In praise of old well used coins.

ajaan

After all coins are made for commerce. And these coins have seen a lot of commerce.



Antoninus Pius







Commodus







Diva Faustina Senior







Faustina Junior

lordmarcovan

Where'd you get these, Don?



Fun. Been a while since I've seen you with Romans. I was expecting a VG QE2 crown or VF Churchill.



Though I knew it was Faustina, I'm struck by the resemblance of her portrait on that last coin to some on coins of Cleopatra VII, "the" famous Cleopatra.



(Edited because autocorrect changed "Don" to "Don't". What's it trying to suggest? LOL)

RTScott1978

Will this be a new area of collecting? Ancient lowballs?

STLNATS

After all coins are made for commerce. And these coins have seen a lot of commerce.





+1



They probably circulated for decades, and yet all are still identifiable to emperor, reverse type and rough date.

WillieBoyd2

I have had this worn Alexander Tet for a long time:


Alexander the Great Tetradrachm Lifetime issue (Worn)

Obverse: Bust of Alexander as Herakles wearing lion-skin headdress
Reverse: Zeus seated left holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left hand
A?E?AN?POY (Alexander)
Silver, 24mm, 16.23gm
Struck: BC 336-323

One wonders whose hands it has passed through during it's circulating life.