I picked these three coins up for under $10 with the thought that I could use them when trading coins, either as a trade or to help sweeten any deals. However, I would also like to point out what you can get for $10 rather than buying cleaning lots and ending up with a lot of slugs. 1. ANTONIUS PIUS AE20 OBV: AYTOC ANTWNEUNOC CEBACTOC, laureate, draped bust right REV: KAICAREW N T P ARGAI, Mt. Argaeus culminating in tall pyramidal top (baetyl?), ET Q in ex. Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 145-146AD 7.4g, 20mm Syd 310 var 2. MAXIMINUS II DAIA AE Follis OBV: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS PF AVG, laureate head right REV: GENIO EX-ERCITVS, Genius standing left by altar, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder (falls low), holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae. Crescent in upper left field, epsilon over delta in right field. ANT in ex. Struck at Antioch, 310-311AD 6.2g, 23mm RIC VI 147c 3. CONSTANTINOPOLIS COMMEMMORATIVE AE 3 OBV: CONSTAN-TINOPLI, Helmeted & laureate Constantinopolis bust left REV: Victory standing left on prow of a galley, holding transverse across her body spear & shield, dot CONSZ dot in ex. Struck at Constantinople, 333-335 AD 2.1g, 18mm RIC VII 86
That's pretty darn good for ten apiece. Sometimes you just need a snack. I've got two official collections I'm working on, and good pieces for them are pricey, so I have to save up. Of course, that gets boring, so I end up snagging a coin here and there out of the bargain bin.
Bottom feeder.......very nice jw... i'm going to post a coin soon, i thought was a super bottom feeder price, man i was wrong..
Bing => super cool coins (hey, they're all cool, right? => coins rock!!) ... yah, and maybe I'm a bit of a spoilt brat, but I am a firm believer in buying coins that I want to keep, rather than being a dude that buys a bunch o' bartering-coins!!
Spoilt brat!! JA: I was just hunting on the bay. No one paid any attention to these coins. They all came from a single seller, but it's not a seller I've purchased from in the past. It was the AP coin that caught my attention. I have a AR Didrachm with a similar reverse: OBV: ANTWNEI-NOC CEBACTOC, laureate head right REV: YPAT B PAT PATR, Helios, holding globe and sceptre, standing atop Mt. Argaeus; * in exergue Struck at Caesaria, Cappadocia, 139AD 6.2g, 21mm Syd 301c
If you are talking about the Constantinople City Commemorative with the Victory reverse, I will be glad to give it to you free of charge. Send me a PM with your address if you want it.
