Just noticed an email from Frank Robinson regarding his next auction, I am really looking forward to it since I have gone about a month since buying any coins. There appears to be many interesting pieces therein at reasonable starting bid prices. So, good luck to everyone! I am pulling the trigger on a new coin today however, an antoninianus of Valerian II of JOVI CRESCENTI type to kind of whet my appetite. One of these was a lot in the last auction I bid on but didn't win.
Very nice example, great reverse. Mine has excellent silver, better than average weight, but sad reverse strike. I still like it. Valerian II (256 - 258 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: VALERIANVS CAES, Radiate and draped bust right. R: IOVI CRESCENNI, Infant Jupiter seated facing on goat (Amalthea) standing right,his right hand raised. Colonia Agrippinensis (Cologne) mint 4.34g 23mm RIC 3 RSC 26
Not sure I like this type of promotional post for an ongoing auction or sale. Maybe it's just me being too much of a..... But that's honestly how I feel about that, and if that makes me a bit of a you know what, I'm sorry. Nice Valerian II by the way. That is a nice coin to break your dry spell
I put in bids on a few of the coins yesterday after receiving the email. My hopes of winning are slim to none...but you can't win if you don't play.
A lot of the JOVI CRESCENTI types have weak strikes/worn dies so they must have been cranking these out at a pretty good pace. One of the reasons I picked this one out is the detail on the goat.
