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I have just filled my second to last emperor in the collection. Only need a Gordian II now.  Valentinian III (A.D. 424-455) AU Solidus, A.D. 426-430, Ravenna, 20.5mm, 4.39g, 0°, RIC X 2010; Ex St. George Collection, Ex KD Collection. Obv: D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG. Rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG. Emperor standing facing, standing on serpent, holding cross and Victory on globe; R V in field; CONOB in ex. |
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Impressive. That's quite a reverse.
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That's a real beauty, MartiVltori!  Congratulations! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Wow,just wow  John1  |
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 Enough said Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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You have a Romulus Augustulus?
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Amazing remaining details on this. I hope you'll show us the whole group once it is complete!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Captainmandrake,
My collection spans from Julius Caesar only to Valentinian III/Marcian and will have one emperor within those constraints missing. That being Constantius III. The reason being I cannot spend tens of thousands of dollars on a single coin. I think that is a pretty good cut off for the collection because after Valentinian III the west is sacked under Pretronius Maximus never to truly recover and the east is transforming into the Byzantine empire.I would really love to end it with Marcian/Pretronius Maximus but yet again, coins of Pretronius are way too spendy for me.
Spence, you can see my collection in my signature. It is still not complete as I am currently in the process of upgrading some of the poorer examples. I will post them here as they arrive. I have a few in the mail right now.
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11/24/2023 6:59 pm
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 A very impressive coin and a fantastic collection. Hats off to you  The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Ah yes, sorry for not noticing that before. I don't spend enough time over on the forvm.
"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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Got it! Very cool collecting mission!!
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Wow, what a collection! Valentinian III was one of the first few emperors to be represented in my own collection (on an AE3 or AE4? don't recall which could have been the first), but I never really thought it possible that I'll ever get more than half (or so) of the pre-Theodosian emperors. Of course now that I've moved into places that are much stricter on ownership of ancient coins I probably won't get any new additions for a while yet. I do, however, have some photos of earlier purchases that AFAIK hadn't been posted to CCF before...   Valentinian III, AE2, Cherson mint. ...well, most of an AE2, anyway. Bought at Vasya's store in Hobby City mall, near Cherkizovskaya metro station in north-eastern Moscow, in (probably) November 2021. Those were simpler days... Vasya's store (I never found out what its real name was) used to be a dependable place for cheap ancient and (to a lesser extent) medieval coinage for several years... but I've never seen it open again since November 2021, despite promising to go back for some 5th century monogram AE4s that Vasya didn't happen to have brought on that day. I have reasons to suspect that they might have sold most of their inventory at an auction in January 2022. |
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January, I hope you find a new place to purchase from!
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