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Offline Virgil H

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I think it is lovely, even if off center a bit, that doesn't detract.

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Re: Septimius SECVRITAS PVBLICA - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #226 on: August 26, 2022, 07:50:26 pm »
Just added another denarius of Septimius Severus that I didn't yet have.  This one is fairly common, but the first I had opportunity to buy. 

Interestingly, I just got back form over a week in Italy, and the few Severan era coin shops I found were priced far above market value - likely fishing amongst the tourists. Oh well.

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Re: Septimius PROVIDENTIA AVG - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #227 on: September 21, 2022, 09:46:07 pm »
Just added another fairly early denarius from Septimius' reign (196-197). 

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=177126
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Re: Septimius PROVIDENTIA AVG - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #228 on: September 21, 2022, 10:49:35 pm »
Love this one, what a beauty.

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Re: Septimius CONSECRATIO - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #229 on: November 15, 2022, 09:20:24 pm »
I added a really nice example of one of the Septimius Severus CONSECRATIO variations struck under Caracalla, in this case an eagle standing on a globe.  My second example of this series. (there were 5 denarii and two aurei in the series). 

Let me know what you think, but I'm rather pleased with this one. In person it has some mint luster and cabinet toning.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=178684

For reference here is my other coin from the series, with a funeral pyre reverse:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=171366

I'm still missing:
191A - aureus, eagle standing on thunderbolt, R2
191B - denarius version of the aureus, S.
191D - denarius eagle on ow column or altar, S.
191E - denarius throne with a wreath placed on it, S.
191F - aureus version of the funeral pyre denarius I posted above.

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Re: Septimius CONSECRATIO - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #230 on: November 15, 2022, 09:53:22 pm »
Wonderful portrait!

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Re: Septimius CONSECRATIO - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #231 on: November 19, 2022, 08:36:54 am »
Thanks Jay, I thought so too!

The remaining varieties seem much harder to find though.
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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #232 on: November 26, 2022, 09:38:02 pm »
Time for a couple new corn ear additions to the gallery, given the autumn thanksgiving mood.

First is RIC 200, with an Anonna reverse - she's holding corn ears over modius to left & cornucopiae.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=178890

And next up is RIC 369, an early wars of succession Emesa denarius with a Boni Eventvs reverse. She's holding fruit basket and corn ears.

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=178889

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #233 on: November 27, 2022, 05:39:12 am »
My, look at all those corn ear reverses.  Oh, and the horn of abundance. Ummm, I cannot think of anything cornier than Cormier.  ::)

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #234 on: November 27, 2022, 10:55:57 am »
You got some wins at auction!

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #235 on: November 27, 2022, 11:45:28 am »
You got some wins at auction!

I troll the auctions pretty regularly.  For these two, they were "unsolds" so I paid a very fair price, I think.  Less than the opening bid.

I have some other gems on the way too.  Will soon get (by mail) a very late SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT denarius with a cool Jupiter reverse. Also a rather decent Theodosius II solidus from the 430's. Will be sure to post them up when they get here (soon).
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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #236 on: November 27, 2022, 05:13:06 pm »
The corn ears are cool. I am curious what grain they are. I remember years ago seeing "corn" used in ancient Europe and Asia Minor for "grain" and was totally confused. LOL. Since there was no corn until the New World was discovered and it is funny to me that Germans didn't start eating it until 20 or so years ago. It was used for feed. Now they put it on everything, including pizza. I can't really tell from the coins what exactly they are.

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #237 on: November 27, 2022, 05:28:41 pm »
I had always assumed it to be wheat?
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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #238 on: November 28, 2022, 12:26:00 am »
Wheat is logical, they just don't look like wheat to me, but they are tiny, so not much detail.

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #239 on: November 28, 2022, 03:57:32 am »
Until fairly recent times the term corn in the UK would be used to refer to the dominant crop in a region, whether that was wheat, rye, oats, or similar. It is only recently that it has changed use to refer to what in the UK is generally referred to as maize.
As such many reference texts will refer to corn ears when they simply mean grain ears.

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #240 on: November 28, 2022, 04:16:00 am »
The RIC 369 is a nice example of the type. I generally refer to the deity as Fides as it would seem to be a better fit for the deity being presented rather than the deity implied by the legend. It certainly doesn't depict Bonus Eventus.

The reverse type is quite prolific across the various issues at this mint.

The AVG issue has standard BONI EVENTVS and BONI EVENTVS II COS variants.

There are a whole set of variations of BONI EVENTVC and BONI EVENTVS available for the AVG II C, AVG . CO, AVG II CO issues.

The majority of the COS II examples are the standard BONI EVENTVS though there are some other variations such as BONI EVENTV and then there are legend/deity swap variations where we have BONA SPES combined with Fides and also BONI EVENTVS combined with Spes.

The type is also known for the IMP II and IMP VIII issues but I won't distract the thread to much by including them here.

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #241 on: November 28, 2022, 07:18:51 am »
I don't know if it  is Fides on 369, but for whatever reason, all the references list bonus eventus.

BE is a real Roman god, well documented, and that is the legend though. Ric and bmcre agree on that point?  The god seems to have been linked to successful agriculture, as well as good fortune in general.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Eventus
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Re: Theodosius II Solidus - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #242 on: November 29, 2022, 08:52:44 pm »
As promised, I just added my latest Solidus to my Byzantine gold gallery.  In this case a Solidus of theodosius II from 430-440AD.  Technically this one isn't in what Sear would call the Byzantine era, and does not appear in Sear's volumes on Byzantine coinage, so I had to ID it with an RIC number.  Theodosius II was an Eastern emperor prior to the fall of the western empire ca 476, but these coins follow the same motif as the immediate neo-byzantine era, and he did rule in Constantinople in the 5th century, so I'm adding it to this gallery anyway - lol.

Let me know what you think of this latest addition.

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Re: Theodosius II Solidus - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #243 on: November 29, 2022, 09:00:25 pm »
I love this one. I really love the nexus between east and west embodied in this coin.

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Re: Theodosius II Solidus - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #244 on: November 29, 2022, 09:01:32 pm »
Beautiful coin Ron. I really like the forward facing busts.

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Re: Theodosius II Solidus - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #245 on: November 29, 2022, 09:06:22 pm »
thanks gang - after Theodosius II, I find the artistry on the solidii really started to drop off.  Marcian and Leo I followed the same design motif, but their busts and reverses become cruder.  You can really see this in how angel/victory reverses start to look more cartoonish.  There was (in my view) a bit of an articstic improvement under Zeno, but then it drops off again (again, in my opinion).
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Re: Theodosius II Solidus - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #246 on: November 30, 2022, 01:45:17 am »
Great coin. I agree about the artistic merits of Theodosius II solidii, and I think this type in particular is one of the finest of his reign.

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Re: Septimius denarii - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #247 on: December 01, 2022, 06:31:30 am »
I don't know if it  is Fides on 369, but for whatever reason, all the references list bonus eventus.

BE is a real Roman god, well documented, and that is the legend though. Ric and bmcre agree on that point?  The god seems to have been linked to successful agriculture, as well as good fortune in general.


I am well aware of Bonus Eventus as a deity and whilst he is often seen holding corn ears too he is depicted as a nude male. This is robed female deity. Fides is a female deity seen with basket of fruit and corn ears. If you want to look at what I am explaining, then have a look through acsearch for "bonus eventus" and "fides basket" to see what I mean across the range of imperial coinage.

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Re: scarce septimius severus denarius - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #248 on: December 11, 2022, 02:14:36 pm »
I just added what I think was a nice snag.  "Scarce" in RIC, though only 1 example in reka devnia, which in my experience of septimius severus denarii means it's leaning more towards "rare" in the modern sense of collecting. 

Nice coin in hand with well centered strikes, and a late issue as this emperor goes, by then sporting the Britanicus title in his legends. 

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Re: scarce septimius severus denarius - Ron C2's latest gallery coins
« Reply #249 on: December 13, 2022, 02:56:30 pm »
Interesting comment on my last coin from Anaximander - there is only one other of the type in ac search here: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3275854

When I clicked on it, I was expecting at least a partial die match - but nope.  Completely different dies, both sides. 

I still would say it's Scarce or rare - there's one in acsearch, and was only one in RD, now in a museum.  The BM lists 2, one of which is a plate coin that matches neither my example of the on in acsearch.

So there were at least 3 separate sets of obverse and reverse does for this issue. Odd that there aren't more example floating about given the lack of die matches for the examples I've found.

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