OH No ! Not Again - Little Green Men From Mar(S)kianopolis ? 3 Of Them !

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FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 9:16 pm Whenever I buy coins I try to be somewhat particular I might even say ...... discriminating ! I generally take a pass on the shiny silver I usually take a pass on harshly cleaned bronze too Corrosion is a big turn off and as far as anything "tooled" ........ fuggetaboudit ! But if I find a nice bronze with an attractive patina Well I confess to being a bit of a "sucker" for those (as long as the price is right !) But the current Great Plague has definitely put a hit on my finances and much like the last one (H1N1) in 2009 it required me to take an inventory and decide which of mine own little children I might take to the market for exchanging For 'The Coin of the Realm' ..... so to speak Helps buy the groceries I spent most of Friday afternoon sorting through my trays Checking off ones current Separating out ones I had purposely skipped over when listing them for ..... "adoption" When I go on my buying sprees I almost always find some coins that I want to keep around if only for a few months ...... or years ! So after sorting everything I sat down to organize by category and or "Ruler" I have always had a weakness for the larger bronzes of Geta and Caracalla But both together ? Well the more the merrier ! My sorting now revealed that over the past few years I had acquired four handsome Æ's of Markianopolis with Caracalla and Geta facing They all ended up in Limbo sitting scattered through my trays "lemme think about it awhile" category Hmmmmmm Two black patina ...... two green patina how nice I had already decided to pick out one of the 4 for keeps Now it seems like this is seriously getting out of hand but there they were side by side ..... my two 'greenies' Oh no Another die match ? This is the third time now in the last year But it got even worse when I compared the other two Zut alors ! I started out wanting to pick out one for keepers and I usually need only a poor excuse But now I am staring at triplets ? Well I still have the odd man out Thank Jupiter the reverses don't match ! My paranoid tendencies would definitely get the better of me Well I have now wasted more than enough of my time (and yours too !) Time to get back to my labors ....... Oh but one last thing ...... Between sorting through all my orphans I checked up on my filing for "Pandemic Relief" from the State Yahoo ! There really is a Santa Claus ! After twenty five years being gainfully (self) unemployed I thought the end was near and the jig was up Well it probably still is ...... but at least I get a three month reprieve ! "Happy Days Are Here Again" FORTVNA REDVX ! Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 9:31 pm Wow, a trifecta of obverse die matches. These are all so pretty... Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 11:26 pm Super set. Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 04/27/2020 10:09 am They are nice. Die matches are a vary valuable resource. Oddly enough I was sorting through some of my coins after a new purchase and I stumbled across something similar but slightly different. I specialise in the eastern denarii of Septimius Severus. Needing to narrow this down a bit, as that isn't a narrow enough focus, I have several sub-collections within that. On of these is a strange series of odd shortened obverse legends ending COS II. There are a variety of theories out there about them (part of the COS II series 'cos then end COS II, part of the IMP II series as they are very close in style to those, a separate branch/travelling mint etc. etc.) but no conclusive evidence about anything in particular. I gather them whenever I can and have examples spread across 9 different obverse dies. I won't bore you all with them all but it is relevant to this thread.... honestly.... I recently obtained this coin:- Obv:-IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II, laureate head right Rev:- IOVI VICT, Jupiter, seated left, holding Victory and sceptre Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194-195 Reference:- RIC -. RSC -. BMCRE - It was only after it was at home and photographed and being added to my database that I realised that it was a double die match with another example in my collection but the other is so corroded that they look quite different until you put them side by side.... So a double die match.... see... almost getting relevant.... but then I looked at the other examples in my database from this obverse die and lo and behold..... Obv:- IMP CA L SEP SEV - PER AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:- BONI EVENTVS, Fides (Bonus Eventus - RIC) standing left, basket of fruit in right, two heads of grain in left Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 - A.D. 195 Reference:- BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC - Three of them..... and just for completeness. the other two reverse types that I have from the same obverse die Obv:- IMP CA L SEP SEV - PER AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:- BONA SPES, Spes standing holding flower and lifting skirt Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 - A.D. 195 Reference:- BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC - Obv:-IMP CA L SEP SEV PER AVG COS II, Laureate head right Rev:- VICTO-R AV-G, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm Minted in Emesa. A.D. 194 - 195 References:- BMCRE -. RIC -. RSC -. Obsessed! Who? Me? Martin Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 04/27/2020 10:50 am FVRIVS, always love reading your posts. Never seen a triple match before, I would keep them as triplets. Always nice to find a neat surprise. Edited by travelcoin 04/27/2020 10:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 04/27/2020 5:22 pm Great matches What a marvelous feeling too I am afraid this is one of those fringe benefits of becoming an "old fossil" We all eventually get to see the reruns ! I now have several My only intentional pair I matched up here on CCF Several years past a Mssr "Large Cent" I can't even remember his real name now Posted a Maximianus London follis he had recently acquired When I compared to my own ........ Sure enough He had stumbled upon the same seller and bought just one I was grabbing them by the dozens ! Selling everything that wasn't nailed to the floors to finance the weekly auctions He graciously agreed to a trade To show my great appreciation I made it sweet for him too One top grade Max One top grade Diocletian both London One Constantius I and one Galerius from out of Trier Both lesser quality but still decent enough for amusement purposes ! Four for the one But of course I still got the better of the deal Twins ! Previously I had matched two Constantius I These had apparently all come out of the same hole in some guys garden so it wasn't too surprising But to stumble upon them blindly It is a great thrill Showing some wear they all likely traveled very different routes Only to land 1,800 years later beside each other Long odds ! Report this Post to the Staff
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2100 Posts	Posted 04/28/2020 06:25 am I happened to be browsing ebay for some Caracalla coins and spotted several die matches to these for sale through the well known "hi price - low value" if you know who I mean. All have the same obverse die and come from two different reverse dies as far as I can see. Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3443 Posts	Posted 04/28/2020 09:36 am You wanna bet a denarius he bought them from the same source as I ? Large volume sellers usually buy in bulk (by the kilo !) and resell at auction Small time clowns like myself pick up whatever falls through the cracks Mssr "Absurd Price" operates on a much larger budget than I ! Currently I am more concerned with making my zero percent credit card balance disappear I have until December before the 'Usury Rates' kick in Once I have that under control ....... Thank Jove for the "pandemic aid relief" that landed yesterday ! Then I will consider buying for my personal amusement But thank you for your consideration ! Having triplets to care for will have to satisfy my maternal instincts for the time being Report this Post to the Staff
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