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Canada
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Well... I think it is about time I made this post. When I was in England, at the Olympics, I decided to pick up my first ancient coin.   Constantine I as Augustus, AE Follis, Mid 310-Late 312, Group III, Class IV, London CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Laureate, cuirassed bust right COMITI-AVGG N N Sol, standing facing, radiate head left, chlamys across left shoulder, globe in right hand, whip in left * in right field PLN in exergue 21mm x 23mm, 4.24g RIC VI, 153 (C2) Extra: Found in a field near Wimbledon     Then I got an  , and bought a Silver denarius to keep my follis company!  Caracalla, AR Denarius, 212, Rome ANTONINVS PIVS-AVG BRIT Laureate head right P M TR P XV COS III P P Hercules, nude, standing facing, head left, branch upward in right hand, club and lion skin in left 19mm x 21mm, 3.15g RIC IV, Part I, 192  So I guess I am the new guy... Anyway, Hello All!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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 and hello First ancient coins and the Olympics all in one trip? That sounds great! You picked a couple of nice ones to start with, I hope you will keep buying and sharing them. |
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United Kingdom
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No better way to mark your trip to London than with a 1700 year old coin minted in London  Edited by bobbyhelmet
10/20/2012 8:15 pm
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United States
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I love both coins, but the second is very interesting. I haven't seen this reverse. Good on ya!
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great coins! I wish a Roman from Londinium. |
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United States
1315 Posts |
Windchild Very nice for your first ancients and a great place to get them! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Windchild: You done good.
My first ancient was a Macedonian gold stater, bought over 30 years ago. I bought it through a friend who had been in the coin dealing business for 20 years, and had sold his very extensive ancients collection to Spinks in London, way back in 1970.
That friend was Jim Noble, who originally set up Noble Numismatics in Australia. The company now conducts several multi million dollar auctions every year.
My coin came from Spinks, through him, in 1978. I still have all of the documentation that went with the purchase.
I have learnt a great deal about ancients since then, but my first coin came from a dealer which at the time, had the best reputation in the World for ancient coins.
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 United States
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Two very nice coins. I love coins fron the London mint but sadly only have one.
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Great coins, Windchild ... Ummm, luckily, they both fit into this current SMACKDOWN!! (well played!!)   |
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 Canada
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Actually, the first one is both parts of the SMACKDOWN... It's both a radiate and a laureate!
The follis was £50, or roughly $78. It was a pre WW1 find near where I was born.
The denarius was $100, with a pair of older pictures (70's or so). The dealer bought it from a collector who had had it since the 60's, and who had bought it from another collector who had it from pre WW2, making it a pre-Metal detecting find.
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10/21/2012 01:37 am
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