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So.. I'm known to buy coins on without better knowledge.  So I know little of roman coins. Was a Denarius I bought in a lot and I find it fascinating to own a piece thats made by humans and so old. My coincollecting is based on coins I like, so very all over  So picked up this lot awaits very slow shippment, lazy auctionhouses takes 2 weeks. So I believe these to be common, anything stands out? I always have a returnoption if its a total mess. As I don't have these in hand its auctionpics. They sold out a coincollectors collection. But since returntimes are limited I want to get ahead As always thanks for help ccf! PS, I'm aware of the one coin per thread, but I'm not asking for grading here, more if anything is worth posting inhand pics of later    Edited by Moniker
08/19/2024 07:14 am
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Interesting mix, but outside my area of expertise.  |
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United States
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Nice coins! All very high quality 1st-3rd century silver. Very appealing lot with no duplicate emperors.
Edited by Tanman2001
08/19/2024 11:55 am
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Nothing really stands out as being rare, but the condition of the coins are very good. I would be happy to have them in my collection as long as they are offered at a good price.
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Thank you Tanman and Travelcoin I appriciate the help. Good to know they checked out. I'm looking forward to see them for real. Its a piece of history
I paid 445$ aslong as I didnt horribly overpay I'm content.
Must coins offered over here are in very bad shape.
Now I can chase Ceasar, no jk out of my budget
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I don't see the Ptolemy X Greek coin that the tag says. And should not one of the coins say Nerva?
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I noticed that to, I think it might be the case of a coin in the wrong flipp. Its a part of the collection from a passed away collector and the auctionhouse that sold them don't specialize in coins so I think they have no clue. It was simply advertized as 8 roman coins. So probably the collector reused a flip or something and the next of kin and auctionhouse don't look at the goods. A feng tien dollar was advertised as a Chinese coin in one lot. I was hoping to snag it but it went for 11500 us dollar  i think one of the bearded one sits in it,not the Caracalla, severius maybe The nerva part I'm not aware of, but I know little of roman coins Edited by Moniker
08/21/2024 02:06 am
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so I finally got them, looks good imho   |
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Very nice!  |
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should not one of the coins say Nerva? Second coin in the top row is Emperor Nerva. |
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Thank you t360 I thougt it was trajanus but havent looked closely on that one yet |
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Not a bad "Roman emperor starter set". Since it may not be entirely obvious which coin belongs to which tag (and since one of the tags is just plain wrong), your eight coins are, reading across from top left to bottom right:
1. Gordian III
2. Trajan. The obverse legend unusually says "IMP NERVA CAES" rather than the more usual order "IMP CAES NERVA", but the "TRAIAN" indicates it's clearly Trajan, not Nerva.
3. Philip II. I believe the rule of thumb is "Philip I is bearded, Philip II is not".
4. Trebonianus Gallus
5. Volusian
6. Philip I. See note for Philip II above.
7. Caracalla
8. Septimus Severus.
If the portrait is wreathed, it's a denarius. If the portrait has spiky headgear, it's a double-denarius or antoninianus.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Thank you Sap for pinning them. Appriciate it. They are hard to pinpoint, there is a plethora of different reverses. I guess thats why books are written  Interesting about the legend The philip I portrait is rather chunky Edited by Moniker
08/22/2024 02:20 am
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@Sap thanks for the clarification on #2. The portrait bothered me because it doesn't have the distinctive nose of Nerva.
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08/24/2024 07:44 am
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so I finally got them, looks good imho Really nice coins indeed, @Moniker, with beautifully detailed portraits. |
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