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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3275618, member: 85693&quot;]My first, a Septimius Severus denarius with MARS PATER reverse - bought in 1987.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]864903[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My latest - part of a lot of 10 generically-described ancients I found on eBay for $25.&nbsp; Five of them were pretty poor: 2 Constantine-era LRBs, a dog biscuit Herod Agrippa prutah, and an Indian (?) slug (not shown).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But the other five, despite the overall low quality, made me very happy (especially for $2.50 each).&nbsp; This kind of chancy quantity-over-quality collecting has been appealing to me lately - it has been a fun way to learn about stuff I didn&#039;t know before on the cheap. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]864902[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The sestertius is Trajan Decius, DACIA with a wolf-head (or ass or whatever) staff.&nbsp; The cruddy Claudius II is scarce - SECVRITAS PERPETVA reverse.&nbsp; The other is a Constantine the Great, Rome mint, I think - my first SOL issue of his. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 2 Greeks (top row) have proven difficult to attribute.&nbsp; Here is my best guess (any help would be appreciated - those palm tree Tarsus issues are abundant, but the information online (Vcoins, etc.) is contradictory and sketchy and nothing exactly matches mine).&nbsp; I came closer with the Halikarnassos (location of one of the 7 Wonders of the World), but no exact match on the inscription spacing and decorations on the trident. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]864918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Halikarnassos, Caria&nbsp; Æ 17</b></p><p><b>(c. 150-50 B.C.) </b></p><p>Bearded head of Poseidon right / Ornamented trident head with dolphins between prongs; caduceus (?) left, fish hook right [???] P left, ΜΕΛ(Γ ?) right.</p><p>Sear 4881;</p><p>SNG Cop. 354-360 (?)</p><p>(7.09 grams / 17 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]864919[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Phoenicia, Tyre&nbsp; Æ 15</b></p><p><b>(c. 2nd-1st Century B.C.)</b></p><p>Tyche turreted and veiled right, right, palm behind (?) / [AΚ?]Σ ΜΗΤΡΟ [Ι]ΕΡ ΑΣ, [Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’)?]; palm tree with two fruits. </p><p>RPC 3880 (sim. or var. ?);</p><p>BMC 284/285; Sear 5923 var.?</p><p>(3.34 grams / 15 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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