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<p>[QUOTE="Harry G, post: 8062466, member: 105282"]Hi all!</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my top 10 list of ancients that I have acquired in 2021! This is my first time making one. Lots of these coins were bought from budget auctions and eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>As some of you know, I collect antoniniani, so that's what all but one of these coins are. I've ordered them in chronological order.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope you enjoy <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1. Hostilian (As Augustus) Antoninianus</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397519[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP C MES QVINTVS AVG - Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: PIETAS AVGG - Mercury stg l., holding purse and caduceus</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Surprisingly scarce antoninianus of Hostilian as Augustus, combined with the shorter obverse inscription from Rome mint. Only one other on acsearch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from eBay (misdescribed as Probus)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. Postumus Antoninianus (Bust of Postumus as Hercules)</b>[ATTACH=full]1397521[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obverse</b>: POSTVMVS AVG - Radiate bust left, holding club over right shoulder, lion's head on left shoulder</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: ORIENS AVG - Sol advancing left holding raising right hand and holding whip in left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cologne mint (?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly an irregular imitation, as the coin appears plated and is very light (1.58g). Unpublished bust type with ORIENS AVG reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from eBay as part of a large lot (I didn't know this coin was in there when I bought it lol)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. Aurelian Antoninianus - AETERNIT AVG (Unpublished)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397512[/ATTACH]<b>Obverse</b>: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG - Radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear, facing right. One pellet below bust</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: AETERNIT AVG - Sol standing left, raising right hand, globe in left hand</p><p><br /></p><p>Cyzicus mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unpublished. Not in ric.mom.fr</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from Roma Numismatics</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>4. Claudius II Gothicus - Wolf & Twins</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397515[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP C MAVR CLAVDIVS AVG - Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from front. 2 pellets (?) below bust</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: P M TR PO P P - She-wolf standing right, head turned left, suckling the infant Romulus and Remus. SPQR below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Smyrna mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from Demos Auctions as part of a large lot</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>5. Claudius II Gothicus - VICTORIAE GOTHIC</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397516[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG - Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear. Two pellets below bust</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: VICTORIAE GOTHIC - Trophy of arms, with a bound captive on each side</p><p><br /></p><p>Cyzicus mint</p><p><br /></p><p>A relatively common coin in pretty fantastic condition</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from Roma Numismatics as part of a large lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>6. Claudius II - MARS L VLTOR (Unpublished)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397524[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Obverse</b>: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG - Radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: MARS L VLTOR - Mars walking right, holding transverse spear pointing forward in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Unpublished reverse legend</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from eBay as part of a large lot</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>7. Tetricus II "As Cesar"</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1397523[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>C PI ESV TETRICVS CESAR - Radiate bust facing right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: SPES AVGG - Spes walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand</p><p><br /></p><p>Uncertain mint (probably barbarous)</p><p><br /></p><p>The only example of an antoninianus I can find with the fully spelled out title of "CESAR" (sic)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought from eBay</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>8. Probus Antoninianus - TEMPR FELICI (sic!)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397522[/ATTACH] </p><p>Obverse: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG - Radiate, cuirassed bust right</p><p>Reverse: TEMPR FELICI (sic!) - Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, I below bust</p><p><br /></p><p>Lugdunum mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Linchmere Hoard (1924)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought on eBay, ex. Lawrences Auctioneers</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>9. Carausius Antoninianus - Bust Left</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397513[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Obverse</b>: VIRTVS CARAVSI AVG - Radiate, bust wearing imperial mantle and facing left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: PAX AVG - Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre. F-O in field, ML in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>London mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is in pretty horrible condition, but is at least identifiable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bought on eBay as part of a large lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>10. Decentius Centenionalis</b></p><p><br /></p><p>*Not my coin any more*</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1397517[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Obverse</b>: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES - bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE - two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them a wreath surmounted by a Chi-Rho and inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; AMB(pellet in crescent) in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>Ambianum mint</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this on eBay as well, and the seller's photos were terrible. I ended up selling this at a Roma Numismatics auction, as it doesn't fit in my collection of antoniniani. It went for £480 :O (bought it for £12)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you enjoyed this list! Feel free to share any relevant coins in the comments <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Harry G, post: 8062466, member: 105282"]Hi all! This is my top 10 list of ancients that I have acquired in 2021! This is my first time making one. Lots of these coins were bought from budget auctions and eBay. As some of you know, I collect antoniniani, so that's what all but one of these coins are. I've ordered them in chronological order. Hope you enjoy :D [B]1. Hostilian (As Augustus) Antoninianus[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397519[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP C MES QVINTVS AVG - Radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right [B]Reverse[/B]: PIETAS AVGG - Mercury stg l., holding purse and caduceus Rome mint Surprisingly scarce antoninianus of Hostilian as Augustus, combined with the shorter obverse inscription from Rome mint. Only one other on acsearch. Bought from eBay (misdescribed as Probus) [B]2. Postumus Antoninianus (Bust of Postumus as Hercules)[/B][ATTACH=full]1397521[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: POSTVMVS AVG - Radiate bust left, holding club over right shoulder, lion's head on left shoulder [B]Reverse[/B]: ORIENS AVG - Sol advancing left holding raising right hand and holding whip in left. Cologne mint (?) Possibly an irregular imitation, as the coin appears plated and is very light (1.58g). Unpublished bust type with ORIENS AVG reverse Bought from eBay as part of a large lot (I didn't know this coin was in there when I bought it lol) [B]3. Aurelian Antoninianus - AETERNIT AVG (Unpublished)[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397512[/ATTACH][B]Obverse[/B]: IMP AVRELIANVS AVG - Radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear, facing right. One pellet below bust [B]Reverse[/B]: AETERNIT AVG - Sol standing left, raising right hand, globe in left hand Cyzicus mint. Unpublished. Not in ric.mom.fr Bought from Roma Numismatics [B]4. Claudius II Gothicus - Wolf & Twins[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397515[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP C MAVR CLAVDIVS AVG - Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from front. 2 pellets (?) below bust [B]Reverse[/B]: P M TR PO P P - She-wolf standing right, head turned left, suckling the infant Romulus and Remus. SPQR below. Smyrna mint. Bought from Demos Auctions as part of a large lot [B]5. Claudius II Gothicus - VICTORIAE GOTHIC[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397516[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG - Bust right, radiate, cuirassed and draped with paludamentum, seen from rear. Two pellets below bust [B]Reverse[/B]: VICTORIAE GOTHIC - Trophy of arms, with a bound captive on each side Cyzicus mint A relatively common coin in pretty fantastic condition Bought from Roma Numismatics as part of a large lot. [B]6. Claudius II - MARS L VLTOR (Unpublished)[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397524[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG - Radiate, cuirassed bust right [B]Reverse[/B]: MARS L VLTOR - Mars walking right, holding transverse spear pointing forward in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left hand. Rome mint Unpublished reverse legend Bought from eBay as part of a large lot [B]7. Tetricus II "As Cesar" [ATTACH=full]1397523[/ATTACH] Obverse: [/B]C PI ESV TETRICVS CESAR - Radiate bust facing right [B]Reverse[/B]: SPES AVGG - Spes walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand Uncertain mint (probably barbarous) The only example of an antoninianus I can find with the fully spelled out title of "CESAR" (sic) Bought from eBay [B]8. Probus Antoninianus - TEMPR FELICI (sic!)[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397522[/ATTACH] Obverse: IMP C PROBVS P F AVG - Radiate, cuirassed bust right Reverse: TEMPR FELICI (sic!) - Felicitas standing right, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, I below bust Lugdunum mint. Ex Linchmere Hoard (1924) Bought on eBay, ex. Lawrences Auctioneers [B]9. Carausius Antoninianus - Bust Left[/B] [ATTACH=full]1397513[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: VIRTVS CARAVSI AVG - Radiate, bust wearing imperial mantle and facing left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre [B]Reverse[/B]: PAX AVG - Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre. F-O in field, ML in exergue London mint. This coin is in pretty horrible condition, but is at least identifiable. Bought on eBay as part of a large lot. [B]10. Decentius Centenionalis[/B] *Not my coin any more* [ATTACH=full]1397517[/ATTACH] [B]Obverse[/B]: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES - bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right [B]Reverse[/B]: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE - two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them a wreath surmounted by a Chi-Rho and inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; AMB(pellet in crescent) in exergue Ambianum mint I bought this on eBay as well, and the seller's photos were terrible. I ended up selling this at a Roma Numismatics auction, as it doesn't fit in my collection of antoniniani. It went for £480 :O (bought it for £12) I hope you enjoyed this list! Feel free to share any relevant coins in the comments :D[/QUOTE]
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