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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24782656, member: 26430&quot;]The group lot I mentioned in the original comment just arrived, and I&#039;ve photographed about 8 so far (of 24 total), concentrating on the Roman Provincials first. There are a lot of very nice surprises.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several very scarce types. I&#039;ve sent in several to RPC that were already cited but without photo, or for which they didn&#039;t have a photo at all.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Philip I. Viminacium AE27 (14.42g)</b>. A rare variant. Was previously listed in RPC as “Confirmation required (not illustrated)” so I sent in the photos and now it&#039;s the &quot;digital plate coin&quot; (unfortunately too late to be in the print volume)</p><p><a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/20" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/20</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585655[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Geta, Thrace, Trajanopolis AE20 (4.32g)</b>. I believe this is a rare little bronze. I can&#039;t find any other example of it. The relevant vol. of RPC isn&#039;t online yet, but I&#039;ll send in the type if they don&#039;t have a Temp. category for it. Also quite attractive patina. Purchased by M. Slavin from Time Machine (St. Louis):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585656[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla, Thrace, Philippopolis AE20 (3.86g)</b>. Another apparent rarity that I find quite attractive. Gift of &quot;Rich (someone?),&quot; wish I could make out the last name:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585657[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Valerian, Phrygia, Cotiaeum AE24 (7.75g)</b>. First coin I&#039;ve had from this mint, I think. This must be at least scarce. Nicer than the photo. Hard to see in photo, but that&#039;s that little weirdo Telesphoros in his hoodie down there between Hygeia &amp; Asclepius. Ex Lindgren Collection (unpublished):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585658[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sicily Assaros. After 200 BCE? </b>I couldn&#039;t tell what it was in the photo, but this one turned out to be published in Lindgren vol II (426c). (His photos of it looked better!) Not attractive at all, but interesting. Must be one of the oldest types in RPC (we&#039;ll see if they want to include this one online) <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/665" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/665" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/665</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585654[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius from Nicaea, Asclepius</b>. Turned out NOT to be the Lindgren plate coin I thought but a scarce legend variant. Must&#039;ve required some heavy duty cleaning for encrustations:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585652[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Philip I, Syria, Cyrrhus AE29 (11.91g)</b>. Common but nice enough looking. Looks rough in photo, but not in hand. Acq. by M. Slavin from Matt Geary (Praetorian Coins) 23 Jun 1999:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585659[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hadrian, Samaria, Caesarea AE23 (10.25g)</b>. Interesting biblical &quot;city coin.&quot; I wish I knew whether these were struck before or after Hadrian crush the Bar Kochba Revolt. For this one I had already found a 20 year old photo from CNG Auction 66 (great collection of similar types, don&#039;t know whose). But I like my photo better:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1585660[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>8 DOWN, 16 MORE TO GO. So far, not bad for about $12 or $13 each![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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