Best Worst Coin of the Day!

[Jay GT4]

Hydro that's what this thread is all about!  Thanks for sharing.  Actually the reverse looks very boldly struck.

[John Anthony]

I believe this coin meets the criteria of this thread. Rather decrepit, but also rather rare, at least as far as I can tell..

Mesopotamia, Rhesaena, Severus Alexander
AE26, 11.1g, 5h; Rhesaena, 222-235
Obv.: [AΛEXANΔROC CE.. A CEB]; Laureate and draped bust left, holding shield
Rev.: PHCAINHCI-[ΩN LEG III G]; Tyche seated left on rock, holding eagle in right hand, left hand set on rocks, river-god swimming left below
Reference: Mionnet 187; BMC Rhesaena 1; cf. Castelin 30 (?)

[areich]

Hi John, I think for the type or rather era and area, it is not a bad coin.

[John Anthony]

That doesn't surprise me. Over the years, I've only come across 2 or 3 for sale, and they didn't look much better than mine.

[Holding_History]

Here is one that I had in my collection when I was doing a set of Roman emperors. Wish I had a better pic of it!

[Thilo]

How do you like this one?

AE30, 19.70 grm.
Severus Alexander, Amasia, Pontus,
Obv.: Laur. dr. cuir. bust r.
Rv.: City view of Amasia with 2 temples, altar of Zeus Stratios, several (sepulcral?) towers and walls.

One of my really favorite but definitely not one of my best coins...

[Matthew C5]

I really like it Thilo.   +++I would buy one like this if it showed-up;)

[okidoki]

This tread needs new life, great topic Jay

CILICIA, Zephyrion Hadrian Ae Apollo

Reference.
RPC III, 3248; Levante 64-5

Obv. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕΒΑСΤΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤωΝ
Laureate head of Hadrian, right

Rev.   ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΤωΝ ΖΕΦΥΡΙωΤωΝ
Laureate head of Apollo, r.; in front, lyre

10.45 gr
25 mm
12h

[David Atherton]

Emphasis on 'best'! A very lovely coin Eric.

[okidoki]

thx coin friend

[Britannicus]

Quite an attractive coin, actually. Nothing "worst" about it!

Here's my contribution. I picked this little item out of a rummage tray at the coin fair, not quite sure what it was. When I got it home, I found that it was a coin of Sabina from Cyme in Aeolis, RPC III, 1935, reverse Isis with Harpocrates. Not beautiful, but moderately rare: RPC lists only 2 specimens, one in Munich, one in Berlin; ISEGRIM 5.

[okidoki]

A nice sabina but not

http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1935/

[Britannicus]

Ah, no (sigh). But that coin wouldn't have been in a rummage tray...

[Jay GT4]

Nice ones guys! Thanks for reviving this thread.  I was thinking of it just the other day.  I have a few that might fit the bill that I'll post soon.

[Randygeki(h2)]

Nice ones guys! Thanks for reviving this thread.  I was thinking of it just the other day.  I have a few that might fit the bill that I'll post soon.

I was just thinking about it too 

[peterpil19]

I bought one the other month which I am happy to share. Not sure what possessed me and I do not actually recall bidding on it. My friend described the obverse as looking like a 'ghost jumping out of the coin'. Even the photo did not come out well...

Peter


KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Perseus. 179-168 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 2.80 g, 12h). Third Macedonian War issue. Samothrace mint; Gorgos, magistrate. Struck circa 171–168 BC. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; ΓOPΓOΣ above, torch to left, P-O flanking stem. Ashton, Clubs, Part 2, 26 (A16/P25) = Weber 6723 (same dies). VF, thick find patina. From the B. H. Webb Collection.

[okidoki]

It's too good to be here