Selling (ancient) coin collecting

Well if we're making suggestions, I'm going to throw out dancing girls - just an idea.

Edit: oh, wait, they had that, never mind.

 

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Nice find! The makers of these coins were paid for quantity as opposed to quality, so finding an example as nice as yours is tough. Here's one I have at the moment - they're actually pretty nice coins if you can get the details...



Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC
AE lepton - Widow’s Mite, 2.7g, 16mm; Jerusalem mint.
Obv.: Hebrew script between Star rays (YHNTN HMLK) = “Yehonatan the king," surrounded by royal diadem.
Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ (of King Alexander in Greek), anchor upside-down as if hanging on the side of a boat.
Reference: Meshorer Group K; Hendin 1150.

 

That is very nice! Only one place for attributions for these coins and that is:

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=widows mite

 

Now I got to post mine

Ancient Greece, Judaea: Alexander Jannaeus (103-76 BCE) Æ Prutah (Hendin-1150)

Obv: Paleo-Hebrew inscription (Yehonatan the King) among the rays of an eight-pointed star, all within a diadem
Rev: Greek inscription BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞAN∆POY (of King Alexander) around an inverted anchor

One of these days, I'll post the Phoenician transcription for ease of readability, but for now an image will do

 

Hendin's book is, by most reports, very good and not just for "cataloging" the coins. I'll buy it one of these days

Your prutah is a fantastic specimen!!

 

=> well, if we're whipping 'em out, then I'm tossin' my junk into the thread ...

Judaea Alexander Jannaeus, AE Prutah
Date: 103-76 BC
Diameter: 13.0 mm
Weight: 1.1 gr
Anchor & Star of eight rays


... is it a Lepton? ... is it a Prutah? ... is this actually a widow's mite?

=> Yah, there have been several threads where I've updated my notes regarding this coin .... I'm not 100% sure what this baby is, but I love this cool coin!!



Oh, and sorry => wow rrdenarius, this is an awesome thread and hats-off to you for posting a few photos of you and your homies!! (absolutely coin-awesome!!)

Cheers