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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4557403, member: 110350"]I made the mistake in another thread not long ago of posting a photo of a Diadumenian coin from Antioch that I had ordered but that hadn't yet arrived. See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diadumenianus.360828/#post-4538782" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diadumenianus.360828/#post-4538782">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diadumenianus.360828/#post-4538782</a> . I knew it was bad luck when I did it, and that's what it turned out to be: the very next day, I got a notice saying that the seller had canceled the sale because the coin was "no longer available." Presumably he sold it and forgot to mark it as such on VCoins.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I looked around some more, on VCoins and elsewhere, and ordered a different coin that arrived today. So it's safe to post about it, and I'm actually happy that the first purchase fell through. Because I think this coin is considerably nicer, plus it shows both Diadumenian <u>and</u> Macrinus. And also happens to be my first coin with Hermes (or Mercury) on it.[ATTACH=full]1128294[/ATTACH]Macrinus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior (Pontianus, consular legate). Obv. Confronted heads of Macrinus, laureate, right, and Diadumenian, bareheaded, left, [AVT K OΠE]Λ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC [<i>bracketed portion off flan</i>][= <i>Imperator, Caesar, Opellius Augustus Macrinus, Caesar Marcus Opellius Antoninus</i>] / Rev. Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in extended right hand and caduceus in left hand; chlamys hanging over left arm; E [mark of value for “5”] in right field, VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAP-KIANOΠOΛEITΩN (ΩN ligate) [= <i>Consular Legate Pontianus, (coin) of the people of Markianopolis</i>]. AMNG I/I 740 [Behrendt Pick, <i>Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I</i> (Berlin, 1898) at pp. 240-241]; BMC 3 Thrace 35 [R.S. Poole, ed. <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 3, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc.</i> (London, 1877) at p. 32]; <b>Hristova & Jekov 6.24.10.3 [Nina Hristova & Gospodin Jekov, <i>The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III c. A.D., MARCIANOPOLIS </i> (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 2006)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 1192 <i>var</i>. (E to left) [Ivan Varbanov, <i>Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior</i> (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)</b>]. 25 mm, 12.89 g. <i>Ex: Dr. Paul Rynearson (ca. 2003)</i>; <i>Ex: Kirk Davis, Cat # 75, Fall 2020, Lot 62.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>It's lucky for the coin (and for me) that the compass points -- or whatever the technical name is for the small, shallow hole in the center of each side -- just missed Macrinus's nose, although they did get poor Hermes right in the belly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently Paul Rynearson was a well-known dealer at one time, as well as the author of an introductory book on collecting Greek coins, but I confess I hadn't heard of him until I looked him up on Google.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I boldfaced the catalogue references to Varbanov and to Hristova & Jekov is that I wasn't able to check them personally, and am hoping that someone might be able to do so for me. In the majority of the examples I found online for this basic coin design from Marcianopolis (Macrinus & Diadumenian on the obverse with Hermes on the reverse) -- and there have been surprisingly few of them sold at auction in the last 15 years -- Macrinus and Diadumenian are each draped and cuirassed. The catalogue references for the minority of coins I found that are like mine, with only a bare head for Diadumenian and a laureate head for Macrinus, were mostly incorrect and erroneously referred to the draped and cuirassed type. I was able to find and/or confirm the correct AMNG I and BMC references -- as ancient as they are, both catalogues are still very useful! -- but I don't have access to Varbanov or to Hristova & Jekov. Does anyone here have either of them?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4557403, member: 110350"]I made the mistake in another thread not long ago of posting a photo of a Diadumenian coin from Antioch that I had ordered but that hadn't yet arrived. See [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diadumenianus.360828/#post-4538782[/URL] . I knew it was bad luck when I did it, and that's what it turned out to be: the very next day, I got a notice saying that the seller had canceled the sale because the coin was "no longer available." Presumably he sold it and forgot to mark it as such on VCoins. So I looked around some more, on VCoins and elsewhere, and ordered a different coin that arrived today. So it's safe to post about it, and I'm actually happy that the first purchase fell through. Because I think this coin is considerably nicer, plus it shows both Diadumenian [U]and[/U] Macrinus. And also happens to be my first coin with Hermes (or Mercury) on it.[ATTACH=full]1128294[/ATTACH]Macrinus and Diadumenian Caesar, AE Pentassarion [5 Assaria], 217-218 AD, Marcianopolis Mint, Moesia Inferior (Pontianus, consular legate). Obv. Confronted heads of Macrinus, laureate, right, and Diadumenian, bareheaded, left, [AVT K OΠE]Λ CEV MAKPEINOC K M OΠEΛ ANTΩNEINOC [[I]bracketed portion off flan[/I]][= [I]Imperator, Caesar, Opellius Augustus Macrinus, Caesar Marcus Opellius Antoninus[/I]] / Rev. Hermes standing facing, head left, holding purse in extended right hand and caduceus in left hand; chlamys hanging over left arm; E [mark of value for “5”] in right field, VΠ ΠONTIANOV MAP-KIANOΠOΛEITΩN (ΩN ligate) [= [I]Consular Legate Pontianus, (coin) of the people of Markianopolis[/I]]. AMNG I/I 740 [Behrendt Pick, [I]Die antiken Münzen von Dacien und Moesien, Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands Vol. I/I[/I] (Berlin, 1898) at pp. 240-241]; BMC 3 Thrace 35 [R.S. Poole, ed. [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 3, The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace, etc.[/I] (London, 1877) at p. 32]; [B]Hristova & Jekov 6.24.10.3 [Nina Hristova & Gospodin Jekov, [I]The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III c. A.D., MARCIANOPOLIS [/I] (Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria 2006)]; Varbanov (Eng.) Vol. I, 1192 [I]var[/I]. (E to left) [Ivan Varbanov, [I]Greek Imperial Coins And Their Values, Volume I: Dacia, Moesia Superior & Moesia Inferior[/I] (English Edition) (Bourgas, Bulgaria, 2005)[/B]]. 25 mm, 12.89 g. [I]Ex: Dr. Paul Rynearson (ca. 2003)[/I]; [I]Ex: Kirk Davis, Cat # 75, Fall 2020, Lot 62. [/I] It's lucky for the coin (and for me) that the compass points -- or whatever the technical name is for the small, shallow hole in the center of each side -- just missed Macrinus's nose, although they did get poor Hermes right in the belly. Apparently Paul Rynearson was a well-known dealer at one time, as well as the author of an introductory book on collecting Greek coins, but I confess I hadn't heard of him until I looked him up on Google. The reason I boldfaced the catalogue references to Varbanov and to Hristova & Jekov is that I wasn't able to check them personally, and am hoping that someone might be able to do so for me. In the majority of the examples I found online for this basic coin design from Marcianopolis (Macrinus & Diadumenian on the obverse with Hermes on the reverse) -- and there have been surprisingly few of them sold at auction in the last 15 years -- Macrinus and Diadumenian are each draped and cuirassed. The catalogue references for the minority of coins I found that are like mine, with only a bare head for Diadumenian and a laureate head for Macrinus, were mostly incorrect and erroneously referred to the draped and cuirassed type. I was able to find and/or confirm the correct AMNG I and BMC references -- as ancient as they are, both catalogues are still very useful! -- but I don't have access to Varbanov or to Hristova & Jekov. Does anyone here have either of them?[/QUOTE]
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