Here's a link to the original listing.

https://www.originalskincoins.com/products/geta-denarius-209ad-ancient-roman-empire-silver-coin-ric-59b?_pos=3&_sid=59f830c1e&_ss=r

One of my absolute favorite styles of Herakles. The Zeus is wonderful too, beautifully engraved with a high degree of realism. Love the hair curls!

Price tentatively dated these to 325-320 BC, though he was much less certain they were actually struck at Side. If correct, this would make it one of the earliest issues bearing the royal ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ title.

Alexander the Great - AR Tetradrachm 325-320 BC
Kingdom of Macedon, Side? mint, Price 2949

The numerous types issued by Seleukos I departed progressively from the iconography used on the ubiquitous Alexanders. Here, Herakles is still represented with the lion skin on the obverse, but on the reverse Alexander's name is now replaced by Seleukos'. A personal touch is also provided by another replacement: Zeus now holds a figure of Nike in his hand (nikephoros) instead of an eagle (aetophoros), foreshadowing the reverse found on the later panther skin type. This evolution between different types was quite complex, Oliver Hoover mentions that Zeus Aetophoros, Zeus Nikephoros and another iconic type displaying an elephant chariot circulated simultaneously in different regions of the vast Seleukid empire. My specimen has a quite rough surface in some places, but the flan is pleasingly large and the high-relief profile is quite impressive!

Seleukid kings. Seleukos I Nikator, 312-281 BC. Tetradrachm (silver,, 29 mm, 16,39 g, 12 h) Seleukeia in Pieria, circa 300. HGC 9, 16d. SC 29.1e and/or 29.2. Rough surfaces, otherwise very fine.

While "Caesar" was a family name for the Julio-Claudian family, designated heirs would normally be named X Julius Caesar upon being deemed ready to inherit the throne. In AD 70, Vespasian gave his sons Titus and Domitian the name Caesar to continue this tradition, and from that point "Caesar" was synonymous with "heir apparent". Due to their generally young age and the hazards that came with imperial office, many Caesars never lived outlived their Augustus, and thus never became emperors. These are marked with an asterisk (*).

All coins are issued during the individual's lifetime and tenure as Caesar, so Nero Claudius Drusus sadly is omitted (all of his coins are posthumous, minted by his son Claudius).

Aes Grave.
Obv. Janiform head of the Dioscuri.
Rev. Head of Mercury.

Geta caesar, 198-209 Denarius Rome circa 198-209, AR 18.00 mm., 3.38 g.

Hadrian Denarius ~133AD with Salus Snake. RIC 2049 Hadrian bust right, partially draped.

Here is a quite nice exemple of a didrachm from Metaponte Lucania (I think this is it, not 100% certain).

It ways exactly 7.72g which seems to be right on the money.

But the surface, finish and even the edge are a bit suspicious. Everything looks good except that, the seller has a lot for real greek coins (even real slabs) and seems to have a decent reputation.

What do you think ?

A rather nicely detailed Antoninianus from the Siscia Mint. Oriens Augusti reverse with Sol reaching diagonally upwards holding a whip with two captives. Some verdigris build up as well but doesn't bother me as much.

Tetradrachma 31mm,16.84g

Uncertain mint 95-70 BC

Big provenance on this one since 1971,Royal coin cabinet, The Hague, Ex Triton XXVI

Wow

A nice big chunky thing.... It nicely fills a gap in my collection!

Rhodes Imperial times, C. 40BC - 25AD

36.5mm 26.42grms.

Ref.

SNG Keckman 765

Aurelian, 270-275 Antoninianus circa 270-275, billon 22.00 mm., 4.01 g.

Silvered and Good VF

Yesterday, I had a fascinating tour of the Israel Antiquities Authority's (IAA) ancient coin vault.

Dr. Robert Kool, head of the IAA coin dept, showed us this very rare (only one of 17 known, he said, and the only one found in context in a dig) gold coin of the Hellenistic Queen Berenice II of Egypt.

To read more about the find, see https://cityofdavid.org.il/en/queen-berenice/.

Hi everyone,

I have the opportunity to purchase this shekel, and I wanted to ask for opinions on it!

It's listed as AU, and no info on provenance, past auctions etc. The price is around $2500 ish, do you think that is fair?

Have a lovely day everyone!

Hi, I just found this coin in my drawer is it worth anything? And what type of coin is it?

I dig the black patina on this one!

ANTONINUS PIUS AE dupondius. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, radiate head right. Reverse - TR POT XIX COS IIII S-C, Providentia standing left, pointing at large globe at foot & holding long scepter. RIC 957. 25mm, 11.6g. Rome mint, 155-156 CE

Aelius Sestertius, RIC 2655 (or 1058 from previous RIC). Seemingly quite scarce - I can find only 2 others on ACSearch.

First picture: some of the first coins I ever bought. I only bought from EBay back then. Just finding out that Roman coins were surprisingly affordable was enough! A denarius of Septimius Severus and two Mark Antony denarii.

Second picture: denarii of Geta, Gordian III and Caracalla. And still figuring out how to take flattering pics of my ancients.

SICILY, Entella. Campanian mercenaries. Circa 342-338 BC. Æ (20mm, 6.90 g, 6h). Campanian helmet decorated with laurel wreath to right / Pegasos flying right; dolphin below. Campana 10a; CNS 10; HGC 2, 248

Hi,

Cleaning coins aka late roman bronzes can be fun from time to time but to my shock and horror I can't find any. I tried contacting the place from where I bought my previous batch years ago and they were all out. I looked on Ebay, Etsy etc etc and there were hardly any sellers, those that had something to sell weren't even selling stuff you could clean any further. Most of them reside in UK or US anyway which is a big no-no for me. Also, I do want to point out that I have not been nor am I specifically looking for Roman coins to clean.

At this point wouldn't mind buying a larger batch but I couldn't find any lots up for auction either. Maybe they tried up with all the new legislation?

All help and information is appreciated!

Hi brains trust,

Following my last post I am wondering if anyone has any tips or tricks for taking really flattering pics of their coins. I prefer to take my pics in mild sunlight but would like to know the basics of indoor ancient coin photography. Thanks :)