Impulsive under $50 buys arrived

I thought I would share my impulsive bored at work buys that arrived today. I was well behaved that day so each buy was under $50.

The first is a sestertius of Lucilla. I collect empress mainly 1st-3rd centuries heavier into the Severn era but I haven't gotten around to get a ses of her yet so bored and on ebay I saw this going for $35 at the time from a pawn shop in Las Vegas saying it was from a estate sale of 25yr coll-Bla-bla-bla. I don't believe any ebay story unless I know the seller. Lol Anyway I figured what the hell. Got it for $48 with shipping. Came today and I am not ga-ga over it. I know for the price its good but it doesn't give me that feeling you know. Feel I would have got a better one from sphinx on vcoins but I will let you be the judge.


Lucilla AE sestertius 34mm, 21.5g 164-166A.D.
Obv: LUCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F
Draped bust right
Rev: VESTA S C
Vesta standing left, sacrificing from simpulum over lighted alter and holding palladium.
RIC 1779 corr BMCRE 1178






The next I got also on ebay from a awesome seller who I actually got the info about coin talk from in his store and decided to join. Thank you Cody111111. And I love them. I know they aren't the rarest but I really like the style and patina of the Antioch local issues. I paid $10 each with shipping.

Diadumenian AE 19 3.2g Antiochia ad Orontem
KAI. M. O. DI. ANTONINOC CE
Bare-headed and cuir bust right
Rev: Large SC, D/E above and beneath in laurel wreath




Elagabalus AE18 of Antiochia ad Orontem 2.6g
Obv: AVT KAI M A ANTWNEINOC
Radiate head right.
Rev: Large S C within wreath, D-E above, eagle below, star at top of wreath.

Thank you everyone for letting me share and bare with me this is the first thread I have started I can tell I have editing to do. Sorry about photos my set up is under construction at the moment and ty in advance for any comments.

 

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Great coins. I've purchased from that ebay seller in the past. He has really nice stuff and is a really good seller.

 

Well, that Lucilla has full legends. And at 34 mm, It is an impressive hunk of bronze. I would like to have had more details in the portrait, but for $48, I think you did just fine.

 

You joined the wrong board then, because he only mentions "Coin Community Family Ancients"

 

Fantastic deals! Nice looking coins, too.

I have the as version of your Lucilla coin but not the sestertius:


Lucilla, AD 164-169.
Roman Æ As, 11.24 g, 25.2 mm, 6 h.
Rome, AD 164-166.
Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.
Rev: VESTA S C, Vesta standing left, holding simpulum and Palladium; altar at feet, left.
Refs: RIC 1780; BMCRE 1192; Cohen 95; RCV 5528.

And here are the Diadumenian and Elagabalus coins of Antioch from my own collection.


Diadumenian, Caesar AD 217-218.
Roman provincial Æ 16.5 mm, 4.63 g, 11 h.
Syria: Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch ad Orontem.
Obv: ΚΑΙ Μ Ο ΔΙA ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟC CЄ, bare-headed and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Large SC, Δ/Є above and beneath; all within laurel wreath interrupted by star above.
Refs: SGI 3017; BMC 20. 201,408; SNG Cop. 235; McAlee 745a.


Elababalus, AD 218-222.
Roman provincial Æ 19 mm, 4.56 g, 7 h.
Obv: AVT ΚΑΙ ΜA ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟC, radiate head right.
Rev: Large SC; ΔЄ above, eagle beneath; all within laurel wreath.
Refs: SNG Cop 245; BMC 20. 203, 42.

 

...kool Lucilla, she was the 2nd "Ladies of the empire' coin i got...and yeah, you can't go wrong buying from 'the good Dr.'...ive bought many a coin from him..in fact, my last coin, a Florian, 1st ancient of the year, came from him. Lucilla Sestertius, Florian antoninianus

 

Awesome coins everyone, and thank you for all you feedback.
He really is a great seller I trust like 3 people on ebay and thats it. All the rest of the time I assume I am getting ripped off. Lol ebay is my casino. Here is the one I got from him last time and words can't express how happy I am with it.

AR denarius 89B.C.
L. Titanium L.f. Sabinus
Bare head of king Tatius right, bearded, TA (in monogram), SABIN behind.
Rev. Two Roman soldiers running, each bearing a Sabine woman in his arms, L TITVRI in ex.
RRC 344a RSC Tituria 1

 

Thank you that actually makes me feel better. At first I thought I paid a bit more then its worth but second glance it is rather nice and I looked again at the one I was thinking about at sphinx it had BD on the face so I will call it a win.

 

..he's got another Lucilla sest. up on auction at the moment and its at $45 bucks now and got 4 days to go..different reverse, but not in good as shape as yours...

 

Thats so funny I have that in my watch list. Lol I was leaning more towards that Faustina he has up too. Idk if it doesn't go to crazy I might go for it. I am a sucker for the ladies. Even though I need to cut myself off for a min, I am soo behind in cataloging it getting overwhelming. But in a good way.

 

Congrats especially for the Lucilla sestertius.
I am also waiting for my purchases to arrive tomorrow I think, they include a Pius sestertius (worn but full obverse legend) and a Maximinus Thrax sestertius, total 33 EUR and I think it's fair enough.

 

I got this Lucilla Sestertius from Ebay for 46 Euros (I bought it for the portrait only), but that was five years ago :

 

That's a sestertius? It looks like it's silver. But it's beautiful, whatever it is.

 

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Nice score, like that Thrax. You can't go wrong with 2 ses for 33 EUR

 

That is very beautiful portrait. Nice catch

 

Thanks @Zebucatt, although the obverse of Thrax is not exactly to brag about, 22 EUR was a surprise for me (I wasn't 100 percent interested in it, it was a shot in the dark). As for Pius 11 EUR, I would gladly accept attributable sestertii for this price.
Sometimes with ancients, if you don't hunt for XF coins, you can find little treasures.

 

Nice coin at a very attractive price. Congrats.

 

11 EUR that was for sure a steal. Thats the kind of buy that even if you were not interested after seeing the price its a must have. Lol And you are so right about finding treasures when no hunting for gems.
I got this from a lot years ago and I think I paid maybe a dollar a coin. When I got it, it was literally in a dirt clod. After a few months this is what I found.

I have looked at hundreds of thousands of Gallienius ants over the years and have only found 1 other example in Goebl 1034e, but I don't have that catalog so I have no solid info except that example was found in the Cunetio hoard

Its AR not washed, 21mm, 3.2g
From the bust style I am thinking its from Milan
Rev: MARTI PACIFE
Mars standing left holding olive branch in extended right hand, downward spear going between legs in left hand with shield, P in lower left field.

If anyone has any info on this please let me know. Its been my nemesis for awhile. I know I did good for a buck

 

Congrats.
I had the same feeling when I bought my first lot (34 coins) and found little gems there. Described as "Roman bronze" but there was some silver, a Campania bronze and overall almost all of them very interesting....

Your attribution seems correct, a different obverse can be found here (1034q)
https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/se...rti_pacife__goebl_1034_q/1388919/Default.aspx

I checked on RIC and a similar coin is listed here (bust variations but not yours)
http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.5.gall(2).492
But for some reason they didn't add the correct reverse legend.
The one on RIC seems to be Goebl 1034r

 

Thank you so much for the info. I saw the vcoins one and thats what got my fire flamed again. When I saw the "only 2 known" made me think no way mine is in that class. Lol That to good to be true. I got that photo of the 1034e from a nice Austrian but our language barrier made it impossible to ask more info. So ty all with any info