EXHIBIT: anicents

Thanks , and I'll just leave the typo, its kinda funny. Which one did you get? I recently (afew months ago) got my 1st slabbed coin, a morgan (1886 AU 58 pcgs) lol

 

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Lol, that's funny. The coin is a Athens Tetradrachm (449-413 B.C), it hasn't come yet, but I'll get some pics up when it does.

 

oh wow! that cool, I eventualy wana save up for one myself, cant wait to see your

 

Fantastic thread!
Love that first Constantine of yours. Such a beautiful coin. (Piece of dirt) [For old time sake]

 

tyvm. next time....... I proof read what I write lol. Theres alot of blank spots in my thread too (and thats just early roman imperial), so maybe some others can make a good thread about ancients.

 

Very cool Randy, I'm always interested to see your coins. I just love that bust style of your Hadrian denarius. I've been planning on buying one in a high grade for some time, but have yet to find the right one.
This is the only example I have as of yet, with fortuna on the reverse...

 

thanks I like the portrait on then one you posted alot. It kinda seems, for me anyway, that I find the coins I am looking for when i'm not looking for them lol.

 

Thank you Randy. I really like the larger, mostly bare, frontal style bust, like on our two Hadrian coins, that shows more of his chest. Definitely my favorite bust style of Hadrian, I have seen some beautiful similar frontal facing busts, with drapery and cuirass, on some very nice Tetradrachmai of Hadrian.
I would love to find a high grade dupondius with that same bust style as on my denarius, I have seen some and I just adore that bust with the radiate crown.... gorgeous coins. I hope to find one sometime in the near future.

I don't recall seeing your Aurelius dupondius or your Commodus denarius before, good looking coins.

 

Despite the lack of patina I really like the bust on this one, its hard though to show how nice it is with all the damaged patina. maybe i'll try and get a better pic.

 

Reading for pleasure

This thread was a pleasure to read. It is full of good data & I only wish that I could remember it all.

 

Thanks Commodus was orginaly Doug's, along with that awsome pic.

Thanks

 

Is that a RESTITVTOR ACHAEAE type I see? NICE!

 

I'm not certain

but this is what I though it was


Sestertius, 134-8 A.D. Rome.
Draped bare bust l.; HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP. Rv. Togate emperor standing l. receiving Achaea who kneels before him, vase between them; RESTITVTORI ACHAIAE, S C in ex. RIC 938 (R )


Guess I will try n get a better pic

 

tough one to get a pic of

 

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Randy

Do you still have the graphics?

 

Heres some You can see more in the link to my gallery in my sig