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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3132144, member: 91461"]Who is that coin that you've been dreaming about? For days, for months or years?? What's that coin on the side, the one that you've been on the prowl for as you go about your regularly scheduled perusing of ancients???</p><p>For me it's a Julius Caesar portrait. Yes. It is to finish out my "12 Caesars" that the national enquirier of his day, Suetonius, made a sensation amongst nobility to run out to begin collecting!</p><p>Do some pride themselves on it being a lifetime issue? Sure. But this ain't like ATG3 (Alexander The Great) where there are a ton more coins created after his death. Nor is it easy being on a po boy budget. It is something incredible to say you own not 1 but 2 ancients bearing the busts of both JC1 and Augustus Caesar. Plus, I got a crazy countermark! Check em out...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]798974[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustuswith Divus</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>(27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON.</p><p>Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ.</p><p>Wreathed head of Julius</p><p>Caesar right; uncertain c/m</p><p>on neck.</p><p>Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN.</p><p>Bare head of Augustus right;</p><p>Δ below. RPC I 1554.</p><p>Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm.</p><p>Former: Numismatik Naumann</p><p>The D has been interpreted as either a denomination</p><p>mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four</p><p>of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram</p><p>has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero</p><p>(Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that</p><p>Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under</p><p>Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these</p><p>quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p.</p><p>105) follows Kraay's suggestion that the NK is an</p><p>abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the</p><p>coins during celebrations of the city's 50th</p><p>anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans.</p><p>Allbuttwoofthe knownspecimensofthis</p><p>countermarkoccuronthe coinsofthisfirst</p><p>issue ofThessalonica, and the</p><p>wear on thecountermarks is</p><p>nearly identical tothat of the</p><p>coins, suggesting that the</p><p>countermarks could not</p><p>have been applied very long</p><p>after the coins entered</p><p>circulation.</p><p>DivusAugustus</p><p>[ATTACH=full]798976[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus with Divus</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>(27 BC-14 AD). MACEDON.</p><p>Thessalonica.Obv: ΘEOC.</p><p>Bare head of Julius Caesar</p><p>right.</p><p>Rev: ΘECCAΛONIKEΩN.</p><p>Bare head of Augustus right.</p><p>RPC I 1555.</p><p>Condition: Near very fine.</p><p>Weight: 8.0 g.</p><p>Diameter: 19 mm. Former:</p><p>Numismatik Naumann</p><p><br /></p><p>Post all those dream coins. JC1 coins. ATG3 coins. Anything you deem relevant coins...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 3132144, member: 91461"]Who is that coin that you've been dreaming about? For days, for months or years?? What's that coin on the side, the one that you've been on the prowl for as you go about your regularly scheduled perusing of ancients??? For me it's a Julius Caesar portrait. Yes. It is to finish out my "12 Caesars" that the national enquirier of his day, Suetonius, made a sensation amongst nobility to run out to begin collecting! Do some pride themselves on it being a lifetime issue? Sure. But this ain't like ATG3 (Alexander The Great) where there are a ton more coins created after his death. Nor is it easy being on a po boy budget. It is something incredible to say you own not 1 but 2 ancients bearing the busts of both JC1 and Augustus Caesar. Plus, I got a crazy countermark! Check em out... [ATTACH=full]798974[/ATTACH] Augustuswith Divus Julius Caesar (27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON. Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ. Wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; uncertain c/m on neck. Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN. Bare head of Augustus right; Δ below. RPC I 1554. Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm. Former: Numismatik Naumann The D has been interpreted as either a denomination mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero (Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p. 105) follows Kraay's suggestion that the NK is an abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the coins during celebrations of the city's 50th anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans. Allbuttwoofthe knownspecimensofthis countermarkoccuronthe coinsofthisfirst issue ofThessalonica, and the wear on thecountermarks is nearly identical tothat of the coins, suggesting that the countermarks could not have been applied very long after the coins entered circulation. DivusAugustus [ATTACH=full]798976[/ATTACH] Augustus with Divus Julius Caesar (27 BC-14 AD). MACEDON. Thessalonica.Obv: ΘEOC. Bare head of Julius Caesar right. Rev: ΘECCAΛONIKEΩN. Bare head of Augustus right. RPC I 1555. Condition: Near very fine. Weight: 8.0 g. Diameter: 19 mm. Former: Numismatik Naumann Post all those dream coins. JC1 coins. ATG3 coins. Anything you deem relevant coins...[/QUOTE]
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