I normally don't post these type of buys, but I randomly buy ancients & moderns that don't cost much & tuck them away. This is one those. Was $18 shipped. Never had a huge interest in these, but for the cost, why not have an example. What looks like a pit on the obverse & 6 o clock, it is not at all, just deep engraving. Post your little snacks, say under $25. Apollodotus II (80 - 65 B.C.) AR Drachm Bactrian Kingdom O: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΣΩTPOΣ KAI ΦIΛOΠATPOΣ AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY; diademed and draped bust right. R:Rev: "Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa" in Karosthi; Athena Alkidemos advancing left, holding thunderbolt and aegis; monogram to right. 2.21g 17mm Bopearachchi Série 2D; SNG ANS 1544ff.
yeah, these are cool. i got my from our own JA. i was impress by how high the relief is on the obverse. Apollodotos II, 80 - 65 BC, AR drachm O: BAΣIΛIΩΣΣ MEΓO ΣPO AI ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ AΠOΛΛOΔOTOY, Apollodotus left; R: Maharajasa tratarasa Apaladatasa in Karosthi; Athena Alkidemos advancing left, thunderbolt in right hand, aegis draped over extended left arm; monograms to lower left and right. Western Punjab mint. 16mm, 2.2g SNG ANS 1573
I have way too many "snacks" in my collection, but here is one I was able to buy shipped for $16 DIADUMENIAN Assarion OBVERSE: M OPPLLIOC ANTWNEINO/C Bare headed and draped bust right – seen from behind REVERSE: MARKIANO-POLEITWN Aesklepios staff, with serpent entwining Struck at Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior, 218 AD 3.07, 17mm Varbanov 1354
Actually just received the cheapest coin I have ever purchased, I wanted a comparison that had good detail of a later Altar Consecratio coin compared to the earlier 1st century type. So they got smaller and weren't as careful in their rendering of the altar, a few lines not as symmetrical and heaps of different varieties, but for $17 inc delivery very happy. Divus Claudius 11 Gothicus struck under Quintillus or Aurelian Rome circa 270 AD, 19mm, 2.69 gm, Ae Antoninianus. Ex our friend Ken Dorney.
Our own @Brian Bucklan gave a slammin' deal on these two; each under $25USD. Oh, yeah, and it was @Mat who pointed him to me... RI Faustina Sr 138-140 CE AR Denarius m Antoninus Pius 17.4mm 3.2g RI Faustina Jr 161-175 CE Ar Denarius m Marcus Aurelius 17.1mm 3g Probly the first two Empresses that I absconded...
In 2015 I bought a lot of about 130 uncleaned coins from my LCS for $20. I still need to clean most of them, and attribute the ones I have cleaned, but was able to,pick these two,out right away: Imperial Rome Probus, r. 276-282 A.D. Cyzicus mint, AE Antoninianus, 22.76mm x 4.0 grams Obv.: IMP CM AVR PROBVS PF AVG, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev.: CONCORDIA MILITVM, Victory standing right, holding palm and presenting wreath to Emperor, standing left, holding spear. P in lower center. Mintmark MCXXI in ex Imperial Rome Maximianus, r. 286-310 A.D. (291 A.D.) Rome Mint, Billon Antoninianus, 21.35mm x 3.1 grams Obv.: IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev.: HERCVLI PACIFERO, Hercules standing left holding branch and club, lion skin over arm, XXIε in ex. This one from the same bunch I just figured out over the weekend: Byzantine Empire Leo VI, r. 886-912; AE Follis, 25.92 mm x 6.1 grams Obv.: LEON bASILEVS ROM. Crowned bust facing with short beard, wearing chlamys, holding akakia Rev.: LEON/ EN QEO BA/ SILEVS R/ OMEON. legend in four lines
I don't think I've purchased a coin for less than $25. I guess the "cull" coins from one of the bulk lots would qualify. I need to find a "Snack Bar."
Nice score, Mat. The occasional indiscriminate snacking makes life interesting . This one was $18 too. THESSALY, the Magnetes AE Tetrachalkon. 7.13g, 20.3mm, THESSALY, Magnetes, circa mid 2nd - mid 1st centuries BC. Rogers 339; BCD Thessaly II 420.4. O: Laureate head of Zeus right. R: MAΓNHTΩ–N, the centaur Chiron advancing right, raising right arm, holding palm frond over shoulder in left; star below. Assorted other under $25 snacks... KINGS OF AXUM, Anonymous AE16. 1.25g, 15.5mm. Kings of Axum, Anonymous, circa AD 400-500. Munro-Hay Type 76. O: BAX + ACA, crowned bust right, holding cruciform sceptre. R: +TOV TO APECH TH XWPA (May This [the cross] Please the Country), Greek cross in circle; gilt center. MAXENTIUS AE Follis. 6.27g, 27.4mm. Rome mint, AD 308-310. RIC VI Rome 208 var. O: IMP C MAXENTIVS PF AVG, laureate head right. R: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre; shield at base of sceptre; in temple pediment from left to right, a river-god, Jupiter, Hercules, and Sol; tall standing figures as acroteria; RBP in exergue. PISIDIA, Etenna AE19. 3.32g, 19.3mm. SNG Cop 146. O: Naked nymph standing to front, legs crossed, entwined by serpent; at her feet to left, a vase. R: E-T, sickle-shaped knife.
Under $25!! .... I spent more than that on today's lunch!! Congrats on your thrifty OP-score, Mat Hmmm, I don't have too many examples that are under $25 ... here are my few: ... hmmm, I actually have a couple of winners in there, eh? (maybe I'm not as bad a bargain-shopper as I thought?)
Another snack, from Ken Dorney. Rough but I am fine with it. Hadrian, (117 - 138 A.D.) BI Tetradrachm Egypt, Alexandria O: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ Α∆ΡΙΑ CΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis, from behind. R:L ∆Ε KATOV (year 10), Canopus jar of Osiris, ornamented with figures, wearing crown of horns, uraei disk, and plumes. Alexandria Mint 10.34g 23mm Dattari 1326; Milne 1154; BMC Alexandria p. 75, 630; Emmett 827
