The 2024 New York International Numismatic Convention had a wide variety of interesting items. I tell my wife that attending this show is a bit like visiting a zoo. I can feed the elephants, but can not bring them home. This year was a bit different. A few elephants came home with me.
I collect Italian Cast Bronze money, Roman scale weights and Roman Republican coins. I found at least one of each, plus a few more.
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I was impressed with these Greco-Baktrian Kingdom Tetradrachms with an elephant headress at the first table I visited. They did not come home, but I did get a close look at them.
A Christ portrait gold coin is on my wish list. One auction had several of these.
Other auctions had several large cast bronze asses. I have a couple of these and did not bid on this one. It hammered for about twice what I paid for both of mine.
CNG’s Triton XXVII had several interesting coins. Two cast bronze coins caught my eye. I bid on both, was the under-bidder on one and not close on the other. I did hold both. I met the winners of both coins. Top coin - Minerva Bull TV43
Bottom coin - Apollo Apollo TV8
I had to settle for the one uncia size fragment of this coin I have had for several years.
This coin hammered while I was flying. I bid on on my phone and was the under bidder.
Roman Republican Anonymous Æ Aes Grave As Circa 270 BC.
Libral standard. Rome mint.
Obv - Diademed head of Apollo right | (mark of value) above; all on raised disk
Rev - Diademed head of Apollo left; | (mark of value) above; all on raised disk.
Crawford 18/1; TV8; ICC 33; HN Italy 279; RBW 20.
Green patina, light roughness, minor deposits, edge casting flaw. VF. Impressive cast in high relief. Rare. (67 x 25 mm, 319.00 g, 12h). I was the underbidder in Triton, but found an excellent example in the bourse!
AS Grave AE Teruncius, TV276
APULIA, Luceria, 269-225 BC Libral series
Obv - Star of eight rays on raised disk.
Rev - Dolphin right; above, three pellets (mark of value); below, L; all on raised disk.
86.38 grams; 41 mm dia x 12 mm thick; 288 equivalent As
- The struck bronze is a quadrans = 3/12ths of an As. It was struck on a semuncial standard, or one As at 1/24th of a Roman pound. Struck Quadrans RR, Struck Quadrans Hercules / Bull, 3.24 grams from 210 BC (3 dots to indicate value).
- The cast bronze coin is a Tercucus - 3/10ths of the weight / money system in Luceria. It was cast on a Libral standard. Cast Tercucus, 86.38 grams from 260 BC (3 dots to indicate value).
- The scale weight is close to 3/12ths of a Roman pound = 81.85 g. 3 Uncia Scale Weight, 82.41 g after 4th century AD (Γ Γ to indicate value).
Constantine X Ducas, Constantinople, 1059 - 1067 AD; AU histamenon, 4.42 grams, 26 mm
Obv - +IhS IXS REX REGNANTIhm; Christ nimbate, seated facing on straight-backed throne, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in left
Rev - +KωN RAC Λ' OΔVKAC; Constantine X standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum with his right hand and globus cruciger in his left.
Ref - DOC 1a; Sear 1847
Good extremely fine. I call the coin a full nose coin.
One Sol coin and four 1 Sol / 1 Nomisma weights
I like to show how to check the weight of a coin with a Roman coin weight. The pic above shows an IB weight = half a solidus and a billion coin of the same weight.
BAKTRIA, Greco-Baktrian Kingdom. Demetrios I Aniketos. Circa 200-185 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 17.00 g, 12h). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing elephant skin headdress / Herakles standing facing, crowning himself, holding club and lion skin; monogram to inner left Greek legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ (BASILEOS DEMETRIOU) "Of King Demetrius".
I like the coins of Milan because of their coat of arms. It has a dragon / snake eating a man. When I show coins to YNs they seem to like this reverse. I have a pre WWII patch with the same logo.
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