What Your Budget Buys - Index Thread

This thread is an Index for a series of posts where I invited members to show coins from their collections that they had purchased in various price brackets. Many thanks to all of them for their contributions! I hope the series will be useful, especially to those newer to collecting ancients, as a loose guide showing what other collectors have purchased in the past few years within a variety of budget ranges.

The links below are for the 10 threads covering coins that cost anywhere from $1 - $600:

1. Bargain Bin Edition ($20 and below)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-bargain-bin-edition.302206/

2. $30 Edition ($21 - $40)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-30-edition.302412/

3. $50 Edition ($41 - $64)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-50-edition.302556/

4. $75 Edition ($65 - $85)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-75-edition.302035/

5. $100 Edition ($85 - $125)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-100-edition.302708/

6. $150 Edition ($125 - $175)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-150-edition.302917/

7. $200 Edition ($175 - $250)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-200-edition.303042/

8. $300 Edition ($250 - $350)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-300-edition.303233/

9. $400 Edition ($350 - $450)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-400-edition.303383/

10. $500 Edition ($450 - $600)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-500-edition.303574/

Please do feel free to use, reference, or add to any of those threads. I'm aware that there are some ongoing threads by other members for coins costing beyond what's covered above, but I wanted to get this Index for the previous price brackets out first. I'm not sure how high up the price ladder the current threads will go, but when they're done, I'd be more than happy if anyone wants to add links to those threads to this post .

And to make this post a little interesting, I'll be showing below a sample set of 3 coins from each price bracket that I've selected somewhat randomly from among what members had shown in the respective threads. They're just meant to be a representative taster for the rest of the coins shown in the linked threads. Thanks again to all for sharing!

 

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BARGAIN BIN EDITION ($20 and below)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-bargain-bin-edition.302206/

Roman Imperial. AGRIPPA. AE As.


Roman Imperial. CLAUDIUS GOTHICUS. AE Antoninianus.


Greek. IONIA, Teos. AR Tetartemorion.

 

$30 EDITION ($21 - $40)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-30-edition.302412/

Roman Imperial. VESPASIAN. AR Denarius.


Roman Imperial. CONSTANTINE II. AE3.


Roman Imperial. GORDIAN III. AR Antoninianus.

 

$50 EDITION ($41 - $64)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-50-edition.302556/

Roman Imperial. ANTONINUS PIUS. AE Sestertius.


Roman Imperial. HADRIAN. AR Denarius.


Greek. ILLYRIA, Dyrrhachion. AR Drachm.

 

$75 EDITION ($65 - $85)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-75-edition.302035/

Roman Imperial. ELAGABALUS. AR Denarius.


Roman Imperial. JULIA DOMNA. AR Denarius.


Roman Imperial. PLAUTILLA. AR Denarius.

 

$100 EDITION ($85 - $125)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-100-edition.302708/

Roman Republican. M.F. TURRINUS. AR Denarius


Roman Provincial. CLAUDIUS, Uncertain Caesarea. AE20.


Indian. GANDAHARA. AR Bent Bar.

 

$150 EDITION ($125 - $175)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-150-edition.302917/

Medieval, England. JOHN I. AR Short Cross Penny.


Ostrogothic Kingdom. ATHALARIC. AE Decanummium.


Roman Republican. ANONYMOUS. AR Victoriatus.

 

$200 EDITION ($175 - $250)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-200-edition.303042/

Roman Provincial. VALERIAN, CILICIA, Mopsus. AE31.


Greek. MOESIA, Istros. AR Drachm.


Roman Imperial. GERMANICUS. AE Sestertius.

 

$300 EDITION ($250 - $350)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-300-edition.303233/

Roman Provincial. PHILIP I. SYRIA, Antioch. AR Tetradrachm.


Greek. ATTICA, Aegina. AR Stater.


Roman Republican. A. PLAUTIUS. AR Denarius.

 

$400 EDITION ($350 - $450)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-400-edition.303383/

Greek. KINGDOM OF THRACE, Lysimachos. AR Tetradrachm.


Byzantine/Romaion. MAURICE. AV Solidus.


Roman Imperial. NERO. AE Sestertius.

 

$500 EDITION ($450 - $600)
The coins below and many more in the following link:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-500-edition.303574/

Greek. SELEUKID KINGDOM. Antiochos VIII. AR Tetradrachm.


Greek. SIKYONIA, Sikyon. AR Stater.


Roman Imperatorial. MARK ANTONY. AR Denarius.

 

Here are a small sample of my collection in these price brackets:

1. Bargain Bin Edition ($20 and below)


Tetricus II - $15

2. $30 Edition ($21 - $40)


Gordian III - $35

3. $50 Edition ($41 - $64)


Trajan Decius - $50

4. $75 Edition ($65 - $85)


Vologases III - $70

5. $100 Edition ($85 - $125)


Appolonia, Black Sea -$85

6. $150 Edition ($125 - $175)


Trajan Melquart Tet -$125

7. $200 Edition ($175 - $250)


Istros drachm - $200

8. $300 Edition ($250 - $350)


Valens - $250

9. $400 Edition ($350 - $450)


Alexamder III (minted by Seleukos I) $400

10. $500 Edition ($450 - $600)


Athens Tet - $475 or $500 (cant recall for sure)

 

Very nice, thanks Z! That was a fun series of threads!

 

Thanks for the index @zumbly and the time you put into making the individual price brackets. I enjoyed them all and learned quite a bit about ancient coin values. Hopefully you won't mind if @dougsmit and @IdesOfMarch01 add their links here too that way I can reference this index to find them all.

 

You're welcome! And yes, I wouldn't at all mind the addition of the links to those threads when they're done... some great examples are being posted in those price brackets!

 

Wow, @zumbly ! Great job creating and shepherding these cool threads. That was a lot of good work. Thanks for the effort!

 

Great work! Thanks @zumbly.

 

Links to higher threads:
$600-$1000
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-600-1000-edition.303951/page-2#post-2872105

$1000-1500
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-1000-1500-edition.303956/page-2#post-2872124

For the record, all prices in all of these threads are very much a matter of opinion and a matter of where and when a coin was purchased. In most threads there are coins I believe were bargains and coins that I believe were worth much less than the price paid. It is easy to pay more than a 'proper' amount but we do that sometimes because we want the coin and have no better use for the money. The billionaires among us don't care in the same was as those with no reason to be spending money on a hobby rather than paying the utility bills. These threads have been fun but they can not be taken as absolute rules for spending. We all will do what we will do. Some of us will buy one $10,000 aureus while others will buy 100 $100 coins to spend that same $10,000. There is no right or wrong way to waste money on coins. When we compare to what happened to people (including some of our CT friends) due to weather, it makes no difference. I pray no one we knew was in Las Vegas.

 

My thoughts and prayers for all involved...
Namaste

 

Quick question, as I have a tendency to bid in odd cents, and also wonder to you all factor in the shipping and handling costs when you say how much it costs...


Say I get an ebay coin at 47.12, and s/h is not free but costs 6.40... If I show that coin here, do I say I paid 47.00 for it (rounding down) or do I include the s/h and say I paid 54.00 for it? Probably makes no big issue keeping track at home, for myself, but some of those s/h costs add up.