Some favorite Ex CoinTalk Member Coins Posted by Previous Owners

I have bunches of coins from fellow CTers and wish I were better organized so I could drop them all here. Off the top of my head, I have coins formerly belonging to @dougsmit, @zumbly, @Severus Alexander , @AncientJoe, @John Anthony, @stevex6, @Eng, @Brian Bucklan, @Ryro, @Ardatirion, @Justin Lee, @jamesicus, @Theodosius, @Nvb, @Terence Cheesman... I'm sure I've missed some .

A sampling:

Ex @AncientJoe

KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE
AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h
Pella, 342-336 BCE
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue
Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95
ex Colosseo Collection


KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander III
AR tetradrachm, 17.14 gm
late lifetime issue, struck in Aradus c. 324/3 BCE
Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; I in left field; AP monogram below throne
Ref: Price 3325
ex Colosseo Collection


Septimius Severus
Rome, CE 206
AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h
Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison
Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.
ex Colosseo Collection

ex @Theodosius (a Secret Saturn gift )

EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius
137 CE
Billon tetradrachm; 23 mm, 13.16 gm
Obv: ΛAIΛIOCKAICAP; bare head right
Rev: ΔHM EΞOVC VΠAT B; Homonoia standing left, holding cornucopiae and patera over garlanded altar
Ref: Emmett 1350.2; Köln 1271; Milne 1539
Ex Theodosius Collection
Ex John A. Seeger Collection

ex Stevex6

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius
Regnal year 8, CE 144/5
AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm
Obv: [legend]; laureate draped bust right
Rev: Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing; flanked by the Dioscuri who are also standing facing, heads turned towards Serapis, and each holding a flagellum ; [L] H in exergue
Ref: Dattari 2864 (RY2); Dattari-Savio plate 148 coins 2864 and 8724; Emmett 1670.8; Not listed in Milne.
ex Stevex6 Collection


MYSIA, Kisthene
Orontes, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE
AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm
Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready
Rev: Forepart of winged boar right
Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock
Very rare.
ex SteveX6 Collection
Hasty image... need to reshoot when I can do it properly.




THRACE, Sestos (sometimes spelled Sestus)
c. 3rd-2nd century BCE
AE 16.6, 2.35 gm
Obv: Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos; dotted border
Rev: chelys; ΣH downward in right field; dotted border
Ref: von Fritz, Nomisma 1, 15 (coin 29 on plate 1 in that book)
ex Stevex6 Collection

 

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I also have many more CTers I'd like to "represent" in my collection. In addition to the ones on your list I don't already have... gotta add @PeteB! I've gazed longingly at his website/coin offerings on many occasions.

 

That Constans used to belong to me as well - one of the first LRB's I bought when I started collecting.

 

COINS from @Bing


THRACO-MACEDONIAN TRIBES, MYGDONES or KRESTONES
AR Obol
OBVERSE: Goat kneeling left, head reverted, solid rosette above, pellet to left
REVERSE: Quadripartite incuse square
Struck at Thrace, 480-470 BC
.79g, 11mm
Lorber, Goats, Issue 6; AMNG III 14
(Aigai); HPM pl. III, 16; Traité pl. XLIX, 8; SNG ANS
Ex-NN Auction 46
Ex: @Bing



Thasos
AR TriHemiObol
Satyr running
Kulix Amphora
411-350 BCE
0.69g 12mm
SNGCop 1030
Ex: @Bing : Auction #1, Lot #1



LAMPSAKOS, MYSIA THRACE
AE-10
OBVERSE: Female head right, hair rolled
REVERSE: Forepart of winged horse right, ΨΑ above, symbol below
Struck at Lampsakos, Mysia 399-200 BC
1.24g, 10mm
BMC Mysia p. 84, 53 ff. var (symbol)
Ex: @Bing : Auction 2, Lot 1

 

Shut the front door
I LOVE finding new provenances. Any idea around what year that might have been and or from where?

 

Vcoins purchase 3/1/2013 from Coins to Medals, $55 shipped.

 

That's a wonderful array of ex-CTers, @TIF ! I love the flying pig almost as much as I love your cupid gif! If I may excerpt them here, I really want to watch your Kisthene Pig and Caesar Cupids flying past one another!

(*Hint: They fly for different intervals, so if you keep watching long enough it looks like Cupid(s) may finally catch the pig...or bonk it with the lyre...)

GIF Credits, both by @TIF :

From https://www.tifcollection.com/l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius

 

Lady luck was with us today, I found the photo & also combined the two. Enjoy .

 

Thank you so very, very much

 

Well thank you @Ryro and @TIF ! I am very honored!

LOL, Ancients from the Alegandron Collective and the Alegandron Aurum Collective (a larger collection of mine) may be a quite rare occurrence. I have never sold nor traded any!

You see... I only ASSIMILATE to my Collective.

 

a gift from a super coin friend, @ancientcoinguru !

LARISSA


Thessaly Larissa 344-337 BCE AR Obol 0.68g 9mm 3/4 Facing Nymph Larissa Horse Grazing SNG Cop 1

 

@akeady and I seem to speak the same language, and we have even bumped heads a few times in auctions. He has some great coins that I would really like to have! Great stuff as he collects similar to me... with a lot from the Roman Republic.

 

Yes! And like you, I haven't sold any, so we're not likely to get each other's coins, though I like lots of yours! It's rare to find an auction with decipherable bidder names any more (I think CGB still displays bidder names, otherwise we dont know when we've been clio'd or crossed swords), but sometimes I see coins I recognise here or on FB.

I've got a few coins from other CoinTalkers and I think @red_spork has posted one or two of them (pentagram victoriatus and an Eraviscan denarius).

Keep up the good taste, @Alegandron

ATB,
Aidan.

 

One of my favorites!

Mine

RR Anon 211-206 BCE Victoriatus STAR Scarce Sear 49 Syd 233a Craw 105-1
or,
RR Anon 211-206 BCE Victoriatus PENTAGRAM Scarce Sear 49 Syd 233a Craw 105-1

 

Last year the Secret Saturnalia gift I received turned out to be an enigma . I received the handsome nummus of Maximinus II pictured below, & the CT member who presented this gift never identified him or her selves . This gave me a very uneasy feeling & I have doubts about keeping the coin in my collection. Has this ever happened to another CT member ?


The year before I received the handsome Tet of Diocletian from Alexandria, from TypeCoin971793 (Tom) . Tom also included 3 ancient Chinese cash coins .

Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Diocletian AD 284-305 (dated Year 1, AD 284/5). Obverse: Bust laureate, draped & cuirassed. Reverse: Reclining Tyche. AE Tetradrachm: 7.79 gm, 20.58 mm, 12 h. Emmett 4083.

 

That is a handsome Maximinus II! Every so often I see a coin and think, "Look at that legend!" I ex-pect the engraver was especially proud of their work on the "X" right above the portrait (even the dotted border looks impressive on examples like this). (The -IMIN- got slightly tilty but overall I really like the "epigraphy" of that one.)

 

Great thread! I have an entire sub-collection of ex-CoinTalker coins. In fact, it is one of my favorite sub collections and I built it somewhat accidentally. I like knowing that others in the past at some point felt my coins were worth collecting. This is true whether the collector lived 100 years ago or is still an active collector. The CT connection is a great bonus!

I have multiple coins from several members but I like to pick a representative coin from each as part of the “official” sub-collection. In no particular order...

@Ryro
Ryan has such a good eye for interesting historical coins, especially from the Greek and Hellenistic era. This beauty shows the Persian satrap Spithridates who almost killed Alexander III. Vintage Ryro history tie in!

Achaemenid Empire
Spithridates as Satrap
AE10, mint in Ionia or Lydia, struck 334 BC
Dia.: 10 mm
Wt.: 1.5 g
Obv.: Head of Spithridates right, wearing bashlyk
Rev.: Forepart of horse right; TO monogram in upper left
field, ΣΠ-I below and in right field
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 1538; SNG von Aulock 1823; Klein 367; Babelon, Perses 380
Ex Ryro Collection

@Sallent
Sadly, Osley doesn’t post on CT anymore but for several years he was a regular poster with a great eye for quality coins. It seems he got rid of the majority of his collection a few years ago. I was happy to pick up this Chinese spade from him.

Ancient China
Xin Dynasty
Emperor Wang Mang (AD 7 - 23)
Huo bu spade.
Dim.: 57 mm x 22.5 mm
Wt.: 16.09 g
Obv.: HUO BU (“Money spade”).
Rev.: Blank, as made.
Ref.: Hartill 9.30
Ex Sallent collection

@Theodosius
John’s excellent taste in fine style Greek coins is well known to anyone who even casually participates on the forum. I got this coin in a holiday coin exchange with him and was super pleased to note that his eye for great style extends to Roman era coins as well.

Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius, AD 161-180
Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, struck AD 170-171.
Dia.: 32 mm
Wt.: 25.1 g
Obv.: IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV; Laureate head right.
Rev.: PRIMI/DECEN/NALES/COS III/SC within wreath.
Reference: RIC III 1006. Scarce.
Ex Theodosius Collection, Ex Sallent Collection, ex-JAZ Numismatics

@jb_depew
I love the unpleasant scowl on Caracalla’s face. I haven’t had as much of a chance to interact with JB as I would like but I have seen enough of his collection to know he has a great taste in coins.

PHOENICIA, Berytus.
Caracalla (AD 197-217)
AR Tetradrachm, Berytus mint, struck AD 215-217.
Dia.: 28 mm
Wt.: 13.0 g
Obv.: AVT KAI ANTWNINOC CЄB; Laureate bust right.
Rev.: ΔHMAPΧ EΞ YΠATO Δ; Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head left wreath in beak; between legs, prow left.
Reference: Prieur 1292
From the DePew Collection.

@zumbly
It wouldn’t be possible to respect a fellow collector more than I do Z. Great collection, great coin-taste and a great friend. I have several coins from Z but this is the one I chose as the representative for the collection.

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos
AR Stater, Aspendos mint, struck ca. 380-325 BC
Dia.: 22.1 mm
Wt.: 10.62 g
Obv.: Two wrestlers; the left one holds the left arm of his opponent with both hands, the opponent grasping with right hand his right wrist; no control in between legs.
Rev.: Slinger, wearing short chiton, discharging sling to right; Π in between legs; on right, triskeles to right, EΣTFEΔIIVΣ behind, all within dotted square; c/m: wolf running left in rectangular incuse.
Ref.: BMC 52; SNG Copenhagen 214; Tekin Series 4
Ex Harlan J. Berk (private sale September 21, 2015); Ex zumbly Collection; Ex Minotaur Coins

@arnoldoe
This coin has provenance to spare and was my favorite pick up from AMCC 2 where I managed to win a couple of coins from arnoldoe. One day I will find the time to give the provenance of this coin the write up it deserves. This is one of my favorites.

Roman Empire
Philip I the Arab (AD 244-249)
AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 245
Dia.: 23 mm
Wt.: 4.36 g
Obv.: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: ADVENTVS AVGG; Philip on horseback left, raising right hand and holding spear
Ref.: RIC IV 26b
Ex David Kallai (ca. 1908-1924); Ex AMCC 2, lot 194 (Nov. 9, 2019); Ex arnoldoe Collection

@Cucumbor
Q has a stellar collection but he is also one of the nicest guys I know and a true friend. I got this coin in a holiday exchange and I absolute love it! It inspired me to start building a small sub-collection of Antioch tets of Philip I’d family.

Philippus II
AR Tetradrachm, Antioch mint, AD 248
Dia.: 27 mm
Wt.: 12.5 g
Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC CΕΒ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philippus II right
Rev.: ΔHΜΑΡX ΕΞΟΥCΙΑC ΥΠΑΤΟΔ, Eagle standing right, holding a wreath in beak. ANTIOXIA / SC in exergue
Ref.: BMC 551, Prieur 474
Ex Cucumbor Collection

@dougsmit
I know in hindsight Doug is a bit bummed to have let this one go but for my part I couldn’t be happier having this coin in my collection. It is illustrated in Doug’s webpage on Probus and as I understand it Doug hasn’t let go of too many such coins... as I said, super happy to have won this coin in AMCC.

Roman Empire
Probus, BI Antoninianus, Tripolis mint, second officina, struck ca. AD 276-282
Dia.: 22 mm
Wt.: 3.82 g
Obv: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: CLEMENTIA TEMP•, emperor standing right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre, receiving globe from Jupiter, holding sceptre, crescent in lower centre, KA in ex.
Ref.: RIC V(b) 927.
Ex Doug Smith Collection (illustrated on his webpage for Probus), acquired in 1997 from Kreuzer

@iamtiberius
Another collector who’s presence is sorely missed on CT. Michael had an incredible collection with a lot of top quality Greek silver. He seems to have sold most of his collection a few years ago and hasn’t posted much since. I was happy to pick up this example of Gordian showing the famous Farnese Hercules (or Weary Herakles). Hopefully, if some of the no-longer-active members find their way back to collecting they will drop by and say hi.

Roman Empire
Gordian III (238-244)
AR Antoninianus, Rome mint
Dia.: 24.5 mm
Wt.: 3.89g
Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; The Farnese Hercules: statue of Hercules right, with apples of the Hesperides and lion skin, and leaning upon club.
RIC 95.
Ex iamtiberius Collection with tag; Ex AMCC 1, lot 236 (Dec. 2018)

@Orfew
A few years ago Orfew shifted more exclusively to his wonderful Flavian specialty and decided to let go of some of his coins outside of that focus. I could not have been more happy to pick up this coin that was not only ex Orfew but also ex Stoecklin and fit right into my Nerva-Antonine dynasty collection. This was my #2 coin of 2019.

Roman Empire
Marcus Aurelius
AR denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 173
Dia.: 19 mm
Wt.: 3.31 g
Obv.: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII; Laureate head right
Rev.: IMP VI COS III; German captive seared left at foot of trophy
Rev.: RIC 280
Ex Walter Stoecklin Collection (1888-1975); Ex Orfew Collection



...more ex CTer coins to come in future posts!

 

...some more ex CTer coins.

@Deacon Ray
DRay has good taste in more than just biblical coins. I truly love this coin. It’s interesting, artistically compelling and at a hefty 17g it is wonderful in hand.

Spain, Obulco
AE28, Obulco mint, struck mid II century BC
Dia.: 28 mm
Wt.: 16.83 g
Obv.: OBVLCO; female head right
Rev.: Celtic-Iberian legend: Magistrates names "Urkailtu" and "Neseltuko" between plow and grain ear.
Ref.: CNH 17, page 344
Ex Deacon Ray

@ancientcoinguru
ACG is a wonderfully nice person and a keen eyed collector. She was the 2018 tournament champion after all! This coin is so appealing in so many ways. My photo doesn’t do it justice (I’ll need to try a new one with my new set up!)

Islands off Caria
Rhodes
AR Hemidrachm, struck ca. 166-88 BC
Dia.: 13.5 mm
Wt.: 1.2 g
Obv.: Head of Helios right
Rev.: P-O to either side of rose, ϺΑΗΣ above, crown of Isis at lower right, all within incuse square
Ref.: BMC XVIII 268-270 (Var. Hemidrachm)
Ex ancientcoinguru

@jamesicus
James hasn’t been on in a while so I do hope he is doing okay. He sold a good deal of his excellent Romano-British Collection a few years ago in AMCC. This example is nothing less than a Constantius Invasion issue! It is one of my favorite coins and will be in my collection for good.

Roman Empire
Constantius Chlorus (Invasion Issue)
AE Follis, silvered, Lugdunum/traveling mint, struck ca. AD 296
Obv.: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C; Laureate bust right
Rev.: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI; genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia
Ref.: RIC VI 17a
Ex James Pickering Collection of Romano-British Coins

@Severus Alexander
This is a fun coin from a good friend. I had so much fun studying this little coin. This coin even came with SA’s custom designed tag which is something I always value as part of the provenance.

Kushan Empire
Vima Takto, AD 78-110
AE Unit, Unkown mint, struck ca. AD 78-110
Dia.: 21.2 mm
Wt.: 8.2 g
Obv.: Bust right, 12 rays above, holding object. 3 pronged tamga in left field
Rev.: Horseman right, holding whip. 3 pronged tamga in right field
Ex Severus Alexander Collection

@Shea19
I was excited to win this coin from AMCC 3 considering it was my prime target in that auction. Shea has a great collection of quality coins and I am happy to have a coin from it. The backstory about how Shea purchased it in a group lot with the beautiful obverse not even shown was fun to hear about as well. I’ve wanted a “horn” Elagabalus for a long time and this one is perfect for my collection.

Roman Empire
Elagalabus (218-222)
AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 221.
Dia.: 19 mm
Wt.: 2.84 g
Obv.: IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG; draped and “horned” bust right
Rev.: Rev. emperor standing left, sacrificing over altar, standard on either side
Ref.: RIC IVB 51
Ex Shea19 collection, Ex CNG E-Auction 465, Lot 722 (part of), Ex Mike Vosper FPL 112 (11 March 2000), no. 35a

@tenbobbit
Another AMCC purchase from the collection of a respected CT member. I like these hefty tets. Tenbobbit was kind enough to correspond with me to let me know that he purchased this coin privately in 2005.

Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch
Trebonianus Gallus
AR tetradrachm, struck ca. 251-253, 1st officina
Obv.: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev.: Eagle standing facing, head and tail right, with wings spread, holding wreath in beak; A between legs. SC in exergue
Ref.: McAlee 1173a; Prieur 657
Ex Tenbobbit Collection; Purchased privately from the collection of an English gentleman in 2005; Ex AMCC 2, Lot 434 (Nov. 9, 2019)

@red_spork
Red_spork mostly posts great coins from his chosen focus area but it seems he has had some great sub-collections outside that focus as well. One such was a Judaean sub-collection that he seems to have sold part of a few years ago. This is the first autonomous Jewish coin ever struck and was the subject of my first ever CT featured article.

Hasmonean Dynasty of Judea
John Hyrcanus I, 134-104 BC
AE Prutah, Jerusalem mint, struck ca. 129-122 BC
Wt.: 1.82 g
Dia.: 15 mm
Obv.: Paleo-Hebrew inscription in wreath; Greek letter alpha above
Rev.: Double cornucopia with a pomegranate between horns
Ref.: Hendin 1132
Ex red_spork Collection

Some ex CT provenances I would like to own someday:

• @Alegandron - This one is probably not gonna happen. Brian’s collection is the well known black hole of ancient coins... once a coin goes in it is not coming back out again.
  
• @TIF - Ex TIF coins are not impossible to come across but are certainly very rare. As far as I know she hasn’t sold any coins but has given some away in various holiday and coin exchanges. Perhaps possible if I bribe JA for Saturnalia...
• @stevex6 - I have no good explanation for why I did not buy one of Steve’s coins when he sold the bulk of them back in 2017. Shame on me.
• @AncientJoe - This one I think will be doable with some patients and luck. I targeted an ex AJ Sybaris nomos at Nomos last year but unfortunately didn’t come away successful. I’ll just have to keep my eyes open.
• @Andrew McCabe - Another one I think is doable eventually. I really wanted to go after some of the coins offered at Roma recently but the sale just fell at a bad time coin-budget wise.
• @DonnaML - This may also be difficult as I don’t believe that Donna typically sells from her collection.
• @Mikey Zee - No longer an active poster here but I always enjoyed his company. I think he sold his collection and if I ever see one of his I recognize I plan to go for it.
• @Spaniard - Not sure if he sells periodically or not but would love to have his collection represented in my cabinet.
• @Bing - A CT mainstay! Indispensable for a representative ex CT sub-collection.
• @Parthicus - Preferably a Parthian coin! I saw too late that he sold some great coins at CNG a while back.
• @bcuda - I missed my target from this collection at CNG last year and was bummed at myself for not getting at least one.
• @panzerman - I might as well try to storm Fort Knox... PMan would never sell a coin... this one is not gonna happen but a fella can dream.
• @lordmarcovan - I’m pretty sure I will be able to land an ex LordM coin eventually. LordM trades, sells and exchanges quite a bit.
• @Clavdivs - A great eye for value gems, any of which I’d be happy to keep in my cabinet.
• @Volodya - Not sure if Phil ever sells coins but one can’t go wrong with a coin Phil Davis thought worth collecting.
  
• @happy_collector - Yet another Titan of good coin taste.
• @Sulla80 - I find Sulla’s collecting style appealing. A preference for dark tones and interesting history. Would love to have an ex Sulla coin at some point.
• @Roman Collector - How do I not have an ex RC coin already?!
• @TheRed - Medieval and Seleukid connoisseur.
• @Orielensis - A collector I respect a great deal. An eye for quality across at all price levels.
• @FitzNigel - Perhaps he will get tired of one of his medieval examples some day...
• @Finn235 - an Indian example from this collection would be sweeeet!
• @Al Kowsky - Great eye for Antioch issues and an almost universal top shelf quality collection.
• Okay... I’ll cut this out before I end up listing everyone on the site. I could list many more! Long story short, there are a lot of CTers who I’d be happy to have a provenance for in my collection.

 

@Curtisimo, that's quite a roll call, and I'm honored to be included! But you're right that I don't usually sell my coins except one or two here and there. If I ever do more than that, it means I'm having financial troubles again. So hopefully it won't happen anytime soon!

Your list reminded me of a collector I'd forgotten is a member here; I have one coin of his:

Roman Republic, L. Memmius, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 109-108 BCE. Obv. Male head to right (Apollo?), wearing oak wreath, star (*) [= monogrammed XVI; mark of value] beneath chin / Rev. The Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux), cloaked, with stars above their heads, standing facing between their horses, each holding a spear and the bridle of his horse, with each horse raising its outside front hoof; L•MEMMI in exergue. Crawford 304/1, RSC I Memmia 1 (ill. p. 65), Sear RCV I 181 (ill. p. 107), BMCRR II Italy 643, RBW Collection 1145 (ill. p. 237). 19 mm., 3.95 g. Purchased Jan. 6, 2022 at Roma Numismatics E-Sale 93, Lot 897. Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection; ex. Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 7, 27 May 2014, Lot 1944; ex. Aureo & Calico, Auction 159, 3 March 2004, Lot 1056. [Footnote omitted.]

 

Quite the roll call. Few people have ex Roman Collector coins because I almost never sell any.