help with attribution and value

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  1. Hommer

    Hommer Curator of Semi Precious Coinage

    Not a ancient collector per se, but love the coins. Can someone help with attribution and what would be a fair price for it? Screenshot_2015-10-12-21-49-36-1.png
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Looks like it possibly is Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus, RIC 59b:
    OBV: HER ESTRVSCILLA AVG, diademed & draped bust right on crescent
    REV: PVDICITA AVG, Pudicitia seated left holding sceptre & drawing veil from her fac
     
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  4. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    First, I would tell you to clean it up a bit with either lemon juice or vinegar and brushing every so often with a soft bristled brush. It should clean up fairly well, and you might be surprised with how much better it will look. Don't worry about the toning as it doesn't take long for silver to tone nicely.
     

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  5. Hommer

    Hommer Curator of Semi Precious Coinage

    I will and repost pictures. Thank you.
     
  6. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    Is this coin from Egyptian Rome ?
     
  7. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Rome I believe.
     
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  8. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    As luck would have it, I have been looking for one of these but the problem is that coins of the period are very low grade silver and many look like this one. Cleaning can help but overdoing it either with the acid or the brushing can turn a $20 coin into a $5 coin. Silver with solid surfaces can stand the lemon juice and toothbrush business but their more porous siblings can get worse. Do not plop it in acid and walk away. Do not use a brass or even stiff brush.

    Value will depend entirely on the eye appeal when you are finished. Condition is everything. Ancients are expected to have been cleaned but that means cleaned properly, gently and in a way no one will say "cleaned".
     
  9. Hommer

    Hommer Curator of Semi Precious Coinage

    Here she is.
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  10. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Here is my example of this lady ...

    Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus
    249-251 AD
    Herennia Etruscilla & Pudicitia


    Herennia Etru a.jpg Herennia Etru b.jpg
     
  11. Hommer

    Hommer Curator of Semi Precious Coinage

    Thoughts? I really like this coin.
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  12. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Yup => Larissa rocks!!

    I have a cool AE example, my friend

    THESSALY, Larissa, Æ Tetrachalkon
    Circa 356-337 BC
    Diameter: 19 mm
    Weight: 8.60 grams
    Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left
    Reverse: ΛAPI Σ/AIΩN around from upper left (N retrograde), bridled horse trotting right; E above; below, grain ear upward to left
    Reference: Rogers 273; BCD Thessaly II 387.8; HGC 4, 517
    Other: 5h … Near EF, dark green patina
    From the BCD Collection

    Thessaly Larissa AE Tetrachalkon.jpg

    :rolleyes:
     
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  13. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I also really like that Larissa horse type. It was pointed out sometime back that the pose shows a horse in the process of rolling down onto the ground. If you gather several of them, you can see the process like a movie.
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