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 Post your favourite(s)!! Take this opportunity to show off your coins!  I see this a lot in other forums so I thought I would try it here  If you don't have many opportunities to show off your collections, like myself, you are more than welcome to post away! I will start us off with one of my favourites from my collection, I picked this coin up recently on ebay for 100$... Septimius Severus, Rome's first African Emperor. Following the murder of Commodus Rome saw a year of turmoil and chaos. Pertinax becomes emperor but is murdered by angry soldiers. The empire is then sold to Didius Julianus who is soon ousted and Pescennius Niger is proclaimed emperor in Syria. Septimius Severus then marches on Rome and disarms the Praetorian Guard which resulted in Claudius Albinus being recognized as Caesar. He loses the power struggle with Septimius Severus who is proclaimed Emperor and begins the Severan Dynasty. Septimius Severus (AD 193-211). AR denarius (3.50 gm). Rome, ca. 202-210. Laureate head right / Emperor standing left, capite velato, holding branch. RIC 265. (I will post the grade later if anyone would like to take some guesses  . Guess the grade, strike and surface)   Edited by NorthSideTy
04/14/2016 08:45 am
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United Kingdom
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That is a fantastic specimen Northside. Definitely EF. I haven't posted on here for about a year so thought this would be a good opportunity to get back involved. My last Roman Imperial purchase was also a Severus. A nice example from Laodicea.  198-200AD L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate head right / COS III P P, Victory advancing left holding wreath & palm. RIC504, RSC100, BMC657 The Roman coins I most enjoy are Republican and Imperatorial issues but due to financial constraints and other areas of coin collecting interest I have not bought any for over a year. These are my last two republican purchases. C. Memmius C.f.  56 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.75 g, 11h). Rome mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Naked captive, his hands tied behind, kneeling right, at foot of trophy of arms with a Greek shield. Crawford 427/1; Sydenham 920; Memmia 10 P. Fonteius P.f. Capito  55 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.66 g, 8h). Rome mint. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars right; trophy over shoulder / Warrior on horseback galloping right, thrusting spear downwards at kneeling enemy in Gallic helmet, who holds sword and shield; to lower left, another enemy warrior, kneeling right; Gallic helmet and shield to lower right. Crawford 429/1; Sydenham 900; Fonteia 17 |
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Jimbo, those are some beautiful coins! Glad you shared them with us, I especially like the reverse on the P. Fonteius P.f. Capitol. I know grading is a lot different with ancients but according to NGC its graded as...  Anyone else make some new purchases? |
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Thanks Northside. When it comes to ancients I usually describe what I consider a perfect coin as EF rather than UNC however I am not sure why this is its just the way I have always done it. I certainly wouldn't argue with an Aunc description for your coin.
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I can agree, usually I consider a perfect or near perfect coin as EF. Although, I like NGC's approach to help distinguish a range of styles, strikes, surfaces and their wide range of attributions. I recently decided that I'm only buying NGC graded ancients for peace of mind and I believe their grading is quite accurate at times..
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04/14/2016 10:09 am
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United Kingdom
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I must say I love those republic denarii, I find the republican coins more beautiful that the imperial ones for sure. Well my last Denarius purchased was a stunning Caligula which was lost in the post. A real shame because of 100's more that I have waded through I can't find a portrait that comes close to the lost coin... So I will post this one, its one of the highlights of the small number of Roman coins I have. It's raw as all my coins are so don't ask me how its graded, all I know is it looks beautiful to my eye (which is my only objective) and one of the few coins I own that I would describe as "rainbow toned"  Edited by DavidUK
04/14/2016 10:34 am
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United States
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 Elagabalus's vestal virgin wife, a woman he must have loved or at least trusted to marry twice. The scandal must have been incredible. |
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Canada
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David, That;s very unfortunate that your caligula coin didn't make it!! I bet it was a great one. Caligula is one of my favourite emperors but I still haven't found an example that I like for my price range. I must say, the rainbow toning on that coin is awesome, I love it!! and I can agree that you need to buy coins that are beautiful to your eye but I can never resist 5/5's haha Jskirwin, I can only imagine the scandal that came out of that  Thank you all for sharing, so far I seen some BEAUTIFUL silver!! |
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All very beautiful coins. I haven't bought any denarius recently but here is one I bought a while back.   Roman Republic 88 BC Mars facing right C.N. LENTVL 19MM x 3.58G Crawford 345/1 |
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United Kingdom
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Some really nice coins everyone. David, I love the rainbow toning on your Marcus Aurelius, I totally agree that colourful toning can really add to the beauty of Roman silver.
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07/04/2016 5:15 pm
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United States
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Nice coins. Hope your going to breakout the Severus Alexander.
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Canada
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I was thinking about it  Although I was thinking of possibly narrowing my focus for my collection so I feel like I could get more for the coin (if I decide to sell it soon)? It has a grade of MS What do you think echizento? |
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It's no doubt a good looking coin. I can see a rare and high valued coin slabbed, but his coins even in high grade aren't that expensive. So IMO the slab is not going to make that much of a difference. Here is one of mine in similar condition unslabbed. If I were to sell it the most I think I would get is $90. I can see getting much more if it were slabbed. I'm just not a fan of ancient coins be slabbed.   |
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Perfect! thanks for the info :) Quick question... I'm always seeing the Augustus denarius with the depiction of litmuus and simpulum with the shield for sale but very rarely do I see the one that I have posted! is mine a rarer coin (ric 199)? I'm just trying to figure out why there are so many of that type and little of mine on the market, even though I'm pretty sure they are both considered "common"? Iv been collecting for a while but still require assistance from time to time!  Very nice coin!! I like it a lot but the surface is a bit different then mine. I feel like if I sent mine back to get the surface and strike added it may be 5/5. Iv been following 5/5 trends and they go for BIG $$$$ Edited by NorthSideTy
07/04/2016 5:46 pm
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The Augustus is RIC 348 and dates to 8-6 BC. AVGVSTVS DIVI F/ C CAES above, AVGVS below. Caius Caesar galloping right. BMC Gaul 223.
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