RIC 330 variety
RCV 12670 variety
O: rad, drap, cuir bust r. IMP C G VAL DIOCLETIANVS PF AVG
R: Jupiter r holding orb and spear receiving wreath from Victory, IOVI CON-SERVATOR-IAVG
in ex XXI (possible palm to left?) TR above in field.
slightly different from the types described by Esty Tripolis mint, Roman Empire (augustuscoins.com)
Ex W Esty
RIC 928
Hunter 349-350
O: rad cuir bust r IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG
R: Probus with scepter receiving orb from Jupiter, CLEME-NTIAT-EMP in ex. KA in lower field a crescent.
ex: W. Esty
Bi
Tetradrachm, 14.28 g, 23 mm, 12h, Alexandria mint RY 5=CE 121-122
RPC III
online 5256/20 (this coin)
Dattari-Savio
Plate 61, 1320 (this coin)
Emmett 827.5
O: AYT KAI TPAI
AΔPIA CEB, laur
bust r.
R: L E,
Canopus of Osiris facing r.
Ex: Giovanni
Dattari Collection (1853-1923) #1320
Ex: Naville
38 (11 March 2018), lot 380
Ex: ETB
(Eric ten Brink 1968-) Collection
SC 660.2 var. unlisted control marks pairing. Primary
control of 660.2 on left and secondary control of 660.3b on right.
O: hd of Athena r with crested Attic helmet
R: Apollo stg l testing arrow and resting l hand on grounded
bow, BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΣΕΛΕYKOY, c/m of an anchor in an oval punch at between 9 and 11 o'clock on the center left.
AE Fals; 24
mm, 2.19 g, Bukhara mint AH 308/CE 920-921
Album 1452
O: Shahada in center, around
بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس ببخارا سنة ثمان و ثلثماءة
R: in center
لله
محمد
رسول الله
نصربن احمد
KM 117
Breen 157
SCBC 6601
O: laur bust of George I r, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX
R: Hibernia with Harp seated l, HIBERNIA 1723
RIC 22a
RCV 20161
O: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG diad draped cuir bust r.
R: VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in ex SMKΔ
Ex; W. Esty
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We really didn't utilize a lot of currency or coins during this visit, most transactions were via CC, so the opportunity to observe coin use was limited. Even a visit to a Dublin coin dealer in the South George St Arcade in Dublin found very expensive prices for all sorts of coins. Particularly coins that are available on the market (VCoins for example) for $30-$35 for a reasonably good and common mint Khushru II Sasanian drachm was selling for €150.
Other coins were similarly priced. The only Irish Euro Commemoratives being sold consisted of the 2016 example. There were stamps being sold as well as pick out box coins, worldwide and local for €1 and €2 each.
The 1916 Easter Rising was made real by a visit to the GPO on O'Connell St, which was the HQ for the Rising. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go in, but passed it several times in vehicles and walked by it once where we were able to see the remaining visible damages from the Rising. The columns at the front of the GPO still show dramatic damages from the bullets and ordinance fired between the British and Republican forces at that time.
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Photos of two columns at the GPO revealing battle damages from the 1916 Easter Rising
SC 1871 (R2)
O: diad portrait of Balas r.
R: Apollo seated on omphalos; [BAΣ]IΛEΩΣ [AΛ]EΞANΔPOY on rt, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ
EYEPΓETOY
Control mark on far left.
Ex: Zuzim
Göbl 82a
(countermark 82a)
Zeno type 28789
Type of Peroz CE
457/9-484
Countermark on
obs at 10-9 o’clock , Sogdian word “TKYN”
Cf. Göbl Hunnen
283 ff
Mitchener 1450
RSC 219
RCV 7254
O: laur bearded bust r P SEPT GETA PIVS AVG BRIT
R: Victory stg l holding wreath VICTORI-AE BRIT
This issue commemorates the Severan incursions north of the Antonine Wall in Britain into what is now Scotland, by Septimius Severus, and his sons Caracalla and Geta. It was during these incursions that Severus took ill and died at Eboracum (York) in CE 211, thus bringing the conflict to a quick end courtesy of Caracalla, who brought his brother Geta to a quick end just prior to the end of CE 211.
AE Maiorina (28 mm, 8.0 g, 12h) Aquileia mint c. CE 362-363
RIC 243
O: diad cuir draped bust r DN FL CL IVLI-ANVS PF AVG
R: Bull stg r two stars above. SECVRITAS REIPVB/*AQVILP
1936; 21.2 mm, 5 g, Philadelphia mint. mintage 119m
KM 134
This example was found in change, and had likely been a coin that had been removed from circulation for some length of time. Thereafter being added by someone back into the circulation stream for a time before it was removed again, since the high points, particularly the date are visible and many details are still apparent, which is not often the case with well circulated pieces.
In this condition, it is worth $3-$4 perhaps. It was prudent that it was removed from circulation and preserved as it now appears. Not a rare coin, but certainly one that captures the artistry that is mostly missing from circulating coinage in the USA, except for perhaps the new/old bust of Washington appearing on quarters minted since 2022.
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There are a few coins posted on this blog, which originated via the aforementioned auction house and purchased by a third party dealer from whom the coins were acquired.
Unfortunately, the provenances for a couple of these coins are "from a private British or European Collection" which begs the question, if we dug deeper would there actually be a private collection there or something else? These provenances have no documented basis, and without documentation, no provenance. The third party dealer did not include this information in their listing, it was only through our due diligence after acquisition that revealed the origin history such as it is.
A questionable provenance is as bad as none at all, and an untraceable or ultimately false provenance should not add a premium to the item's value. All purchases must be governed by "caveat emptor". All provenances need to be researched and fully documented as far as the records support it.
RCV 15251
O: laur., cuir. draped bust r, IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG
R: Jupiter stg l, holding Nike and scepter with eagle stg on left IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN/*TS*Δ*
Potin Tetradrachm; 20 mm, 7.44 g, 1h, Alexandria mint, Regnal
Year 2= CE 293-294
Dattari (Savio) 6044
Emmett 4184.2
O: laur draped cuir bust r
ΦΛΑ ΚωCTANTIOC K
R: Eirene stg facing
hd to left holding branch and scepter LB in outer left field
Ex: Ken Dorney (unsold at Auction 14: lot 267, 31-01-2023)
Ex: Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16: Lot 2613 (22-05-2021)
Ex: Rhakotis Collection (Germany)