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The Members' Gallery / Re: Tracy’s Relatively New Gallery

« Last post by Tracy Aiello on Today at 07:46:34 pm »

Courtesy of three wonderful lots right here on Forum, which I purchased from Joe, I suddenly find myself interested in medals and tokens centered around Lord Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson. This new addition to my gallery was not from Joe; that one is coming later this week.

I just added a Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Membership Token to my burgeoning collection. Per the Royal Museums Greenwich website this is a membership token issued annually as a receipt for a subscription. The date at 6h is the date of issue, which would make sense given that it is an annual membership token. Besides, I’ve seen other examples with different dates. I assume that the № in the left field was for inscribing one’s membership number, but I have no evidence of that.

I hope that you enjoy: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=187095

Tracy

Seals and Tesserae / Identification of Byzantine lead seal?

« Last post by djmacdo on Today at 07:06:57 pm »

I know nothing of lead seals, but a friend has asked if I can find out anything about this:

Celtic, Barbaric & Tribal Imitative Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful nummo of Hilderic

« Last post by antvwala on Today at 05:39:03 pm »

Gladly, but I don't know how to do it...

Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / please ID this little coin

« Last post by Gianluca G on Today at 04:37:01 pm »

Hello,

it seems silver

mm 11

g. 0,20

Thanks

Roman Coins Discussion Forum / Re: All known coins of Maximus of Hispania

« Last post by Luuk S on Today at 02:27:28 pm »

Yeah sorry i meant that this specimen hasn't been published as a Maximus before (as far as i know)

Roman Coins Discussion Forum / Re: All known coins of Maximus of Hispania

« Last post by Flav V on Today at 02:23:54 pm »

Nice,

What you mean with ''unpublished'' for your last photo? For me its RIC 1604.

Ancient Coin Forum / HADRIAN Roman silver denarius

« Last post by Norbert K on Today at 02:19:05 pm »

Dear friends,
Has someone seen similar example of this denarius, Or could identify for me?
Didn’t have much luck.
Hoping it’s a genuine piece.

Many thanks,
Norbert

Roman Coins Discussion Forum / Re: All known coins of Maximus of Hispania

« Last post by Luuk S on Today at 02:13:01 pm »

This is my (as of yet unpublished) coin:

Obverse: [DN MAXI]M-VS PF AVG
Reverse: VIC[TORIA AVGGG]
Mintmark: SMB[A]
Weight: 2.11 gram
Diameter: 15 mm
Literature: RIC 1604
Struck: 409-411 AD
Mint: Barcino (Barcelona)

Roman Coins Discussion Forum / All known coins of Maximus of Hispania

« Last post by Luuk S on Today at 02:09:53 pm »

Hi all

Recently i managed to acquire an extremely rare coin of the usurper Maximus of Hispania, see the picture below.
The auction company that sold it didn't identify it as such, however i'm 99% sure of the identification, specifically as RIC 1604 (AE3 coin)
The main giveaway was the mintmark SMBA on the reverse, as this mint was only used under Maximus. Also the bearded portret matches that of the usurper, even though most of this name is off flan.

When i was researching this usurper i read there are very few surviving coins, with estimates ranging from ~20 coins (P. Grierson), ~30 coins (Ira and Larry Goldberg auctions) to ~50 coins (Forum Ancient Coins).
This made me curious, so i searched the internet for all individual specimens which have been published online, either in auctions, collections or otherwise.
The result is the overview shown below, and i've managed to identify 51 individual Maximus coins as of yet, from which 44 are siliqua (RIC 1601), 4 are maioriana (RIC 1602/03) and 3 are AE3 (RIC 1604), including my own specimen. With the siliquae it was possible to match some coins which where struck with the same obverse dies, these are encircled in red.

However, i'm pretty sure there must be more specimens available, for instance those of auctions from before the internet era. Or just from private collections. Also, i don't own RIC X, and maybe there are some additional specimens in there.
So my question to you is: are there any missing specimens to this overview? Especially the bronzes have very few examples. If so, please post below. Then we can hopefully question once and for all how many coins of Maximus of Hispania have survived till today!

gr Luuk