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Offline Tracy Aiello

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #775 on: March 08, 2019, 09:01:46 am »
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!

Robin,

Thank you for the compliment. I never considered Sextus Pompey as an area of collecting interest but that coin type just called out to me.

Tracy

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #776 on: March 08, 2019, 12:21:04 pm »
Here is a big one (double click on it twice)...
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #777 on: March 08, 2019, 01:21:36 pm »
Spectacular!
One can even see the "human" face on Scylla.
Great catch!
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #778 on: March 08, 2019, 03:26:13 pm »
Spectacular!
One can even see the "human" face on Scylla.
Great catch!
PeteB

Akropolis,

Thank you. I agree that it is a great catch. I don't have a premium subscription to acsearch, but when I did a quick perusal of some of the 89 examples of Crawford 511/4 I was hard pressed to find one that looks as good as this representation of Scylla.

Thank you Joe for posting the larger picture to this discussion thread.

Tracy

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #779 on: March 22, 2019, 07:08:04 am »
I like that one a lot.


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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #781 on: March 22, 2019, 04:08:59 pm »
A wonderful coin. I'm jealous!

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #782 on: March 22, 2019, 04:25:50 pm »
Indeed Mark, a very nice coin.

Tracy


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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #784 on: March 24, 2019, 07:10:11 pm »
That's a beauty Mark

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #785 on: March 24, 2019, 10:00:39 pm »
Sweet! (nice style) ... Mark, congrats on scoring that beauty (ya gotta love the prow coins, eh?)

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #786 on: March 24, 2019, 10:21:06 pm »
Yeah I’m attracted to images of war ships.


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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #788 on: March 25, 2019, 05:26:19 pm »
Nice one Mark.  You should start a gallery.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #789 on: March 25, 2019, 07:27:00 pm »
I’ll see if I can do it.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #790 on: April 09, 2019, 03:54:35 pm »
This one just arrived fresh from Forum's sale last week!  It's a huge hunk of silver from just after Alexander's death minted in Babylon.  I love the head of Helios in the field.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-154544

Joe's coins have always surpassed expectations and this one is no exception.  Such an amazing coin in hand.  

Thanks Joe!  

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #791 on: April 09, 2019, 04:14:07 pm »
That's a great coin Jay!

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #792 on: April 09, 2019, 04:30:57 pm »
Sweet coin, Jay => man, the Helios-head & Eagle are awesome additions/symbols (congrats)

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #793 on: April 09, 2019, 04:40:16 pm »
A very sweet coin indeed.

Tracy

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #794 on: April 14, 2019, 10:24:19 am »
I like the reverse side on that one.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #795 on: May 25, 2019, 08:03:07 am »
nice catch Jay
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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #796 on: June 22, 2019, 09:05:46 pm »
I want to share a related pair of purchases I've made from FORVM. As a few of you might know I collect Marc Antony legionary denarii (among others), and while there are many of the standard issues from that series that I still need to collect, in the past month Joe has provided me with the chance to add two tangental members of that series: The Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus restoration issue and an IMPVES countermarked example of Antony's legionary coinage believed to have been marked during the reign of Vespasian. Both of these pieces speak to the enduring legacy of this coin series to the Romans themselves in the centuries following their original issue.

Thanks Joe and FORVM!

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #797 on: November 03, 2019, 08:23:13 pm »
I got this coin from Forvm recently, a very scarce didrachm from early 4th century Taras...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-158399
Thanks Joe,

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #798 on: November 11, 2019, 01:31:18 pm »
a small gift for my wife


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Miniature pottery juglets, invariably decorated with scenes involving young children, have been found in graves of Hellenistic and Roman children. Perhaps they were also used as toys in life. The purpose of this beautiful tiny juglet is uncertain but it seems quite delicate for a child's toy.

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Re: Forum purchase o' the day
« Reply #799 on: November 11, 2019, 01:48:32 pm »
Nice!

 

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