and Visvasena is among the most common, but this is a rare legend variant that gives his father Bhartradaman's title as Mahachhatrapa instead of Mahakshatrapa. The chha character can clearly be seen at about 11:00 and is the one that looks... er... a bit phallic.[ATTACH=full]1175889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This one, from what is now Burma, was sold as "unknown silver coin" - it is from the kingdom of Arakan, king Dhritichandra (597-600 AD) and is one of only a handful of specimens known (and it only cost like $5!)</p><p>(Admittedly, I thought it was the more common Harikela when I bought it)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175891[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, since Indo-Sassanian is my specialty, I've found scores of good finds - these are some of my favorite</p><p><br /></p><p>This one was sold by Lanz as a "Chaulukyas Gadhaya Paisa" on ebay in about 2017 but I recognized that the lips were replaced by a circle. A year later I found enough additional specimens to declare this to be the discovery specimen of Finn 1.10 - a variety otherwise unpublished</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175895[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I spotted this one early this year and won it for the starting bid - it is a relatively normal proto-Gadhaiya, except that the korymbos has been replaced with Shiva's trishula - for now, it is the only known example of this.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175894[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one I bought under a generic "Gadhaiya" type description, it is also an unpublished type outside of my own 1.6.1 categorization - it is the missing gap between the normal Gadhaiya Paisa and the Malwa types, and is one of about 5 known (of which I own 4!)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175921[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I posted this one a couple weeks back - it was sold as a Paramaras Gadhaiya Paisa, which is correct, but neglects that it is an exceptionally rare (one of about 20-30 known) inscribed issue under king Jaita Vama (I or II)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1175920[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4869806, member: 98035"]Yeesh, probably 80% of my collection was pieced together from unattributed lots! For the most part, I suspect that the sellers probably knew what they were selling, and oftentimes I paid a fair price for them - but sometimes I got a screaming good deal because the seller missed something. Some of my favorite individual purchases, bought either as a generic "ancient coin" or else generally attributed but missing an important detail. This was sold by Zeus as an Augustus provincial, but it is actually a solo coin of Lucius Caesar, the second known specimen of the type, and one of only a handful of coin types (and probably fewer than 1,000 coins total) issued in his name only, without big brother Gaius.[ATTACH=full]1175906[/ATTACH] This Divus Hadrian by Antoninus Pius was sold by Zeus earlier this year as a generic "Hadrian Denarius" although I wasn't the only one to spot it, so it didn't go cheap. [ATTACH=full]1175855[/ATTACH] I got this Julia Domna on ebay for $35, attributed but neglecting that it is the scarce and historically desirable MAT AVGG MAT SEN M PATR reverse - minted between Severus' death and Geta's murder, in addition to a really cool assertion that she is Mrs. Large & In Charge [ATTACH=full]1175861[/ATTACH] Outside of Stephen Album auctions, ancient Indian coins that are fully and accurately described are pretty rare, although there are a handful of ebay sellers in India that know their stuff. This was sold as a Mauryan karshapana - it is much larger, much older, and much, much more rare - a Series III Magadha karshapana struck on the back of an older Series II [ATTACH=full]1175888[/ATTACH] Western Kshatrapa drachms are common, and Visvasena is among the most common, but this is a rare legend variant that gives his father Bhartradaman's title as Mahachhatrapa instead of Mahakshatrapa. The chha character can clearly be seen at about 11:00 and is the one that looks... er... a bit phallic.[ATTACH=full]1175889[/ATTACH] This one, from what is now Burma, was sold as "unknown silver coin" - it is from the kingdom of Arakan, king Dhritichandra (597-600 AD) and is one of only a handful of specimens known (and it only cost like $5!) (Admittedly, I thought it was the more common Harikela when I bought it) [ATTACH=full]1175891[/ATTACH] Of course, since Indo-Sassanian is my specialty, I've found scores of good finds - these are some of my favorite This one was sold by Lanz as a "Chaulukyas Gadhaya Paisa" on ebay in about 2017 but I recognized that the lips were replaced by a circle. A year later I found enough additional specimens to declare this to be the discovery specimen of Finn 1.10 - a variety otherwise unpublished [ATTACH=full]1175895[/ATTACH] I spotted this one early this year and won it for the starting bid - it is a relatively normal proto-Gadhaiya, except that the korymbos has been replaced with Shiva's trishula - for now, it is the only known example of this. [ATTACH=full]1175894[/ATTACH] This one I bought under a generic "Gadhaiya" type description, it is also an unpublished type outside of my own 1.6.1 categorization - it is the missing gap between the normal Gadhaiya Paisa and the Malwa types, and is one of about 5 known (of which I own 4!) [ATTACH=full]1175921[/ATTACH] I posted this one a couple weeks back - it was sold as a Paramaras Gadhaiya Paisa, which is correct, but neglects that it is an exceptionally rare (one of about 20-30 known) inscribed issue under king Jaita Vama (I or II) [ATTACH=full]1175920[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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