Hello,
Thought I'd share my recent acquisitions. I just got this very
rare Derbe,
Lycaonia coin of Lucilla/Nike with
shield from
Saint Paul Antiques
auction, 21mm 6.55g
RPC IV online 7241. There was a bidding war for it. I won but likely paid several times more than many collectors would have given it's worn condition; with fees $1,061. It's a
Biblical coin I wanted to add to my four other
rare Derbe coins. They are posted on
asiaminorcoins. I think most known Derbe coins are in museums. Archaeologists started to dig the Derbe site a couple years ago. Last I heard they
had not reached the
strata of when coins were minted there, but they may find Derbe struck coins eventually.
I love
ancient coins. I seldom buy moderns. But the new series of
Britain coins celebrating the Queen's heraldry of beasts are really cool. There will be ten different beast
types. Here are the
lion and dragon
types. They remind me of
ancient coins with real and mythical
animals. I apologize for posting modern coins here but they are very well done. They come in silver 2oz, 10oz and gold 1/4oz and 1oz. This is the first time
Britain has issued a ten ounce silver coin. It is impressive at I think around 89mm! Mark
