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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I guess it would have to be this one   Augustus Bronze 19mm 4.3g AE19 Phrygia, Dionysopolis Bare head of Emperor right Dionysos standing left, holding grapes and thyrsos 12 BC - 14 AD Von Aulock, Phrygiens II, 92-6; RPC I 3122 Very rare, 5 other examples known |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I've got a Marius as well..   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
I'm not sure who my rarest are, but I'm pretty sure this guy is up there. Orodes I, King of Parthia, on an Elymain drachm.  Also somewhat up there is my Nero. It's a billion Egyptian Tetradrachm, but with very nice metal compared to many of the ones I've seen.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Don't know how rare he is, but I have a tatty Vetranio   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4984 Posts |
probably this zeno..   |
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
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Nice coins all! Good idea to start this topic. Here are my 'rare' rulers: THE Cleopatra VIIPTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Philopator. 51-30 BC. Æ Chalkous-Sixteenth Unit (1.00 gm, 12mm 12h). Paphos on Cyprus mint. Diademed idealized head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt. Kreuzer p. 46, first illustration (this coin); Svoronos -; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen RARE   Julius Caesar (Not really rare but wanted very much  ) Weight : 3.12 g Obverse Description : Head of Venus right, wearing diadem Reverse Legend : CAESAR Reverse Description : Aeneas running left, holding Palladium and bearing his father, Anchises on his left shoulder Mint : Traveling mint in Spain Primary Reference : Crawford 458/1   Edited by Dutchgulden
10/08/2014 02:07 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm pretty new to ancient coins and don't have a large budget, so my rarest emperor is Vespasian, I like him though, so it all works out!  |
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Russian Federation
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Okay, I have a few other coins that would count as "rarest rulers" (might post them later), but this is the only one I have pics of right now... a Leo I monogram:   That's the second smallest coin in my entire collection, by the way (the smallest one, being from 1709, is about a century too late for this forum). Just so you can imagine how tiny it is, here's a photo of it on a British sixpence...  Budget? What budget? This coin, together with something like 80% of my other ancients (including a few other uncommon rulers), came from (various visits to) a single 200-ruble bargain bin at the Izmaylovo Vernisage (that would be about $6 back then, and $5 now). |
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While as said before, I consider my Marius the rarest for me, not a ruler but another not that easy one:   Sestertius of Agrippina Senior, posthumous issue from AD42 Rome - Sear(ME)#1906 |
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 Australia
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Lacking an "objective" rarity scale on my database, I've simply sorted them by price paid, and filtered out the high-grade coins of commoner emperors or emperors that are "valuable" because of high demand, not low supply (like Tiberius). My top 3 are:  Pupienus, sestertius, Sear#8533. If you think you've seen it before, I bought it off CU forum identity LordM.  Vitellius, denarius, Sear#2201. Alas, the name is off-flan, but the portrait and reverse type are unambiguous. Bought from FORVM.  Galba, denarius, Sear#2109. The name is mostly off-flan on this one, too. Bought from a local dealer. 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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United States
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Johannes   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's a sampling of rarities from my collection, the first from Elymais, the rest from Parthia: Kamnaskires V, tetradrachm  Phraataces and Musa, drachm  Artabanos II, tetradrachm  Vologases V, tetradrachm  Mithradates I, tetradrachm  Phraates II, tetradrachm  Osroes I, drachm  Sellwood's Unknown King (Orodes I), tetradrachm  Artabanos I, tetradrachm  Edited by Kamnaskires
10/09/2014 09:35 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks BOBL! Now I have to change my underwear.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Tough to say maybe this guy... Sapadbizes Yue-Zhi Tribal Confederacy.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor. That's an amazing collection.
Edit: Regarding Bob's I mean, not that all of the coins posted here aren't. :)
Edited by chuy1530
10/08/2014 9:16 pm
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