swish513 contest

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  1. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    I like your idea. Now I need to think of the next hint.
     
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  3. heuvy31

    heuvy31 Active Member

    Augustus semis
     
  4. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Tiberius bronze AE
     
  5. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    Sorry, not the coin.
     
  6. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    Can you be a little more specific?
     
  7. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    37 A.D., Thessalonica, Macedonia, Livia Reverse Bronze AE 23, RPC I 1567; BMC Macedonia p. 117, 75; SNG Cop 403,
     
  8. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    Right emperor, wrong coin.
     
  9. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

  10. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    I always thought "Bronze AE" was rather redundant, but I've seen so many people and books use it. I get that the name of the coin has been lost to history, but why the need to say "Bronze AE 23?" I bought a coin from a dealer that described the coin as "Macedonia Bronze AE 19." Collectors... we are a funny breed. This wasn't a knock on you, Kasia, please don't take it as such. Your guess just reminded me of the overkill of bronze, as I call it.
     
  11. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    swish, I know next to nothing on ancients. Tonight I actually learned they write CE when they mean AD! And I learned that AE meant a base type metal, but had no idea why they were being redundant after saying this was bronze. Oh well.... 4 hours for someone else to get in here and find your coin before I can guess again.
     
  12. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    Just wondering... have you learned what the number means, as in "AE 19" or "AE 23?" And the whole CE/AD thing is a preference based on religious beliefs. Not everyone uses CE.
     
  13. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    Tiberius bronze prutah.
     
  14. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    We have a winner!!! prutah.jpg

    Tiberius/Pontius Pilate, Judea
    Prutah, AE, 15mm (31AD)
    Obverse: [TIPERIOY] KAIC[POC]
    Reverse: LIH within a wreath
    Hendin 650

    It's a bad pic, but the year is very visible in hand.

    wcoins, PM me your address.
     
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  15. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Congrats wcoins!
     
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  16. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    Thank you to everyone that participated. The next contest I hold will be better than this one.
     
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  17. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    Thank you!!

    I won!! :woot::woot:

    I am not good with ancients, but reviewed the entire thread and the bit that helped me make the guess was " 3. It is a well known coin, or at least semi-well known. " The biblical coin!

    Thanks for the contest! I was actually thinking of buying my first ancient, this thread has helped me learn something about ancients, good start :)
     
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  18. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    It's not a Widow's Mite, that's a different coin. Glad you learned something. The "well known" part is the debate of Tiberius vs. Pilate, and there is a thread about it on CT. Also, there is some debate about the Shroud of Turin, and if the image has Prutahs over the eyes on that image. So, I said "at least semi-well known" because it is a topic of conversation.
     
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  19. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    I received the prize today!

    Thank you @swish513 for the contest and the amazing coins you sent me.

    They're great, especially the ancient one - my first!

    I even created a new thread - here
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  20. heuvy31

    heuvy31 Active Member

    Congrats wcoins and very nice prizes swish!
     
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  21. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    Glad you like the coins! And welcome to the darkside! :vamp::D
     
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