The first is Antoninus Pius provincial. I'll see if I can get more information. The second I have no idea other than it's not ancient
Wow coool thank u so much thet help me I was think this coin it’s normal one like the bronze Roman coin I Surprised by its value
The problem with me iam focusing on Arabic Islamic coin and I have mora than 300 ancient coin like Roman Greek. I bought it long time ago don’t know any information about it thank u all for helping
The value is due in part to coins of the Decapolis being considered "biblical". It's also worth noting that coins sold through CNG bring high prices, often higher than the same would bring elsewhere. The Greek legend on the reverse translates as "of the Philadelphians, those of Coele- Syria". If I'm not mistaken, this is today's Amman in Jordan. With the second coin, the winged lion of St. Mark is the symbol of Venice. I searched the CNG archives for "Venice soldini" and two examples popped right up. Both interesting coins!
It is true that in some auctions the price of the coins is very high, although in fact you get it from other sources at a lower price, for example some Umayyad coins are sold here in Jeddah at a price of 40 dollars and I find them the same coin after a while in some auctions they are sold at prices more than 150 dollars thanks for the information
I was there in 1991. Not at all what I had pictured in my mind. I think that's true about a lot of places I've traveled.
I was in Riyadh on staff with CENTCOM, but because of my duties I got to travel and Jeddah was one of those locations.
