Saor - Where are you getting the date for the 1/12 stater? Everything I've read puts it in the late 6th century, c. 525 BC.
Reference for the cash coins: Hartil 25.54. (Not the best, but its good to have one)
[IMG][IMG] Silver medallion of Hadrian, by the Alphaeus master. 135-137 AD. Sold for $109,250
Roman lead tesserae. The prices have a dramatic range. I've paid as little as $2 and as much as $150.
For ancients - Vermeule, Cornelius C. 1954 Some Notes on Ancient Dies and Coining Methods. Spink & Son, London.
Your English is excellent! Welcome to the Forum, too!
Standard Catalog of World Coins, by Krause + Micheler. Available at any coin shop.
Chinese don't even KNOW what these are. There's 8 plain types, one inscribed type, and a few later types with real designs. I'm considering...
You can get them for under $2000. Heck, there's a number of OLDER hemihektes in a CNG online auction now. They're estimated at only $200 each....
Until I can see the ancients, I can't be certain. But I'm sure they can't be worth more than $3 each.
I have no clue. I found it in the local supermarket.
How much were the Romans?
I'll keep trying. With the right seller, this coin could reach $500: [IMG] Postumus AE double sestertius Cologne ?, 259-268 AD IMP C M CASS LAT...
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*with US coins. (Just keepin' it clear!)
It may. Do the "cracks" appear to pass through the center of the coin? If yes, seal. If not, 8 marevidas.
Dang, you're right. Wasn't it originally "Bullion and Investing"?
Absolutely. That's why there's a special section for it.
Many forum members own coins which have only one or two specimens known. And some have coins that are rather expensive. As recent threads have...
Even as a charm, it would closely imitate the coin type.
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