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<p>[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3538989, member: 41219"]Went to the Baltimore Whitman show today and I gotta say, I was less than impressed. Perhaps it is because it is the holiday weekend, but more than half the dealers were already gone. I have never seen it that empty before. There wasn't much to my liking anywhere but I did manage to find a few new ancients to come home with me and I did get to meet fellow CTer [USER=74935]@armysgti[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here they are in chronological order:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sicily, Akragas </p><p>AE Trias</p><p>425-406 BC</p><p>Obverse: AKΡA, eagle, with head lowered, standing right on hare</p><p>Reverse: Crab, crayfish left below; three dots below crab</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940498[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander </p><p>Denarius</p><p>Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right </p><p>Reverse: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left with corn-ears and cornucopiae, modius at foot</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan Decius </p><p>AR Antoninianus</p><p>Rome mint</p><p>249-250 AD</p><p>Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed Reverse: ADVENTVS AVG, Decius on horse riding left, with left hand raised in salute & scepter in other arm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940496[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tacitus</p><p>AE Antoninianus</p><p>Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Revers: SALVS PVBLI, Salus standing right, feeding serpent in arms</p><p>Mintmark T</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Constans II</p><p>641-668 AD</p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Obverse: EN TVTO NIKA, Constans, beardless, crowned and wearing chlamys, standing facing, holding long cross and cross on globe </p><p>Reverse: large m (lower case), ANA to left, nothing, cross or star above, NEOS to right, officina letter and I, II or IIII below</p><p>(This one I am not 100% on since Byzantine coins are particularly hard for me to ID...I only have a couple so that is probably why)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]940523[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="furryfrog02, post: 3538989, member: 41219"]Went to the Baltimore Whitman show today and I gotta say, I was less than impressed. Perhaps it is because it is the holiday weekend, but more than half the dealers were already gone. I have never seen it that empty before. There wasn't much to my liking anywhere but I did manage to find a few new ancients to come home with me and I did get to meet fellow CTer [USER=74935]@armysgti[/USER] Here they are in chronological order: Sicily, Akragas AE Trias 425-406 BC Obverse: AKΡA, eagle, with head lowered, standing right on hare Reverse: Crab, crayfish left below; three dots below crab [ATTACH=full]940498[/ATTACH] Severus Alexander Denarius Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right Reverse: ANNONA AVG, Annona standing left with corn-ears and cornucopiae, modius at foot [ATTACH=full]940506[/ATTACH] Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus Rome mint 249-250 AD Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate bust right, draped & cuirassed Reverse: ADVENTVS AVG, Decius on horse riding left, with left hand raised in salute & scepter in other arm [ATTACH=full]940496[/ATTACH] Tacitus AE Antoninianus Obverse: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Revers: SALVS PVBLI, Salus standing right, feeding serpent in arms Mintmark T [ATTACH=full]940507[/ATTACH] Constans II 641-668 AD AE Follis Obverse: EN TVTO NIKA, Constans, beardless, crowned and wearing chlamys, standing facing, holding long cross and cross on globe Reverse: large m (lower case), ANA to left, nothing, cross or star above, NEOS to right, officina letter and I, II or IIII below (This one I am not 100% on since Byzantine coins are particularly hard for me to ID...I only have a couple so that is probably why) [ATTACH=full]940523[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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