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Offline Blayne W

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #825 on: December 15, 2020, 01:22:24 pm »
Good Morning.

Just added a coin that just arrived from Joe to my Gallery.   
   
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166985
I am very happy with it as I am a sucker for animals on coins.

Added Joe's picture too, they do a better job than my capabilities.

The description on the lot

Bronze diobol, Geissen 71; RPC I 5124 (9 spec.); Dattari 164; BMC Alexandria p. 12, 96; Milne 71; SNG Milan 627; Kampmann 12.10; Emmett 91/2 (R1); SNG Cop -, F, heavy flan, scratches, bumps, reverse off center, obverse edge beveled, 13.467g, 25.2mm, 0o, Alexandria mint, 29 Aug 41 - 28 Aug 42 A.D.; obverse TIB KLAY KAI CEBAC GEPM, laureate head right, star lower right; reverse hippopotamus standing right, AYTOKPA above, L B (year 2) in exergue; from the Errett Bishop Collection;

Thanks Joe for the great coin.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #826 on: December 16, 2020, 02:09:03 pm »
Nice Hippo
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #827 on: December 16, 2020, 04:25:19 pm »
Thanks Eric

Another coin that I am proud to have purchased from Joe and just finally added to my gallery.

This Gallienus with a She-Wolf Reverse.   It is a great looking coin in hand.

   
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167005

This was Forum's write up on it;

Billon antoninianus, Göbl MIR 1628c, RSC IV 46b, RIC V-1 S628, Hunter IV S194, SRCV III 10171 var. (cuirassed bust left), VF, well centered and struck, minor encrustations, 3.590g, 21.3mm, 180o, Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) mint, 264 - 265 A.D.; obverse GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse AETERNITAS AVG, she-wolf standing right, head left, suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus, palm branch right in exergue; ex Colosseum Coin Exchange;


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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #828 on: December 16, 2020, 05:56:41 pm »
Thanks for the purchases!
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #829 on: December 17, 2020, 06:38:16 pm »
Thanks Joe, Showing off another purchase today.  This is a great looking coin and I am very happy with it.  Was a Christmas present to myself, knowing my wife wouldn't get it for me :)  It is a start for me in the Parthians.
   
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167043

This is Forums' write up.

Silver drachm, Sellwood 47.5, Shore 239, Sunrise -, VF, toned, nice portrait, reverse off center, 3.935g, 20.3mm, 0o, Ecbatana (Hamedan, Iran) mint, obverse diademed and draped bust left with short beard, top of head flat, torque ending with pellet, no wart, wavy hair covering ear, star upper left, crescent horns up upper right; reverse BASILEWS / BASILEWN - ARSAKOU - EUERGET / DIKAIOU - EPIFANOUS / FILELLHNOS squared legend around, beardless archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, wearing bashlyk and cloak, bow in extended right hand, K (mintmark) below bow, squared seven-line legend around; ex Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher); ex Michigan State Numismatic Society Auction (Nov 1998), part of the Parthian Collection lot; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #830 on: January 09, 2021, 05:00:07 pm »
A scarce issue of Valerius Gratus, Prefect of Judea 15-26 AD. Hendin 1337, TJC 325. Viine leaf on branch, reverse kantharos with scroll handled, year 4 (of Tiberius), 18-19 AD.
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #831 on: January 11, 2021, 04:35:11 pm »
Nice catch Robert
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #832 on: January 15, 2021, 05:27:54 pm »
I don't collect medieval coins, really, but I will grab Byzantine Empire and Crusader states because I love the history. So, I got my first Crusader state coin from Joe and I am super happy with this one. I do love the thin silver medieval coins. This one has a special place in my collection. Thanks!

This one is Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Florent of Hainaut, 1289 - 1297
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #833 on: January 16, 2021, 07:33:03 am »
very nice and very thin  ;D
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #834 on: February 22, 2021, 08:37:05 pm »
Not all purchases of the day are .... coins.     I have been looking for this for a while and I found it at Forum.  Just arrived.  Time to show how easily I can be kept entertained!

One of three Forum items today, but they are so nicely wrapped I haven't brought myself to slice the tape.  (Plus, Forum's box took the edge off the Xacto.  Strong stuff.)

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #835 on: February 22, 2021, 09:18:30 pm »
Congratulations!  Important book. It should come with a warning label that it can cause Auction Catalogue Madness (see thread of same name for details and symptoms).

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #836 on: February 22, 2021, 11:51:36 pm »
I was hoping it would cure it.... they're not making any more Manhattan these days.
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #837 on: February 26, 2021, 09:43:16 am »
I was very very tempted to keep that book.
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #838 on: February 26, 2021, 07:28:11 pm »
Thank you for offering it, Joe.  Just send me a Zoom invite anytime you want to hear a dramatic reading from it !
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #839 on: March 14, 2021, 04:48:16 pm »
Something told me to check the mail box this afternoon even though it's a Sunday.  My latest purchase from Forum was sitting there all by itself!

A rare As of Vespasian from Lugdunum (Lyons).  Nice two tone copper patina with some green encrustations.  Still, a decent rare coin at a reasonable price.  Thanks Joe!

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #840 on: March 29, 2021, 08:27:21 pm »
Greetings,

I’m glad to be able to enter this one in the Forum Purchase o’ the Day. It just arrived today from Joe. A small denomination Athenian Owl. A wonderful little coin: 2.015g; 12.5mm; 270º; Kroll 19d; HGC 4, 1642.

In my gallery: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-169511

All the best.

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« Reply #841 on: March 29, 2021, 10:39:37 pm »
Cool!

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #842 on: July 28, 2021, 04:30:53 pm »
Here's my FORVM catch of the day - thanks Joe! Best price for this tome I found anywhere :)

And yes, I'm still a physical printed copy kind of guy...



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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #843 on: July 29, 2021, 01:33:26 am »
An analog book is a thing of beauty.And I am 100% serious. I have ordered quite a few from Forum.
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #844 on: July 29, 2021, 10:04:44 am »
Hi Virgil,

I agree 100%.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #845 on: September 07, 2021, 06:15:45 pm »
I thought I would bump this topic. I can't wait to get this coin in hand, but mail between me and Joe is slow as of late. Anyway, I have mentioned my stumbling into collecting coins of Elymais and am working on a full collection of one from each King. I currently have Phraates, Orodes I, and Orodes III. This new one is an Uncertain King (Kamnaskires VI?), c. 1st Century A.D. I can't wait because it is a nice strike, especially the reverse, which usually have horrible reverses (they used dies until beyond worn out). And it is 30mm, 13.2 grams, so I believe it will be my largest coin to date and I love the big coins. They are so much fun to actually hold.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #846 on: September 07, 2021, 10:17:39 pm »
Virgil,

Great catch.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #847 on: September 08, 2021, 01:38:54 am »
I agree, great find…👍

Virgil, congratulation.  😉

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #848 on: September 09, 2021, 07:20:36 pm »
Thank you Tracy and Joe.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #849 on: September 27, 2021, 08:53:34 pm »
Here is one that arrived today. This is one of those places I always wanted a coin from because of the incredible history of Arados. This one I think is quite nice at a very reasonable price. From Forum store.

Bronze AE 16, Duyrat 1374 - 1403; BMC Phoenicia p. 13, 88 - 90; Lindgren III 1334; HGC 10 86 (S); SNG Cop -, VF, nice glossy black patina with red earthen highlighting, obverse edge beveled, tiny edge split, Arados (Arwad, Syria) mint, weight 4.102g, maximum diameter 16.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 240 - 237 B.C.; obverse turreted bust of Tyche right; reverse prow of war galley left with figurehead of Athena Promachos fighting left, no date,  (AP monogram) above; from the Errett Bishop Collection;

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