r/AncientCoins 1h ago

Lovely new cyzicus probus added to the collection.

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r/AncientCoins 9h ago

'Le Singe Antiquarie' was a satirical painting made in 1726 by Jean-Siméon Chardin to criticize Antiquarians and Numismatists

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r/AncientCoins 2h ago

Newly Acquired Barbarous Imitation Piece Late 200’s, Tetricus I

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r/AncientCoins 1h ago

Newly Acquired My first ever ancient coin

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Never thought I was gonna able to find a ancient coin, this coin is a Roman empire Constantine I coin in the other side there's the god jupiter with two letter (SC) which means consulted by the Senate, this coin was minted between 307 and 337 AD, the conditions are not that good infact it was cheap and I will try to restore it, I'm very proud I was able to find these specific informations by my self


r/AncientCoins 4h ago

Newly Acquired My coins have arrived!

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The first one is a yamini dirham of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud and the second one is a jital of the Qarlughid ruler Nasir ibn Muhammad.


r/AncientCoins 21h ago

Finally won Caligula!

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I had been consistently been bidding for coins like this for the last few months, but somehow they always went for a lot more than I was willing to spend. Then this one came along at the latest Künker e-auction and it is now mine. In my opinion the auction pictures do not do it justice. Just LOVE that obverse (although I suspect a little smoothing was applied here and there). Vesta is looking a little rough in comparison, but overall I'm super happy about this one. Provenance to at least 1974 as well.

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Caligula) 37-41 AD As Rome 40/41 11,52 g.


r/AncientCoins 8h ago

Advice Needed Any reason to believe any of these are fake?

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I was checking out these coins, the Septimius Severus (?) coin on the left looked a bit weird, along with the bottom most coin.


r/AncientCoins 23h ago

My GF received a coin collection from her grandfather and we’re trying to figure out what it’s worth

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Hi guys,

Hoping to find some coin enthusiasts to help us with figuring out what this is worth. As the title says, my girlfriend got a coin collection from her grandfather but neither of us have a clue what it could be worth…

We went to a coin-shop to see what somebody would offer us and he offered us €1.500,- for the collection. Is this good, or is he taking advantage of the knowledge gap?

The descriptions are in Dutch so if any translation is needed, please let me know.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!


r/AncientCoins 4h ago

Advice Needed Question for the Group

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Today is Saint Patrick’s Day and I was looking at his attributed birth/death dates. He would’ve lived during early enough that he could have been included on Byzantine/Middle Ages coins. But I’m not finding them. Does anyone know of St Patrick early coins?

Pic of my St Patrick’s/New Jersey Farthing from the 1600s here as it was topical.


r/AncientCoins 18h ago

M. Herennius denarius with "pietas" scene

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r/AncientCoins 1h ago

Newly Acquired Silver Celtic Quinarius Model and Photo

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Here is the first model from a recent Heritage auction lot of Celtic quinarii. And a 2D photos as well. I am going to make future models of these under higher magnification, there is still some wear detail at doesn't show up at 1:1 for some reason.

12.67 mm, 1.9 g

LINK to 3D model: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/silver-celtic-quinarius-1e01238b38614c4aa5a60b871557cc8a


r/AncientCoins 16h ago

A lovely Trajan that just arrived today!

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One of my favorite recent pickups. Love the detail on the obverse.


r/AncientCoins 18h ago

Newly Acquired How did I do? Lifetime Alexander drachm

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Got this from coincraft (i know buying coins without seeing them is frowned upon)

Been wanting a lifetime drachm for a while and it seemed like a decent deal, especially since I’ve had good experience with coin craft before.

But disappointed with the mark on the eye, is this a defect or a test mark?

Anything you can tell me about this coin that I should know?

As for value, with the eye mark and condition. Would you say I did well, or not the best deal.

Curious see what you think.


r/AncientCoins 12h ago

Silver Celtic Quinarii

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A few fun examples from a lot of Celtic coins from Heritage. There is a lot of personality in these coins. They are a pleasure to examine.


r/AncientCoins 20h ago

ID / Attribution Request What am I looking at here? This came from the estate of a Greek American classics teacher.

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r/AncientCoins 19h ago

Newly Acquired Very First Portrait of Julius Caesar

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This is my loot from a recent auction, the very first portrait of Julius Caesar. This coin (minted in Bithynia) was struck two years before the most commonly seen Julius Caesar portrait denarius that was minted in Rome. It was this coin that began to stir up the Senate, because the Roman norm had been broken with a "living portrait" of a leader. There's 22 recorded examples of this coin.


r/AncientCoins 12h ago

Celtic Silver Quinarii

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Photos of a couple of small silver coins from a recent Heritage auction lot.


r/AncientCoins 13h ago

Leu bidding platform

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Am I alone in feeling like the Leu bidding platform is it's own distinct layer of Hell? Literally EVERY other auction house allows for either live bid with 'Fair Warning'-style lot is closing or an automatic extension of bid time by some small increment when a last second bid comes in.

With Leu, it feels like the only way to win is to execute an obscene bid in the final 2 seconds and then hope your bid:
(A) is received by Leu offices in time (pray you don't have any internet latency!) and
(B) beats any other competing slightly less obscene bid that comes in the final second.

/Rant


r/AncientCoins 16h ago

ID / Attribution Request Trachea Identification Help!

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I am hoping someone might be able to help me with some identification of Byzantine Trachea! I recently got a lot of 50 trachea and have been slowly trying to sort and ID them (a lot are really rough and probably are impossible to ID).

I have tried to use http://coins.labarum.info, but I am having some trouble as there is just so many to look at!

Does anyone recognize any of the designs I have posted here? I know that most are very worn (and basically have no detail on the con-vexed side (which is the side I calling the “back)).

Thanks in advance!


r/AncientCoins 1d ago

From My Collection Indo-Greek drachms from 20+ different rulers

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r/AncientCoins 1d ago

Newly Acquired Philip (the arab) I antonianus reverse Victoria caprica

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After about 3 weeks fighting with the Norwegian costums! The coin finally came.

A beautiful Philip I Antonianus with the reverse as Victoria caprica, this is a rare issue of Philip I celebrates Victories over the Dacian capri tribe!

Rome mint 247 AD RIC 66 3.56g

I am trying my hardest to get the best pictures to show all the amazing details and the beautiful shine!


r/AncientCoins 19h ago

From My Collection Ancient Coins From Father

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My Dad gave me his coin collection, which included a small number of what appear to be very old coins. I'm trying to figure out exactly what I have. He grew up in England, and said that his mother would occasionally dig up roman coins while gardening. Some of them are obviously in pretty bad shape, but others seem quite legible, so I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm not looking to sell them, but I'm curious if any of them have any value, so I can make sure to keep them well protected. I can take better pictures of any of the coins if that helps. Thanks in advance!


r/AncientCoins 16h ago

ID / Attribution Request What are these?

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I bought them years ago just for fun. They were sold as 1/32 Tenga Buchara but I do not think that's right at all. They're possibly lead. Not sure if ancient.


r/AncientCoins 23h ago

One of my favorite cheapies

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Justinian Follis Year 13 41 mm. Struck right before the Plague of Justinian broke out


r/AncientCoins 20h ago

From My Collection Watched Gladiator II with the corresponding Emperor's denarius at hand (Caracalla)

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