CPK collection additions

[CPK]

Gallienus antoninianus, Virtus type, with an unusually fine portrait:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193476

Hope you find it interesting. 

[CPK]

Mint-state 1896 cent, Liberia:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193530

I like the reverse design of these types.

[CPK]

Just uploaded a special new acquisition: a very rare large silver cistophorus of Titus, featuring the Temple of Capitolinus Jupiter:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193568

As far as I know, there aren't more than about a dozen of these extant. I feel fortunate to have been able to obtain a specimen for my collection!

[*Alex]

Great coins CPK.

I regret that I haven't been keeping up with the board recently, I have been a bit out of circulation for a wee while due to illness.

*Alex

[Enodia]

Glad you're  back! Hope you feel better.

~ Peter

[CPK]

Great coins CPK.

I regret that I haven't been keeping up with the board recently, I have been a bit out of circulation for a wee while due to illness.

*Alex

Thanks Alex, hope you feel better soon!

[*Alex]

Thank you both.
Auld age disnae come itsel (Old age doesn't come itself)" my Granny used to say, and she was right.

*Alex

[CPK]

British Jamaica, 1895 CU penny, scarce date (36,000 minted)
Along with a little historical paragraph.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193605

Hope you enjoy!

[CPK]

Titus silver denarius, the type everyone likes - elephant walking left:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193629

Struck in commemoration of the inaugural games of the newly constructed Colosseum. Other than the considerable wear, this coin has everything right: well centered, good style, lovely toning.

Hope you enjoy!

[CPK]

The Republic of Haiti may have a pretty terrible record as a country, but they sure produced some good-looking coins. Here is a large, crown-sized silver gourde minted in 1887. A beautiful design, in my opinion:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193660

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

[CPK]

Very interesting coin added to my Gallery - an imitation LRB from the island of Sri Lanka:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193695

Crazy to think of how far these coins travelled to reach an island in the Indian Ocean some 4,700 miles away! For context, Rome is about as far from Sri Lanka as it is from Alaska. What stories they could tell!

[CPK]

Here is a small coin I've grown quite fond of. It's a silver 10 centavos from Guatemala, in mint state, beautifully toned, with wonderful flashy luster that's hard to capture in a photo but makes the coin even more delightful in hand.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193725

Hope you find it interesting.

[CPK]

Nabataean silver drachm of Mailchos II:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193749

I like the toning, and it's actually a pretty decent specimen for the issue IMO. Let me know what you think!

[CPK]

I've wanted one of these for awhile, but the right one just never seemed to come up. When I spied this mint-state specimen in a recent auction I decided to go for it, and happily, was successful! It also happens to be a scarce, first-year issue too.

British East Africa Protectorate, 1897 copper pice:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193765

Thanks for taking a look! 

[quadrans]

Hi CPK,

You have so many nice coins lately ...

Joe

[CPK]

Hi CPK,

You have so many nice coins lately ...

Joe

Thanks Joe, you are too kind! 

[CPK]

Okay, I wouldn't call this one exactly FDC, but it's a rare type, and I got it for a song, so here goes.

Septimius Severus elephant sestertius:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193799

Let me know what you think. Or not. 

[CPK]

Another Haiti coin, early silver 25 centimes:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193876

Hope you enjoy.

[CPK]

Uploaded an interesting one, a fake Nero sestertius I acquired recently (sold as a Paduan/fake; I knew what I was getting.  )

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193919

Here is my NumisForums thread about the coin, pointing out some of the indications of it being a cast fake as shared by NF member Amentia and Barry Murphy of NGC Ancients:

https://www.numisforums.com/topic/10330-this-so-called-paduan-sestertius-of-nero-turned-into-a-great-learning-experience

[CPK]

One of the countless varieties of medals struck on the death of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. This one is appealing in its simplicity, and has brilliant proof-like fields that are tough to capture in a photo. Also happens to be the only one of its type graded by either PCGS or NGC.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=193955

I just finished reading The Age of Napoleon by Durant and will soon start Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell. Fascinating stuff.

[Tracy Aiello]

Greetings CPK,

Simply wonderful medal.

Cornwell's Waterloo is fantastic. He's a very engaging writer (having authored the Sharpe stories), and I do not think that you will be able to put it down. I could not. His use of eyewitness accounts truly bring the horrors of Napoleonic warfare to the forefront.

After Cornwell I suggest Waterloo New Perspectives: The Great Battle Reappraised by David Hamilton-Williams. I think he spent over 10 years of preparation for this book and he dove into archives and their contents that were wholly ignored by Siborne et. al. A very convincing correction of the standard account.

All the best,

Tracy

[CPK]

Greetings CPK,

Simply wonderful medal.

Cornwell's Waterloo is fantastic. He's a very engaging writer (having authored the Sharpe stories), and I do not think that you will be able to put it down. I could not. His use of eyewitness accounts truly bring the horrors of Napoleonic warfare to the forefront.

After Cornwell I suggest Waterloo New Perspectives: The Great Battle Reappraised by David Hamilton-Williams. I think he spent over 10 years of preparation for this book and he dove into archives and their contents that were wholly ignored by Siborne et. al. A very convincing correction of the standard account.

All the best,

Tracy

Thanks Tracy for the kind words, and for the book recommendation! I never heard of Hamilton-Williams' book before but from what I saw on Amazon, it seems to have caused a bit of a stir in the field. How would you say his narrative account of the battle compares with that of Cornwell?

[Tracy Aiello]

Hello CPK,

I just sent you a PM about Hamilton-Williams' book.

All the best,

Tracy