Today I Received.....

[newstacker0990]

On 13/08/2024 at 18:07, richatthecroft said:

Lovely Libertad from @LiquidMetalsUK.  Cheers James.
 

That is gorgeous!

[SilverToday]

Sold some American Silver to buy some Roman Gold. A no brainer for me since I have plenty of Silver but not much in Gold lol. This one here is a Ancient Gold Solidus (Latin word for 24 Karats pure). 

The Solidus served as the Roman period's primary gold denomination that retained its value and served as a monetary standard for over a thousand years, until the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century. This coin here is from the Byzantine Eastern Roman Empire and depicts the reign of Emperor Heraclius 610-641 AD (on left) and his son Heraclius Constantine (Heraclius III) both crowned and holding labarum in right, on the obverse shows a cross potent on tri-stepped base with the legend "Conob" (Constantinople) below. 

A bit of history on these two if it might interest you, Flavius Heraclius Augustus was the son of exarch of Carthage. Father and son led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Emperor Phocas in 608. When Heraclius marched on Constantinople he was proclaimed Emperor. He beheaded Phocas himself after the latter sarcastically replied to a query. Heraclius is considered one of the greatest of Roman Emperors. Although the Empire suffered military setbacks in the east, Heraclius reformed both government and army, decreasing corruption and increasing effectiveness. Heraclius is accredited with the recovery of much territory that had been lost to the Persians, he was the first Emperor to come into contact with the Muslims and halt the Arab advance, and his military reforms helped assure the besieged Empire's survival for centuries.

 

Edited August 16 by SilverToday

[whuamai]

Got a nice variety of swiss and spanish coins yesterday

[stackerp5]

27 minutes ago, whuamai said:

Got a nice variety of swiss and spanish coins yesterday

WOW! Love the spanish gold 😍

[stackerp5]

I've received today this lovely Greek Tetradrachm. Been looking for one for a while and I managed to get the Athens Owl one! It's got a countermark on both sides which I don't mind, it only adds character!

1855 four pence for size comparison. The tetradrachm is a chunker at 17+ grams!

Edited August 17 by stackerp5

[Petra]

Came back from town with this🤔

was looking at a late Victoria half. Was put down whilst looking at others and a young chap aged about 17 came in with his mum, saw it in the cabinet and bought it….. to go in his new coin cabinet 🤔🤔😮

[Simmoleon]

1 hour ago, stackerp5 said:

I've received today this lovely Greek Tetradrachm. Been looking for one for a while and I managed to get the Athens Owl one! It's got a countermark on both sides which I don't mind, it only adds character!

1855 four pence for size comparison. The tetradrachm is a chunker at 17+ grams!

Attica owls are amazing coins, it was also my first tetradrachm. The character and history behind them is quite unbelievable, the test cuts just mean some person thousands of years ago held your coin and checked it was definitely silver - that’s amazing history.

[Petra]

1 hour ago, stackerp5 said:

I've received today this lovely Greek Tetradrachm. Been looking for one for a while and I managed to get the Athens Owl one! It's got a countermark on both sides which I don't mind, it only adds character!

1855 four pence for size comparison. The tetradrachm is a chunker at 17+ grams!

A great coin with an amazing history. Must be great to hold in your hands🤔👍

[Aldebaran]

21 hours ago, SilverToday said:

Sold some American Silver to buy some Roman Gold. A no brainer for me since I have plenty of Silver but not much in Gold lol. This one here is a Ancient Gold Solidus (Latin word for 24 Karats pure). 

The Solidus served as the Roman period's primary gold denomination that retained its value and served as a monetary standard for over a thousand years, until the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the 15th century. This coin here is from the Byzantine Eastern Roman Empire and depicts the reign of Emperor Heraclius 610-641 AD (on left) and his son Heraclius Constantine (Heraclius III) both crowned and holding labarum in right, on the obverse shows a cross potent on tri-stepped base with the legend "Conob" (Constantinople) below. 

A bit of history on these two if it might interest you, Flavius Heraclius Augustus was the son of exarch of Carthage. Father and son led a revolt against the unpopular usurper Emperor Phocas in 608. When Heraclius marched on Constantinople he was proclaimed Emperor. He beheaded Phocas himself after the latter sarcastically replied to a query. Heraclius is considered one of the greatest of Roman Emperors. Although the Empire suffered military setbacks in the east, Heraclius reformed both government and army, decreasing corruption and increasing effectiveness. Heraclius is accredited with the recovery of much territory that had been lost to the Persians, he was the first Emperor to come into contact with the Muslims and halt the Arab advance, and his military reforms helped assure the besieged Empire's survival for centuries.

 

A fantastic addition, what is its diameter? 🌞

[Skelator88]

couple of coloured varieties, Wombat & Wedge-Tailed Eagle 
 

[Spyder]

1 minute ago, Skelator88 said:

couple of coloured varieties, Wombat & Wedge-Tailed Eagle 
 

Nice. Can you tell me, are those plastic bags that the slabs are in supplied by NGC when grading or are you buying and putting the slabs in? 

if you are, can you give a link to purchase them, ta

[JohnV66]

5 hours ago, stackerp5 said:

I've received today this lovely Greek Tetradrachm. Been looking for one for a while and I managed to get the Athens Owl one! It's got a countermark on both sides which I don't mind, it only adds character!

1855 four pence for size comparison. The tetradrachm is a chunker at 17+ grams!

Mine has what looks like a bite mark but I'm guessing someone 2000 years ago punctured it to check that it's silver all the way through.

[Gruff]

7 minutes ago, JohnV66 said:

Mine has what looks like a bite mark but I'm guessing someone 2000 years ago punctured it to check that it's silver all the way through.

Nice, might be a long lost relative

[JohnV66]

6 minutes ago, Gruff said:

Nice, might be a long lost relative

Maybe     ....

It was a pick up at the Midland Coin Fair.

[AaaGee]

15 minutes ago, JohnV66 said:

Maybe     ....

It was a pick up at the Midland Coin Fair.

Very nice 😎

[Spyder]

53 minutes ago, JohnV66 said:

Maybe     ....

It was a pick up at the Midland Coin Fair.

 

That could have been Elvis's long lost relative

[AaaGee]

And this could be a distant relative of Professor Yaffle from Bagpuss.

[Simmoleon]

12 hours ago, AaaGee said:

And this could be a distant relative of Professor Yaffle from Bagpuss.

I mean, this is something nobody knew they wanted and certainly didn’t expect:

 

[Mysstree]

30 minutes ago, Simmoleon said:

I mean, this is something nobody knew they wanted and certainly didn’t expect:

 

Regularly pass where this was made, an unassuming home not far from Canterbury. Also the galactic centre of the greatest sci-fi animated show ever … The Clangers.

[Skelator88]

waddle waddle 🐧 
 

[Peacemaker]

Picked this little beauty up, MS63 Full Bands

[SilverToday]

On 17/08/2024 at 09:48, Aldebaran said:

A fantastic addition, what is its diameter? 🌞

Thank you and thanks for asking as well! The diameter of this one is 20mm. Even at the fairly small size, they sure do show well

in person/hand due to the relatively deep hand strikes combined with the sheer brightness of 24k Gold color lends themselves 

to a nice eye appeal. 

The Gold Solidus's from what I've seen and I've seen many usually 

range between 19mm - 21.6mm and weigh in the range of 4.2g - 4.46g's from what I've seen.

The 3 I have so far are all 20mm of which I have another coming in that diameter tomorrow. 

Excuse me for the long read, I guess I get a bit too excited when I notice others share the same

enthusiasm for Ancient Roman Gold as I do. As of late, I can say to myself I'm officially addicted to Roman Gold

which could be a either a good thing, a bad thing or both simultaneously lol and now after giving it some thought,

I guess when your addicted to Gold of any nature it's always a good thing imo. 

 

Edited August 18 by SilverToday

[stackerp5]

On 17/08/2024 at 14:49, Simmoleon said:

Attica owls are amazing coins, it was also my first tetradrachm. The character and history behind them is quite unbelievable, the test cuts just mean some person thousands of years ago held your coin and checked it was definitely silver - that’s amazing history.

That is really interesting, thank you! Also appreciate the correction/correct spelling ahaha! 

On 17/08/2024 at 14:55, Petra said:

A great coin with an amazing history. Must be great to hold in your hands🤔👍

It's amazing! Quite indescribable to be honest! No regrets buying it though, I've been looking for ages and finally found one that is exactly what I wanted :D

On 17/08/2024 at 18:49, JohnV66 said:

Mine has what looks like a bite mark but I'm guessing someone 2000 years ago punctured it to check that it's silver all the way through.

That was probably the first time somebody noticed they couldn't live off eating silver!

[SilverRich]

This just came. I feel like someone at NGC is taking the piss. Feels like something outside of a comedy sketch. 😆 

Full size marker pen for scale. 

 

[James32]

1 hour ago, SilverRich said:

This just came. I feel like someone at NGC is taking the piss. Feels like something outside of a comedy sketch. 😆 

Full size marker pen for scale. 

 

Nice coaster dude.