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Author Topic: Very Rare Vespasian & Titus year 1 with a Gorgon tetradrachm added  (Read 60144 times)

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Re: Ex-RBW Cornelius Blasio As added. Huge!
« Reply #100 on: January 29, 2019, 08:07:55 am »
Hi Jay ... hey, I can't help you out with your question, but I can add-in that I like your cool new AE RR Prow addition (yah, I love the prow examples)

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Re: Divus Augustus eagle added
« Reply #101 on: January 29, 2019, 03:37:36 pm »

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Re: Very Rare "O" mint Vespasian added
« Reply #102 on: February 01, 2019, 12:30:32 pm »
Thanks to a tip from David Atherton I picked up this little beauty that arrived today.

This is a coin that most collectors, including myself, thought was a regular Rome mint denarius.  In fact it comes from the mysterious Eastern "O" mint and is actually quite rare.  This one shares the same dies as David's example and Ted Buttrey has assigned it a new number for the RIC II.1 adenda as 1477A.

Thanks for the tip David!

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153005

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Re: Very Rare "O" mint Vespasian added
« Reply #103 on: February 01, 2019, 01:46:14 pm »
A great addition. Congrats.

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Re: Very Rare "O" mint Vespasian added
« Reply #104 on: February 01, 2019, 03:49:09 pm »
Slick new score, Jay ... congrats

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Re: Very Rare "O" mint Vespasian added
« Reply #105 on: February 01, 2019, 07:12:38 pm »
Thanks to a tip from David Atherton I picked up this little beauty that arrived today.

This is a coin that most collectors, including myself, thought was a regular Rome mint denarius.  In fact it comes from the mysterious Eastern "O" mint and is actually quite rare.  This one shares the same dies as David's example and Ted Buttrey has assigned it a new number for the RIC II.1 adenda as 1477A.

Thanks for the tip David!

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153005

You're quite welcome! I'm glad it found a good home.

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Re: Very Rare "O" mint Vespasian added
« Reply #106 on: February 01, 2019, 10:28:34 pm »
Great addition Jay, and a fortunate catch. Congratulations!

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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #107 on: February 05, 2019, 03:35:33 pm »
Well, I bought a mid grade Tiberius tribute penny for a friend of mine.  The coin was held up in the post for several months and the seller refunded my money.  So I bought another Tiberius for my friend and of course the first one showed up the next day.  I resent money for the first coin and gave it to my friend.   Now I'm stuck with the second coin.  I'll probably end up selling it at some point since I already have a nice one.


Here's the one that just came:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153095

This is the one I gave to my friend:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-152662

and here's  the one that I already had:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-100283


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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #108 on: February 05, 2019, 04:19:53 pm »
Great trio, :)  ;) +++

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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #109 on: February 05, 2019, 09:00:11 pm »
Very nice Jay. Thanks for showing me one of those in Hamilton. It is a nice coin.

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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #110 on: February 06, 2019, 08:42:39 am »
Thanks guys

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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #111 on: February 06, 2019, 10:14:20 am »
Ummm, having too many super-cool tribute pennies is a good predicament ... oh, and that was nice of you to buy your friend an example

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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #112 on: February 06, 2019, 10:39:41 am »
Just a reminder...NumisWiki has a very informative Tribute Penny page and a number of interesting articles on the Tribute Penny.

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Re: Another Tiberius "Tribute Penny"
« Reply #113 on: February 06, 2019, 11:05:09 am »
I refer to it often!

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Re: Vespasian brings "Peace on Earth" denarius
« Reply #114 on: February 13, 2019, 05:52:22 pm »
I bought this coin almost exactly 2 years ago.  In hand the coin is incredible but the photo had "reflections" in the fields and it was on the dark side.   Here is the original picture:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-135266

Today I managed to get a new pic.  While only subtly different, it gives a truer reflection of what the coin looks like in hand.  These subtle differences in lighting and other factors add up to make the coin more natural looking.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153281

I'll give it a few weeks and then delete the original picture.

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Re: Vespasian brings "Peace on Earth" denarius
« Reply #115 on: February 13, 2019, 06:45:58 pm »
MUCH better....IMHO.
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Re: Vespasian brings "Peace on Earth" denarius
« Reply #116 on: February 14, 2019, 12:10:20 am »
Thank you Peter

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Re: Vespasian brings "Peace on Earth" denarius
« Reply #117 on: February 14, 2019, 01:30:12 am »
I bought this coin almost exactly 2 years ago.  In hand the coin is incredible but the photo had "reflections" in the fields and it was on the dark side.   Here is the original picture:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-135266

Today I managed to get a new pic.  While only subtly different, it gives a truer reflection of what the coin looks like in hand.  These subtle differences in lighting and other factors add up to make the coin more natural looking.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153281

I'll give it a few weeks and then delete the original picture.

Hi, Jay,

The new photo is better, I agree,
Nice work  ;) +++

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Re: Vespasian brings "Peace on Earth" denarius
« Reply #118 on: February 14, 2019, 08:35:39 am »
Thanks Q

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Re: Rare Domitian added
« Reply #119 on: February 15, 2019, 11:13:49 am »
Picked up this one today.  Attributed incorrectly and listed as a common Minerva type, it's actually rated R2 in RIC.  Starting with this issue Domitian reduced the fineness of the silver to Neronian levels.  A nice coin!

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Re: Rare Domitian added
« Reply #120 on: February 15, 2019, 11:40:24 am »
Love the portrait on that one.

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Re: Rare Domitian added
« Reply #121 on: February 15, 2019, 12:35:41 pm »
Oh boy, that's a fricken beauty! (congrats, Jay)

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Re: Rare Domitian added
« Reply #122 on: February 15, 2019, 02:31:12 pm »
Thanks guys

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Re: Very rare Punic 1/2 shekel from Tarentum added
« Reply #123 on: February 16, 2019, 05:48:03 pm »
Added a very rare 1/2 shekel from the Punic occupation of Southern Italy.  Chipped?  Yes.  But a wonderful strike and fantastic artistry.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-153346

Check it out!

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Re: Very rare Punic 1/2 shekel from Tarentum added
« Reply #124 on: February 16, 2019, 05:52:10 pm »
Great find, Jay,   ;)

 Congratulation... +++

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