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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #100 on: October 09, 2016, 12:29:24 pm »
Hi Peter,

 Nice coin indeed.... +++ :) ;)

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #101 on: November 01, 2016, 03:16:16 pm »
here's a couple of new additions.
i got this denarius of Marcus Aurelius from Joe a few weeks ago, but i'm still having access issues so i couldn't post it until today. the inscription is a bit mangled, but as i don't really collect Romans i just wanted a nice portrait of the Philosopher King, and i think this one has that...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-132663

and i still think he looks like Alec Guiness!

the second one is another budget coin, this one from Syracuse...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-132785

although it cost little more than a tank of gas it really is quite pretty in hand.

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #102 on: November 01, 2016, 05:24:24 pm »
Nice additions. I especially like the Aurelius.

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #103 on: November 01, 2016, 07:05:48 pm »
Great coins Peter,

The Marcus Aurelius one of my favourit   :) +++


And your Greek coin are always enjoyable.. :)

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #104 on: December 08, 2016, 01:28:25 pm »
thank you both!

my latest additions are an eclectic pair. the first is this extremely rare variety of a Marcus Aurelius bronze from Cassandreia...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-133351

uncommon with Poseidon facing left, this is only the second known specimen with Poseidon facing right, the other being in the Leake collection (misattributed to Commodus).

the next is a 5th century BC Magna Graecian didrachm (stater) from Kaulonia in Bruttium...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-133368

these are not uncommon at all, but i've wanted an example for some time. and while the coin was struck at the beginning of the classical era, the imagery is strongly late archaic, and i love the Apollo figure with the little daimon running along His arm.   :)

enjoy,
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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #105 on: December 08, 2016, 02:07:30 pm »
Nice coins again .. :) +++

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #106 on: December 08, 2016, 03:35:20 pm »
The Aurelius is really valuable  +++ . the Macedonian art power gave the guy a portrait of a philosopher .

Congratulations my friend.
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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #107 on: December 08, 2016, 04:39:41 pm »
I have to get a Kaulonia some day.  I've been to the town a few times. There isn't much there but  a few scattered ruins along the roads.  I wonder what still lies beneath everyone's houses!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #108 on: December 09, 2016, 02:26:18 pm »
thank you all!

I have to get a Kaulonia some day.  I've been to the town a few times. There isn't much there but  a few scattered ruins along the roads.  I wonder what still lies beneath everyone's houses!

Taranto is much the same way, or so i've been told. everything has been built over, and very little of the original polis remains extant.
what a great pity.     :(

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #109 on: February 17, 2017, 11:44:27 pm »
here's a couple of additions I've been waiting to post, but my computer is finally down for the count. so i'm posting this from work (don't tell them, ok?)

this veiled Tyche is from Tarsos...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-134867

and this Mesembria AE I picked up at a local coin show, just to keep from coming home empty-handed. the portrait is actually very pleasant in-hand...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-134954

have a look!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #110 on: February 18, 2017, 04:09:30 am »
Both nice additions!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #111 on: February 18, 2017, 09:13:52 pm »
 +++ +++ Nice bronzes!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #112 on: February 22, 2017, 11:43:31 pm »
thank you!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #113 on: May 12, 2017, 06:11:47 pm »
the sudden need to buy a new car has kept me from buying any coins of late. it has also required me to patch this old broken down computer back together one more time!

but i did manage to acquire a couple of new coins this month, a silver didrachm which i will post in my Taras thread, and this Seleukid AE which i got through the Forvm Auction...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-136855

the serrated bronze is a type i've wanted to add for some time, and this one seemed rather nice for the price. i'd still like to get a Republican denari though.      :)

~ Peter

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #114 on: May 14, 2017, 02:34:12 am »
Good choice .. +++ :)

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #115 on: May 14, 2017, 10:19:01 pm »
thanks Q    :)


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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #116 on: May 15, 2017, 02:48:04 am »
Great addition!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #117 on: June 01, 2017, 01:37:59 pm »
i just added this silver drachm from Velia...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-137483

these are the earlier of two similar types issued by Velia, and the more archaic look of this series, in both the appearance of the nymph and the incuse reverse, really grabbed me. these were struck prior to the beautiful and more famous Athena/lion types, and represent a very significant event in the history and political/economic development of southern Italy.
i've always been a sucker for the coins of Velia, and the first 'major' ancient i ever bought was from there (Williams 297), but i really like this one!  

enjoy,
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Neapolis MFB added
« Reply #118 on: June 03, 2017, 01:49:59 pm »
here's another new didrachm just recently acquired, this one from Neapolis...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-137501

this is one i've wanted for a long time. although the obverse appears rather rough, it really does look much better in hand, especially after a little light cleaning. but it was the reverse that i am most interested in. many affordable examples of this type have very worn reverses, as these coins circulated well into the Roman era. but this one is well centered and not too badly worn, considering.
i'm happy with it!   :) 

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #119 on: June 03, 2017, 03:20:20 pm »
Great additions!

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #120 on: June 03, 2017, 03:59:59 pm »
Nice Neapolis, Campania
 +++ +++

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #121 on: June 03, 2017, 04:39:33 pm »
thank you gentlemen, and thank you both for the gracious gallery comments as well. those always make my day!   :) 

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #122 on: June 03, 2017, 05:54:44 pm »
Nice one!  I wish we had a MFB emoticon for times like this!  (Hint hint Joe...)

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #123 on: June 03, 2017, 06:27:37 pm »
that could be the cover for Volume II.    8)

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Re: Latest additions to my gallery...
« Reply #124 on: June 03, 2017, 06:46:18 pm »
Haha nice  +++

 

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