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Great additions, especially the Flavians. The Domitian being right out of the pages of Josephus!
Thank you, Jay! That is indeed a neat type for Domitian, and one cannot help but think of Josephus' description of Domitian and his magnificent white horse in his father's triumph. Some would now consider this coin to fall under the Judea Capta series.
My earlier post on this thread was not generated by AI. My local newspaper contained a photo of a holed gold Eid mar connection w the story of the arrest in January, so I was admittedly mistaken when I referenced it as “ holed” in my post. The point of my post is that the Greek “ “official” quoted at the time of the arrest that the coin was probably dropped by a soldier in Greece seemed to me to be unlikely if it was holed. I keep reading that it was “looted” from Greece. Does anyone know the true story? I’d like to hear it.
Thanks Kevin and Curtis! I was thinking the same thing recently- it must have been very interesting for the populace in adopting new coinage so (relatively) frequently considering the rate of turnover among the caesars during certain periods. I remember reading an opinion that the confusion between asses and dupondii might not have been an issue for some years after they were struck on account of the golden color of a dupondius. That said, I've heard certain emperors would also randomly have lower denomination coins made in this same metal, which would undoubtedly lead to confusion.
I jeszcze oczko Najjaśniejszemu Panu podciągnęli i pole awersu umyli... Teraz wygląda to, jakby jakaś korozja wewnętrzna zjadała monetę od awersu, a nadlewka nad głową na rewersie nie przypomina niczego, co by mogło powstać na monecie we w miarę naturalny sposób. Dobrze, że i połowę pieniędzy udało się odzyskać.
Ta konkretna silikwa Konstansa (rzadka, nienotowana, ale mam na stronie 6 egzemplarzy) została sprzedana wcześniej kilkakrotnie, a ostatnio w tym stanie sześć lat temu za 650 euro.
Natomiast niedawno pojawiła się po "reperacji", bo kogoś chyba drażniło to pęknięcie krążka (dość częste w wypadku tej emisji) i spróbował je polepić. Z marnym rezultatem. Sprzedało się to brzydactwo za 320 euro.