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My latest is a Julius Caesar Elephant Denarius. Slabbed.

 

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Very nice. Seems a very nice lifetime denarius w/ some honest wear. Also clear legends.
Given the inordinately high prices right now for ultra-high end JC's, this is probably a much better buy.

I wanted to upgrade my JC bronze As, but a nice one recently sold for 28K -- or was it 38K? Out of Heritage.

 

Sassanid Silver Drachm of Khosrow II (minted in Yazd in either 625 or 626):

 

I tried bidding on Heritage, but the buying pressure is too high right now. I got this one for a fair price. 1700 out the door. I did some research on sold for on ebay and Heritage and although some slip through at better prices most are higher than what I paid for a similar coin. Slabbed seems to add 250 usd give or take.

 

This is a nice and interesting coin - a pre reform denarius, I presume? They are scarcer than the post reform ones.

 

A barbarous radiate (Postumus / Tetricus) of a soldier standing with spear and shield. Not the greatest beauty or high value, yet the extreme simplicity of the soldier on this one is what triggered me in buying it as a gimmick.

 

My latest:



Augustus
Bronze As
IMP DIVI F P-P - Back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in combined rostral crown & laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate
COL NEM - Long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right.
Mint: Gaul, Nemausus (10-14 AD)

 

Indo-Scythian Silver Tetradrachm of Azes II (minted in Taxila sometime between 30 and 20 BCE):

 

Ceylonese Gold Kahavanu of Vijayabahu the Great (minted sometime between 1055 and 1110):

 

Anyone else think that Genius is facing the wrong way?

 

Indo-Greek Silver Drachm of Menander I Soter (minted sometime between 155 and 130 BCE):

 

Empire of the Romans Gold Semissis of Heraclius (minted in Constantinople sometime between 610 and 613):

 

Kingdom of the Lombards Gold Tremissis (minted in the name of Justin II sometime between 582 and 602):

 

Indo-Scythian Silver Tetradrachm of Azes (minted in Taxila sometime between 55 and 35 BCE):

 

Roman Billon Antoninianus of Probus (minted in Siscia in 279):

 

A very nice AE from a litte-known Emperor. Wonderful condition & grade. Where did you find that piece?

 

A gap in my collection I've been trying to fill for a while.

Herennius Etruscus



AR Antoninianus, AD 250-251. Rome.
Obv: Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust right. Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTORVM, sprinkler, simpulum, jug, patera, and lituus. Reference: RIC IV-143 (Trajan Decius); RSC-14.