Author Topic: Forum purchase o' the day (Read 144147 times)

Henriette A · « **Reply #750 on:** March 04, 2018, 12:48:51 pm »

Congratulations ,orfew.
Heavy antique , and very desirable coin.
Take well care of it.

labienus · « **Reply #751 on:** March 05, 2018, 05:33:52 am »

Thanks, Sam, Quadrans, David, Jay, Okidoki & Nemomater (and anybody in the future - if any

- ) for your comments.

Mat · « **Reply #752 on:** March 15, 2018, 07:26:10 pm »

Thanks to Joe for the generous Layaway plan so I could add this Otho Tet to my collection.

Rare Otho Tetradrachm

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-144754

v-drome · « **Reply #753 on:** March 15, 2018, 09:53:09 pm »

I absolutely love my new Forum T-shirt.

Thank you, Joe.

okidoki · « **Reply #754 on:** May 31, 2018, 09:09:22 am »

SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. Pseudo-autonomous. under Hadrian. 128-29 AD Boule seated
Reference.
RPC III, 3740; McAlee 126(c) (rare, same dies); Butcher 270; BMC Galatia 117; SNG Cop 117,

Obv. ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗС ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕωС
Laureate head of Zeus, right

Rev. ΕΤ ΖΟΡ
Boule of Antioch seated, l., dropping pebble into voting urn; Γ (in field, r.)

4.18 gr
18 mm
12h

Note.
In the cities of ancient Greece, a bouleutai was a member of the boule, a council of citizens appointed to run daily affairs of the city. Originally a council of nobles advising a king, boulai evolved according to the constitution of the city; in oligarchies boule positions might be hereditary, while in democracies members were typically chosen by lot and served for one year.

orfew · « **Reply #755 on:** May 31, 2018, 09:16:19 am »

A Lovely coin Eric. The more I see of these the more I want one.

okidoki · « **Reply #756 on:** November 24, 2018, 06:15:14 am »

Hadrian giving in a generous gesture, as "The Benefactor of the World"

Hadrian Orichalcum Sestertius, Roma 118 AD Hadrian and Liberalitas
Reference.
RIC 552; Strack ; Hunter II 324, BMCRE III 1137, Cohen II 914, SRCV II 3606 var. (band over shoulder, S - C at sides)

Obv. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, seen from front

Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS II / S C LIBERALITAS AVG
Hadrian seated left on raised platform, before him sits an attendant distributing coins to a togate citizen climbing steps of platform, Liberalitas standing left on far side of attendant, holding coin counter, LIBERALITAS AVG / S C (senatus consulto) in exergue

25.81 gr
35 mm
6h

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-151325

stevex6 · « **Reply #757 on:** November 24, 2018, 09:40:14 am »

Sharp lookin' coin ... congrats, Oki

okidoki · « **Reply #758 on:** November 24, 2018, 10:44:59 am »

Dear coin friends,

thank you

Enodia · « **Reply #759 on:** November 24, 2018, 11:44:30 am »

Great coin, awesome portrait!

- Peter

FlaviusDomitianus · « **Reply #760 on:** November 24, 2018, 12:59:35 pm »

Great coin, congrats!

Alberto

okidoki · « **Reply #761 on:** November 25, 2018, 07:21:02 am »

Thank you both

Jochen · « **Reply #762 on:** December 17, 2018, 03:06:11 pm »

A Family Coin from Nikopolis!

Moesia inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, Caracalla & Geta, AD 198-201
AE 26, 9.87g, 25.5mm, 225°
struck under governor Ovinius Tertullus
obv. AV.K.M.AVR.ANTWNINOC.K.L.CEP /.KAI GETAC (above G of GETAC a small c!)
The confronting busts of Caracalla as Augustus, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r., and Geta as Caesar, draped, bare-headed, l.
rev. VPA OOV TERTVLLOV.NIKOPOLIT[WN / PROC I]
Bearded emperor (Severus) in military cloak and boots, stg. frontal, kooking. l., resting with raised l. hand on spear and holding in extended r. hand small Nike
ref. a) AMNG I/1, 1624 (1 ex., München)
b) Varbanov 3197 (R9)
c) Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2018) 8.20.34.1 corr.
extremely rare (R9, the 2nd known specimen), F+
Pedigree:
ex coll. Tom Cederlind
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!

Small c above G of GETAC not mentioned. Pick has it seen on AMNG 1623. He writes: "The small c naturally belongs to KAI." Then Geta has twice the title CAESAR:
(1) abbreviated as K in K.L.CEP and
(2) as KAIc in ex.
Pick writes "in ex. PROC I". But here and on the depicted coin in HrHJ (2018) the ex. seems to be outside the flan.

This is the only coin from Nikopolis showing the entire Severan Family (without Julia Domna).

Best regards

okidoki · « **Reply #763 on:** December 17, 2018, 03:33:57 pm »

Very nice Jochen,

Almost all legend intact

stevex6 · « **Reply #764 on:** December 17, 2018, 03:34:36 pm »

Great lookin' coin, Jochen ... congrats on that cool addition (it's always nice adding a big baby, eh?)

gordian_guy · « **Reply #765 on:** December 20, 2018, 09:30:31 am »

Fantastic coin Jochen!!

c.rhodes

Jochen · « **Reply #766 on:** December 20, 2018, 11:48:34 am »

Thank you all for your opinion.

Jochen

cmcdon0923 · « **Reply #767 on:** February 07, 2019, 01:27:41 am »

I've been searching for a lifetime portrait of Julius Caesar, in bronze, for a while now. Several pieces have come up for auction, but they either went well beyond what I wanted to spend or they were just too low grade for my taste.

One night last week I was browsing another coin site for new listings when one popped up...and it happened to be from FORVM. The coin was better than some I'd seen and was reasonably priced, especially with the 10% off sale Joe was running.....so I pulled the trigger. The coin arrived today.

It appears far nicer in the metal than the photo suggests. The surfaces are a very pleasing dark green. The lighting in the photo highlights lighter appearing patches which are only visible when the coin is held at just the right angle under a very bright light.

Here is the coin.....

It is an AE20 from Lampsacus, Mysia minted ca. 45 BC.

I'll be adding it to my gallery shortly with a better description and write-up.

arizonarobin · « **Reply #768 on:** March 07, 2019, 12:25:54 am »

Just received this Julia Paula today from FORVM

I am very happy to finally have her in my collection.

Jay GT4 · « **Reply #769 on:** March 07, 2019, 12:41:01 am »

Very nice!

quadrans · « **Reply #770 on:** March 07, 2019, 01:23:18 am »

Quote from: Robin Ayers on March 07, 2019, 12:25:54 am

Just received this Julia Paula today from FORVM

I am very happy to finally have her in my collection.

I congratulate, Robin,

Nice coin indeed,

Joe

Enodia · « **Reply #771 on:** March 07, 2019, 03:39:40 am »

Yeah, very nice. Exceptional reverse!

- Peter

NORMAN K · « **Reply #772 on:** March 07, 2019, 08:01:16 am »

Nice addition. Was looking at that one myself.

Tracy Aiello · « **Reply #773 on:** March 07, 2019, 10:38:49 am »

Hello Everyone,

I figured that I would add my great purchase to this thread. Although I have had the coin in hand from Forvm for almost two months now I just got around to creating my gallery.

When I first spotted the coin I found myself looking at it a couple of times a week. This went on for quite a while, until I noticed that it was "gone". I actually felt a small pang for having let the coin slip by me. A short time later I found it again. Turns out it hadn't been sold; I had merely changed the sort order from "by price" to "by date" and had a bad habit of not scrolling through all of the fine coin showcase pages. Lesson learned. About 15 minutes after spotting it again I put the coin on reserve and was elated when it arrived.

The detail on the representation of Scylla is quite magnificent.

Sextus Pompey – Pharos of Messana and Scylla – Crawford 511/4d:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=6928

arizonarobin · « **Reply #774 on:** March 07, 2019, 01:17:08 pm »

A great coin Tracy- The depiction of Scylla is fantastic- I'm glad you put the larger photo in so the details could be viewed!

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Author Topic: Forum purchase o' the day (Read 144147 times)