Do you have any coins on Wildwinds?

I submitted a request to Dane a little while ago to correct a listing on Wildwinds and to add the corrected reference. I just received a nice email confirming the change has been made. The original listing was Galba RIC 191 but showed a photo of RIC 193. RIC 191 is the same as RIC 193 except for the direction of the reverse legend. The interesting thing was that the photo was actually a photo of my coin. Thanks to Dane I now have more information about my coin. I really appreciate the time it took to correct this and to add the correct information for both RIC 191 and RIC 193.

Please show me your coins that are on Wildwinds.




Galba AR denarius, VF, Rome mint, ( 3.512g, 19.0mm, 180o), Nov 68 - Jan 69 A.D.;

elegant style, light toning on nice surfaces, high-points flatly struck,

Obv: IMP SER GALBACAESAR AVG, laureate head right;

Rev: HISPANIA (counterclockwise starting on left), Hispania advancing left, draped, poppy and two stalks of grain in extended right hand, round shield and two transverse spears in left hand;

RIC I 193 (R2), BMCRE I 16, RSC II 83, BnF III 89, Hunter I 1 var. (no CAESAR, Aug - Oct 68), SRCV I (2000) 2103 var. (same)

Ex: the Jyrki Muona Collection; Ex: Forum Ancient Coins

 

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The page for Minucia 9 shows my coin as the "plate coin", from when it sold in 2004:


I've also got several RR bronzes and one silver coin that aren't listed on WildWinds that I plan to submit at some point.

 

I have several that I'm aware of. This ratty looking denarius is the most notable.


Titus
AR Denarius, 2.92g
Rome mint, 80 AD
RIC 132 (R2), BMC - , RSC -
Obv: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M; Head of Titus, laureate, bearded, l.
Rev: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P; Tripod, with fillets streaming out l. and r., on which are ravens r. and l., and in the center, dolphin over wreath
Ex Harry N. Sneh Collection.

The tripod type with ravens and portrait left is much rarer than the R2 RIC frequency rating would imply. I know of only two specimens - the RIC plate coin and my example.

 

I haven't checked recently, but here are two that I found were used in Wildwinds entries after I purchased them.

Plaetoria 2:

ROMAN REPUBLIC

L. Plaetorius L. f. Cestianus
AR Denarius. Rare. 3.9g, 17mm. Rome mint, 67 BC. Crawford 396/1b; Sydenham 792a; Plaetoria 2. O: Diademed and draped bust of Juno Moneta right; MONETA downwards behind, [SC below chin]. R: Victorious boxer running right, holding palm and caestus; L PLAETORI downwards behind, L F Q S C upwards before, torch below.
Ex Andrew McCabe Collection

PHLIASIA, Phlius
BCD Peloponnesos 143.6

PHLIASIA, Phlius
Circa 280 - 270 BC
AR Hemidrachm. 2.37g, 15mm. BCD Peloponnesos 143.6; Sear 2756; SNG Cop 11. O: Bull butting left. R: Large phi within ivy wreath.
Ex BCD Collection; Ex Pegasi XXIX, 6 Nov 2013

There are a few others I submitted some time ago when I found examples missing from Wildwinds, but I've been lazy with submissions of late .

 

I have several of my coins on Wildwinds (sadly, I haven't kept very good records of which coins are on that site)

=> oh, but here is one of my obvious examples ...

Constantius-I

 

I submitted a bunch when Dave Suber owned it, in fact he helped me with my html in the early days. This one was the first listing under Constans for several years.

Constans II
AE19/22
642-643 AD
Constantinople mint. [EN T T]O [NIKA], Constans beardless standing facing wearing crown and chalamys, and holding cross and cross on globe
Cross bar on large M, NЄOζ right. Double exergual line, A below.
Sear - DOC -
Unpublished

 

I have 19, with the latest being the Hadrian Tet. I posted not too long ago.

Too lazy to add to another "pile on" thread. But they are noted in my gallery.

 

I think half my collection is on WW. Unfortunately, Dane still insists on using either the sellers reference or whatever older text she can cobble together, rather than the two books that can be considered "standard catalogs."

 

Septimius Severus Denarius. 210 AD. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Septimius on horseback left, brandishing javelin at prostrate foe who holds a sword & shield. RSC 556. Rare, only one specimen in the Reka Devnia hoard.

This coin is ex Curtis Clay and ex Barry Murphy.

 

I have several coins that are actually posted on wildwinds. I bought them after they were initially posted there. Here are a represented few:

Byzantine Empire: Justinian I (527-565) Æ 16 Nummi, Thessalonica (Sear-178; DOC 98d; MIBE 169c; Metcalf, Copper 169-202)

Obv: DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVG; Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: Large IS; Christogram (☧) above, A to left, P to right; TES in exergue




Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear-2387; DOC 798-800; PCPC-241)

Obv: Patriarchal cross; star to lower left and right
Rev: ANIKC to left; Andronicus standing facing, holding staff surmounted by cross in circle with each hand




Byzantine Empire: Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear-2368; DOC 841; PCPC-253; Lianta-695)

Obv: Half-length bust of the Archangel Michael facing
Rev: ΔΗΜΗΤ - ΑΝΔ; Half-length figures of St. Demetrius and Andronicus, holding patriarchal cross between them




Roman Imperial: Constans (337-350 CE) AE2 Follis, Arles (RIC VIII, Arles-103var)

Obv.: DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG; pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev.: FEL TEMP-REPARATIO; soldier spearing fallen horseman who is kneeling left on ground, wearing Phrygian helmet; SARL ✶ in exergue

 

CRISPUS
AE Follis
OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust right
REVERSE: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. Crescent in left field. Mintmark PLN. Toone 194; Bourton-on-the-Water hoard 1464-1466
Struck at London 318 AD
3.2, 21mm
RIC VII 144


ARCADIUS
AE4
OBVERSE: D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped bust right
REVERSE: SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, trophy over shoulder in right, dragging captive with left, chi-rho left field, ALE Gamma in ex
Struck at Alexandria, 392 AD
1.1g, 13mm
RIC IX 20c

 

I don't think I can improve on the description written by Oliver Hoover:

Diademed and radiate head of Antiochus IV r. Border of dots./Zeus' Aegis
bearing the head of Medusa. BASILEWS ANTIOXOY QEOY EPIFANOYS. CSE 103 (THIS COIN). ex Arthur Houghton collection. This is an extremely rare coin of
Antiochus IV, the infamous Seleucid king who tried to repress the Maccabees
in the Hannukah story. Antiochus was especially devoted to the cult of Zeus
and attempted to convert the Jewish temple into a temple of Zeus. The Aegis
(Zeus' special shield) on the reverse probably depicts an immense gold
aegis that the king gave to the people of Athens. It was erected on the
Acropolis, but a great wind storm later knocked it down. The image of the
so-called "beautiful Medusa" found on Seleucid coins is the distant
ancestor of the Medusa head that has become the corporate emblem of the
Versacci fashion empire. This is an ex Houghton coll. piece and the plate
coin for Coins of the Seleucid Empire, no. 103.

 

Yea, as a dealer there are many of my coins there. But, the search function is pretty 'wonky'. One can get varying degrees of results. I do miss Dave. Great guy, we had many good times at the various San Francisco shows.

 

i have two on wildwinds, here's the one i submitted myself...



Anastasius I, Half Follis, 491-518 AD

O: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, D N ANASTASIVS P P AVC R: K, cross in left field flanked by N and I Nikomedia mint SB-38, 21 mm 4.5g

 

Dane just added another coin of mine to the database on Wildwinds.

Vespasian, 69-79 A.D. AR Denarius, 3.16g. 21.41mm. Rome, 73 A.D.

Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS. Laureate head of Vespasian to right.

Rev: MAXIM PONTIF. Nemesis walking to right holding caduceus over snake.

C 385, RIC 544. SRCV I (2000) 2304

Ex: E. E. Clain-Stefanelli collection. Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica - Auction 92 Part 2, Lot 2133 May 24, 2016; Ex: Ed waddell

 

Constantius II AR Siliqua
Constantinople mint
5th off
350-55 CE

See
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/_constantinople_RIC_viii_102,Q.txt

 

I have a couple on WW as well as my Avatar.