And here they are! I won't be purchasing any new coins until next year! 1. Lydia, Philadelphia, Domitian AE18 Obv: Laureate head facing right Rev: Cult statue of Artemis 2. Postumus Billon Antoninianus Obv: Radiate head right Rev: Pax standing left Ex. (very briefly) Theodosius 3. Syracuse, Hieron II Obv: head of Zeus left, wearing taenia Rev: trident head ornamented with spiral between the prongs and flanked by two dolphins 4. Victorinus found in hoard, attribution pending... 5. Introducing the biggest coin in my collection....... it's an AS! Weighing in at 33.55g! He's a "little" beat up but you hardly notice! Obv: Laureate head of Janus Rev: Prow right, ROMA below 6. Galeria Valeria Follis, Cyzicus Obv: Pearl diademed and draped bust right Rev: Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder 7. And last but not least! Antoninus Pius, Sestertius Obv: laureate head right Rev: emperor standing left, sacrificing over tripod out of patera in field, VOTA in exergue I couldn't have had a top 7 if it weren't for your generosity as a community. So, big thanks to everyone here for making it a great year!! -Aidan PS- Someone's gotta tell me how to put photos in without the files attaching to the thread...
Congrats @Aidan_()!!! That's a wonderfully varied group and all are so sweet to my eyes---#'s 2, 3 and 6 particulary jump out at me I'll pile on with a cult of Artemis type I recently purchased.... Lydia, Acrasus. Septimius Severus. A.D. 193-211. Æ (25 mm, 7.74 g, 6 h). AVT KAI CЄOVHPOC, laureate head of Septimius Severus right / AKP-AC-IΩ-TΩN, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, with two arm supports. SNG Munich 21; BMC 20. Nicely contrasting dark and light green patina, minor surface roughness. Extremely fine.
Great coins @Aidan_() ! I will take them all, please! I especially think your Postumus BI Ant and your RR As are really nice! These Republic Asses can be a real pig of Bronze! RR Anon AE As after 211 BC Janus I Prow Craw 56-2 Sear 627
I like those Gallic breakaway emperors. This year I picked up a Postumus too, from a hoard, checking off two boxes for me (a Gallic Emperor and a hoard coin; seller's pic). Your examples are really nice. I'd like to complete a mini-set of those breakaway emperors, minus the really rare, expensive usurpers of usurpers. Here's the checklist I made out, given my budget.
Nice OP coins. This year I made some serious inroads into collecting Gallic coinage: Postumus: Victorinus: Tetricus I: Tetricus II:
A nice set Aidan! I like the Syracuse bronze and A Pius sestertius. I always use ms paint to save a reduced pixel size photo for posting. I open each photo, save as the same name with an "a" on the filename, then reduce the size to 1200 pixels wide. They take less time to upload and display that way while still having interesting detail. John
Really nice coins, Aidan! I especially love the Postumus, Victorinus, and Galeria Valeria coin. Here's my Postumus: 260 - 269 A.D., Lugdunum Mint, null Officina 3.60g, 19.0mm, 6H Obverse: IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, Bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, right, or bust of Postumus, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right Reverse: MINER FAVTR, Minerva, helmeted, draped, running left, holding olive-branch in right hand and spear and shield in left hand Reference: RIC V Postumus 74
