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Author Topic: Very Rare Vespasian & Titus year 1 with a Gorgon tetradrachm added  (Read 60119 times)

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Re: Lion attacking bull over walls
« Reply #400 on: November 23, 2021, 05:04:20 pm »
Jay

Great coin, I was one of the underbidders on it.  Glad to see it went to someone who will show it off.

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Re: Lion attacking bull over walls
« Reply #401 on: November 23, 2021, 05:15:02 pm »
Thanks Blayne.  Sorry about that.  I thought it went cheap.

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Re: Lion attacking bull over walls
« Reply #402 on: November 23, 2021, 05:32:39 pm »
Lol probably did, I had pretty much spent my budget plus some, and was just watching for interesting new coins. Going to be a future purchase at some point.   

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Re: Tiny 𐤉‬𐤄𐤃 (Yehud) Persian period Gerah added
« Reply #403 on: December 07, 2021, 07:12:10 pm »
Added this great little Judaean 𐤉‬𐤄𐤃 (Yehud) coin today.  The first Judaean coins that actually say Judah on them.  Tiny at just 8mm and 0.38g

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=173431

Minted during the Persian period from after the restoration of Jerusalem until before 333 BCE

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Re: Vespasian faces left added
« Reply #404 on: December 21, 2021, 04:03:12 pm »

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Re: Vespasian faces left added
« Reply #405 on: December 22, 2021, 03:15:09 pm »
Very nice Jay
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Re: Vespasian faces left added
« Reply #406 on: December 23, 2021, 11:03:55 am »
Great find, Jay,  +++

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Re: Vespasian faces left added
« Reply #407 on: December 25, 2021, 12:30:04 pm »
Nice snag, for whatever reason, left facing portraits see to have not been popular in imperial Rome. Not sure why.
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Re: Titus Judaea Capta added
« Reply #408 on: January 06, 2022, 05:06:10 pm »
Thanks guys.

Added another Titus Judaea Capta As:

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For kicks I took the picture with my Samsung...not too bad :)

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Re: Titus Judaea Capta added
« Reply #409 on: January 07, 2022, 03:49:46 am »
Interesting coin, Jay... +++

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Re: Titus Judaea Capta added
« Reply #410 on: January 07, 2022, 09:24:13 am »
Love the elephant.  Wonder how it got bent to begin with?
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Re: Titus Judaea Capta added
« Reply #411 on: January 07, 2022, 01:50:40 pm »
Ron, maybe I missed something... ;D  Elephant?

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Re: Titus Judaea Capta added
« Reply #412 on: January 07, 2022, 04:30:45 pm »
Huh... I must have responded to the wrong post in your thread. Could have sworn there was a Julius Caesar denarius elephant type that had been bent and straightened, but looking back it was your post 21 on page 1 of this thread. My mistake. But the comment is still valid :)
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Re: Year 5 Jewish War "Shekel" added
« Reply #413 on: January 11, 2022, 04:26:07 pm »
Thanks Ron.

Added a Judaean Revolt year 5 "Shekel" from 70 CE. :)

Ok, it's not an authentic example.  But it is struck in silver from modern dies.  All year 5 Shekels are from the same die pair and are extremely rare, so there's no chance of this one fooling anyone.  Still, a nice example of a most desirable type! I'd never be able to afford one any other way.

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Re: Extremely rare Titus added. 3rd known example!
« Reply #414 on: January 20, 2022, 03:35:37 pm »
Added an extremely rare Titus denarius.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174176

3rd known example.  One is ex-Sneh (RIC plate coin).  One is obviously in the David Atherton collection, and this makes number 3.  Thrilled to add this one to my collection.

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Re: Extremely rare Titus added. 3rd known example!
« Reply #415 on: January 20, 2022, 05:48:03 pm »
It doesn't get any better than that! Great addition!

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Re: Extremely rare Titus added. 3rd known example!
« Reply #416 on: January 20, 2022, 06:48:41 pm »
Jay,

Nice acquisition!

A small correction: RIC 23 indeed cites the Sneh example from an earlier auction appearance (Sternberg 1974, lot 57), and rates it R3, so only example known by 2007, but RIC does not also illustrate that specimen (or any other) on its plates, as your note mistakenly states.
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Re: Extremely rare Titus added. 3rd known example!
« Reply #417 on: January 20, 2022, 07:08:17 pm »
Thanks Curtis.  Yes, my mistake since I did check RIC and it is, as you mentioned, not shown.  I've adjusted the description to read RIC reference coin.

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Re: Year 3 Jewish revolt added
« Reply #419 on: February 09, 2022, 01:51:36 pm »

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Re: Julia Titi tetradrachm
« Reply #420 on: February 16, 2022, 02:54:32 pm »
I was never really happy with how I photographed this coin, so today I reshot it.  Better than the last one.  I think the portrait comes alive more on this take:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174580

The flan is thinner on one side, almost like a wedge, which is why the legend is missing on half the coin.  It was probably struck on an angle. 

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Re: Julia Titi tetradrachm
« Reply #421 on: February 16, 2022, 05:43:27 pm »
Not a bad shot Jay, though to me it looks like you lit the coin with a single spot light from around 3 o'clock.  I think the coin would benefit from a macro twin-gun flash with the heads set at 2 and 10 o'clock, but with the 2 o'clock gun at full power and the 10 o'clock gun set to about 3/4 power.  Not sure if you have a dedicated macro flash setup or not?
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Re: Julia Titi tetradrachm
« Reply #422 on: February 16, 2022, 05:53:25 pm »
Thanks Ron.  I agree.  This was taken in a window with natural light.  Because of the uneveness, roughness and toning, this is one of those coins that will always look better in hand.  I've tried all kinds of lighting set ups for this one.  So far, this is the best.  I think it would also benefit from focus stacking.  The dark areas are actually toning.  For now, this will do...

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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #423 on: February 26, 2022, 06:29:31 pm »
Added a great little quinarius of Titus today. After quite a bit of research I've die matched it to the ex-Sneh coin, RIC 809 R3!  Very rare!

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=174814

and I couldn't resist this massive French medallion of Domitian.  It's huge at 69mm!  It's too heavy for my scale!  These are works of art in their own right.  Limited to 500 pieces, this one is #192/500 with a date of 1968 on the rim.

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Re: Very Rare Titus quinarius & a Massive Domitian added
« Reply #424 on: February 27, 2022, 08:34:10 am »
It's too heavy for my scale!
Time to get a digital kitchen scale. Also works for food!

 

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