Why? Because I've r-energized my passion for Roman coin collecting, and have made several recent wonderful purchases, and they're starting to arrive in the mail!
I bought a barbarous imitation of a Tetricus II, the reverse of which has a "Spes" legend with sacrifical implements. The Spes reverse legend and sacrifical implements reverse type were both used on official issues of Tetricus II but never on the same coin. I bought a nearly FDC version of a Constantine II AE 3 and a really nice follis of Delmatius. I bought a beautiful Valens GLORIA ROMANORVM with gorgeous black patina (struck on a huge 21 mm flan!). I bought a cool Saloninus "Spes Pvblica" type. And I even bought some uncleaned coins from Noble Roman Coins that, after my rudimentary cleaning efforts, yielded a bronze Julian II, two bronze of Arcadius, a small bronze with a "cross" reverse type (very cool, I think it's a Theodosius II), and a posthumous Constantine I type.
However, my crowning recent achievement has been my acquisition of two bronze coins of Procopius, the unforntunate usurper from 365-366 AD, including one that has the SECVRITAS REIPVB reverse legend!
I'll be posting these soon.
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2 comments:
Very happy to see you back, perfect timing because I am just getting re-invigorated too!
Thanks, Scott! I hope to see some new bosts on your blog soon!
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