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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3933017, member: 99456"]It is certainly true that you are unlikely to find an interesting ancient coin, in good condition, in change from your local supermarket and vcoins has 10X the number of <b>World Coin</b>s <$5 as it does <b>Ancient</b>....on the other hand, maybe a silly "ancient v. modern" comparison: <a href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/magnificent-syracuse-decadrachm-tops-heritage-world-ancient-coin-platinum-night-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/magnificent-syracuse-decadrachm-tops-heritage-world-ancient-coin-platinum-night-auction/" rel="nofollow">this nice ancient decadrachm</a> is 1/10th the price of <a href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/988/1913-liberty-head-v-nickel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cointrackers.com/coins/988/1913-liberty-head-v-nickel/" rel="nofollow">this nice modern 1913 Liberty Head V Nickle</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, there are some interesting ancients that are very affordable - here are two favorites from this year both <$10 :</p><p><br /></p><p>The first I posted recently as "<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540">A small AE from Arados</a>"(<$10)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036499[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Phoenicia, Arados</b> 142 - 146 BC</p><p>AE 12x10mm 1.15g, Hemichalkous</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind.</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters in left field, Aradian era date right</p><p><br /></p><p>and the second <$5 </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1036498[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Anonymous, Umayyad (=Mu'Awiya?) Caliphate AD 660-680 </b>(date listed in C. Foss)</p><p><b>Obv</b>: KA/Λ/ON (good or passes) in left field, "bi-Hims" (Emesa in Arabic) in right field <b>with star below</b>, facing bust, beardless, wearing cuirass and paludamentum (military cape), with cross on diadem, holding globus cruciger in right hand</p><p><b>Rev</b>: Large m, E/M/I in left field, o*o above, C/H/C in right field, "tayyib" (Arabic for "good") in exergue</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Hims (Emesa)</p><p><b>Size</b>: 20.5mm, 3.90g, die axis 6 (ref: C.Foss catalog #65 which is 21mm and 3.93g)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3933017, member: 99456"]It is certainly true that you are unlikely to find an interesting ancient coin, in good condition, in change from your local supermarket and vcoins has 10X the number of [B]World Coin[/B]s <$5 as it does [B]Ancient[/B]....on the other hand, maybe a silly "ancient v. modern" comparison: [URL='https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/magnificent-syracuse-decadrachm-tops-heritage-world-ancient-coin-platinum-night-auction/']this nice ancient decadrachm[/URL] is 1/10th the price of [URL='http://cointrackers.com/coins/988/1913-liberty-head-v-nickel/']this nice modern 1913 Liberty Head V Nickle[/URL]. That said, there are some interesting ancients that are very affordable - here are two favorites from this year both <$10 : The first I posted recently as "[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-small-ae-from-arados.350167/#post-3875540']A small AE from Arados[/URL]"(<$10) [ATTACH=full]1036499[/ATTACH] [B]Phoenicia, Arados[/B] 142 - 146 BC AE 12x10mm 1.15g, Hemichalkous [B]Obv:[/B] Turreted head of Tyche right, chignon & braided ponytail, palm frond behind. [B]Rev: [/B]Aphlaston (Aplustre), Phoenician letters in left field, Aradian era date right and the second <$5 [ATTACH=full]1036498[/ATTACH] [B]Anonymous, Umayyad (=Mu'Awiya?) Caliphate AD 660-680 [/B](date listed in C. Foss) [B]Obv[/B]: KA/Λ/ON (good or passes) in left field, "bi-Hims" (Emesa in Arabic) in right field [B]with star below[/B], facing bust, beardless, wearing cuirass and paludamentum (military cape), with cross on diadem, holding globus cruciger in right hand [B]Rev[/B]: Large m, E/M/I in left field, o*o above, C/H/C in right field, "tayyib" (Arabic for "good") in exergue [B]Mint[/B]: Hims (Emesa) [B]Size[/B]: 20.5mm, 3.90g, die axis 6 (ref: C.Foss catalog #65 which is 21mm and 3.93g)[/QUOTE]
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