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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 5187105, member: 83175&quot;]I added a few group lots to Tantalus this year where the cost per coin was less than $25:</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of 5 provincial coins from Hadrianopolis and Anchialus - from Naville - average cost per coin (including buyer&#039;s fee) = £14.81.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are nice coins, not worn slugs - I won&#039;t bore everyone with them all, but here&#039;s one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gordian III (Augustus)</p><p>Region, City: Thrace, Anchialus</p><p>Coin: Bronze Tetrassarion</p><p>Obv. AVT K M ANT GORDIANOS AVG SEB / TRANKVΛ / ΛΙΝΑ - Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian and draped bust of Tranquillina, wearing stephane, facing one another</p><p>Rev. OVΛΠIANΩΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ - Hygiea standing right, feeding serpent held in arms</p><p>Mint: (241-244 AD)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 11.37g / - / -</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>Varbanov 711</li> <li>AMNG III 666</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_GordAnchialusObv_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_GordAnchialusRev_.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of halved coins from the AP auction - I actually only bought one of these, but Jon threw in a second for free.&nbsp;&nbsp; So the cost is either $15 or $7.50 each - I&#039;ll just include one of them - the other is also from Emerita with a bull reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus Bronze As (halved)</p><p>Obv. CAESAR AVG TRIB POTEST - Bare head left</p><p>Rev. P CARISIVS LEG [AVGVSTI] - Legend in three lines</p><p>Mint: Emerita (ca. 25-23 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 5.90g / 28mm / 9h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RIC 15b (Augustus)</li> </ul><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Augustus_RIC15b_O.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Augustus_RIC15b_R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of 7 Domitian middle bronzes from CGB.&nbsp;&nbsp; These came to €17.86 each (€125 for 7).&nbsp;&nbsp; I actually bought these as far back as 2013, but only photographed them during the lockdown.</p><p><br /></p><p>This example is maybe the worst of the bunch, as it seems to have been a victim of a damnatio memoriae effort, but I like the way the reverse detail has survived to some extent, given that there&#039;s very little relief left on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Domitian Dupondius</p><p>Obv. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P VIII DENS PERP P P - Radiate head right</p><p>Rev. COS XIIII LVD SAEC FEC - Domitian standing left, sacrificing over altar; to left, River god reclining right, lyre player and flute player standing right; in background, double temple showing nine columns</p><p>Exergue: <img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/symbols/imperial/symbol18.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/symbols/imperial/symbol3.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Mint: Rome (88 AD)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 10.52g / 28mm / 6h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RIC 621</li> <li>BMC 432-433</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Domitian_RIC621_R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Domitian_RIC621_O.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of Syracuse bronzes from Naville.&nbsp;&nbsp; £16.05 each including fees.&nbsp;&nbsp; While no self-respecting collector would admit to owning some of the budget coins I have, these are from the Clain-Stefanelli collection.&nbsp;&nbsp; One is below, the other is larger and has Zeus and a thunderbolt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. Female head left, wearing sphendone; poppy head to right</p><p>Rev. ΙΕΡ - ΩΝΟΣ - Pegasos flying left</p><p>Mint: Syracuse (ca. 269/265 - 240 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 3.02g / 15mm / 0h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>HGC 2, 1151</li> <li>Calciati 202</li> <li>SNG Morcom 815 var</li> </ul><p>Provenances:</p><ul> <li>Ex. E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</li> </ul><p>Apologies for the lighting here...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_HGC2_1551_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_HGC2_1551_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The last lot I&#039;ll bore you with is also from 2013, but again only got photographed this year.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was a lot of 4 denarii from Tintinna - the cost per coin including fees wa €9.63.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re not great, but identifiable <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Moneyer: L.Antestius Gragulus</p><p>Obv. GRAG / * - Helmeted head of Roma right</p><p>Rev. L. ANTES - Jupiter in quadriga right, holding sceptre and reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right</p><p>Exergue: ROMA</p><p>Mint: Rome (136 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 3.61g / 19mm / 6h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RSC 9 (Antestia)</li> <li>Sydenham 451</li> <li>Crawford 238/1</li> </ul><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr238_1_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr238_1_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I got quite a few others for not much more than the $25 during the year - a half-decent Kaulonia stater for £31 from Roma and very nice Diocletian and Numerian antoninianii for not much more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bargain hunters of the world, unite and take over <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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