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Valued Member
Canada
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Hi Guys I got best christmass purchase ever today. Won got 3 beautiful coins with good prices. 1. Artabanos I (a rare king bust which was missing in my parthian)  2. Domitian denarius with a very rare bust (personally I have never seen this before) and from Ephesus mint (again a city was missing in my roman mints)  3. Seleukos III This was the only seleukid king I was missing and now my Seleukid kings/busts are completed (I got a seleukos II few months ago in CNG)  |
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 United States
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All 3 look great,congrats. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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United States
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Excellent examples, Very interesting bust of Domitian. Congrats.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Thanks Ron! I really love this Domitian coin and cant wait to have it in my hands. It is indeed a rare one :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
616 Posts |
That's is definitely a unique Domitian. He almost looks like Caracalla.
And the Seleukos III is a very nice portrait. Well done!
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Valued Member
Canada
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@jskirwin You read my mind! I was also thinking that he looks like caracalla on this and was amazed by this bust and why I bought it for this reason lool :) such unique bust to me
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats AlRashid amazing coins. I too like the bust of Domitian, so I went on wildwinds to see other examples. Very interesting, Ephesus must not have produced many. However, coins of Vespasian from this mint are also very unique.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Hey TravelCoin. Thanks for researching. yea I think ephesus is scarce mimt. Someone on forum web site also told me its scarce . specially this bust as jskirwin said looks kind of like caracalla which makes it unique. should say the engraver might have been a magician and knew that a hundred years after caracalla would come to take the same throne lool
but the vespasian coin you posted also very unique and I have not seen it before showing up in auctions. I have a tetra of vespasian with an interesting bust too I will post tonight. your coin reminds me of my tetra
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United States
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Super pick-ups!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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Rashid, I wish it were my coin. That's just an example that I though looked awesome. I saw an example of this coin on vcoins for 500 Euros - too rich for me right now.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Travelcoin , Here is the tetra of vespasian I got which is also a rare bust . This coin was apparently found in a Hoard in Israel (west bank hoard) and I assume it was minted somewhere in ancient judea...  |
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