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Re: Minerva and Liberalitas - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #300 on: August 07, 2023, 06:11:50 am »
Hi Ron,

I recognized so many nice additions lately 🤗👍

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Re: Minerva and Liberalitas - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #301 on: August 07, 2023, 08:08:10 am »
Thanks Joe :)

TBH, it's getting harder to locate Septimius varieties I don't already have.  Most of the ones I'm missing are rare coins - I still find a few, but getting tougher after all these years :)
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Re: Minerva - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #302 on: September 05, 2023, 01:35:57 pm »
Added another variant of Septimius denarii with Minerva reverses.  This one is not that tough to find, but I'm filling in the various holes I have where the coins I'm missing are nearly identical except for the stated year of Imperial power or Tribunary Power. 

This new one is RIC 68:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=184225

But not much different than these other examples with different IMP  or TR P years in my collection:

RIC49:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=183688
RIC53:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=168102
RIC61:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=170866
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Re: Liberalitas - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #303 on: October 04, 2023, 09:16:25 pm »
Added a new and very nice example of a Liberalitas VI denarius of Septimius.  Quite pleased with the portrait style here.

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Re: Elephants! - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #304 on: October 22, 2023, 04:08:12 pm »
So thanks to the Forum shop, I've acquired another septimius denarius with an elephant reverse.  Not the same reference number as what I already had, but a very similar coin. 

Here is the new one:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=184683

And the one I already had:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=170173

Some of my favorite septimius severus coin varieties :) Both of them are "scarce".
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Re: Elephants! - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #305 on: October 22, 2023, 05:13:12 pm »
This “Elephant” coins are interesting …

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Re: Elephants! - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #306 on: October 23, 2023, 04:42:33 pm »
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Re: Elephants! - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #307 on: October 23, 2023, 07:19:19 pm »
Great details on the reverse of that one joe!
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Re: Elephants! - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #308 on: October 26, 2023, 01:39:02 pm »
Thanks 🤗👍😉

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Re: Elephants! - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #309 on: January 23, 2024, 07:13:11 pm »
Sorry all for the short hiatus, work has been very busy and I neglected to post these two coins in a timely manner. 

Offered for your consideration are two December 2023 additions, both are Septimius Severus denarii I did not yet have examples of.

First is RIC 236, from AD 197 with a nice Salus reverse

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=185895

And second is another equestrian-themed denarius (which I like), RIC 494 from Laodicea.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=185894

Let me know what you think of these :)
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Re: New denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #310 on: January 23, 2024, 07:21:47 pm »
Nice coins, Ron. I especially like the portrait on 236.

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Re: Cordoban caliphate Dirham - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #311 on: January 30, 2024, 06:00:44 pm »
As a new interest area, I'm going to post a couple recent acquisitions from the spanish caliphates.  I recently spent some time in Spain touring around Cordoba and Granada, and visited the Al Hambra and the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba dating to the Umayyad dynasty that ruled most of modern day spain from about 710 to about 1031.

It's funny how travel can generate interest in coins...

Anyhow, here's the first one, a coin of Hisham II from 1004 AD at the Al-Andalus mint in Cordoba.  The second coin I bought is still en-route to me.

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Re: Cordoban caliphate Dirham - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #312 on: February 02, 2024, 12:02:03 am »
I like the new interest area. I spent some time in Cordoba a very long time ago. Incredible place. Indeed, most of my coin collecting interests are from history and travel, mostly combined.

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Re: Cordoban caliphate Dirham - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #313 on: February 08, 2024, 08:12:28 pm »
Added a Valerian II consecratio posthumus antoninianus today.  One of the last coins of the third century crises that could still be considered "silver" as opposed to a silver washed billon coin, though the silver content was certainly low for a silver ant. 

I like the consecratio commemoratives, so was glad to add this one for a very fair price.

Nice artistry on the eagle.

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Re: Consecratio coin - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #314 on: February 12, 2024, 04:35:39 pm »
Hi Ron Good find, this coin is on my to get list too...

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Re: Another Cordoban Caliuphate Dirham - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #315 on: February 25, 2024, 03:18:56 pm »
Just added an earlier caliphate of Cordoba Dirham, this one from 772 AD, not long after Cordoba was established as the capital of Al Andalus. 

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Re: Another Cordoban Caliuphate Dirham - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #316 on: February 25, 2024, 04:56:51 pm »
I have never seen that type. Fascinating obverse. Congrats, Ron.

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Re: Julia Domna - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #317 on: February 25, 2024, 05:19:53 pm »
Thanks Tracy, there is a little horn silver on it, but I'm resisting treating it.  The coin seems to be stable.  These are really very thin coins, and are around the diameter of a tetradrachm.  It's not my main area of interest, but as I've been to Cordoba, visited the caliph's mosque and palace, etc. they are interesting to me. 

I also just added a nice Julia Domna coin with the goddess Isis breastfeeding Horus on the reverse.  Kind of a neat coin that shows Egypt's eastern influences on the Severans. 

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Re: Julia Domna - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #318 on: February 25, 2024, 05:40:28 pm »
A busy day... just added another coin I recently won in an auction that was misidentified as a (common) RIC 211 of Septimius Severus, when in fact, it's a scarce RIC 214 trophy coin where one of the captives is standing. 

I was really pleased to luck into this one :) Only 6 in Reka Devnia.

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Re: Julia Domna - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #319 on: February 25, 2024, 05:54:57 pm »
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Re: Julia Domna - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #320 on: February 26, 2024, 08:55:46 am »
Ron,

I love the toning on the Julia Domna that you just added. Also, what a fascinating reverse. Given my ignorance, I would think that such a reverse depiction would be a pretty rare thing.

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Re: Julia Domna - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #321 on: February 26, 2024, 12:25:01 pm »
Ron,

I love the toning on the Julia Domna that you just added. Also, what a fascinating reverse. Given my ignorance, I would think that such a reverse depiction would be a pretty rare thing.

Tracy

Probably rare in Rome minted coinage, but it’s not a rare issue for Julia Domna in particular. There were a lot of examples in the real dev is hoard, meaning it was a fairly common coin at the time of its issue. 

But again, isis on a Rome minted coin can be considered rare overall.
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Re: RIC "R2" denarius - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #322 on: March 11, 2024, 09:15:13 pm »
Just added this quite rare denarius of Septimius Severus, in this case an RIC "R2" with only 1 example in the Reka Devnia hoard.

It's a really interesting reverse too, showing both Bacchus (Liber) emptying an oenochoe over a leopard and holding thyrsus, and Hercules holding a club and lion skin.

Really chuffed to have this one :)

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=186309

I also added another scarcity, a Liber Avg denarius from Laodicea, RIC 481. No examples in the Reka Devnia Hoard, which is rather unusual for severan denarii. Some nice toning on this coin.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=186308

Lastly for today, I added a decent example of RIC 240, not nearly as rare as the above two, but still a nice addition with a Jupiter reverse, holding the thunderbolt, and a really well done obverse portrait

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=186307

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Re: RIC "R2" denarius - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #323 on: March 11, 2024, 09:51:56 pm »
Now that's not a reverse you see every day.  Awesome coin

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Re: RIC "R2" denarius - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #324 on: March 12, 2024, 01:49:26 am »
Nice coins Ron 🤗👍

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