Just last week at the Baltimore coin show, I picked up these two for exactly $25 each: silver drachm of Sasanian Persia, Khusro II (590-628 AD) and bronze dekanummi of the Byzantine Justin II with Sophia (565-578 AD):
That's a handsome bunch of bargains you have there @Orielensis My collection consists only of bargains, so I wouldn't know where to begin. But here is a recent find - at $26 it is a buck over the thread's dollar limit, but since it consisted of two coins, I figured it'd count on a per coin basis: Antoninus Pius Æ Sestertius Posthumous Issue (died 161 A.D.) Rome Mint DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right / DI[VO] PIO, Column of Antoninus, S-C. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1269; BMCRE 880; Cohen 354. (17.46 grams / 30 x 28 mm) Judaea, Hasmonian Kingdom John Hyrcanus I Æ Prutah (135-104 B.C.) Jerusalem Mint Paleo-Hebrew within wreath (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) / Double cornucopia beribboned, pomegranate between. Hendin 1133 (456). (1.95 grams / 15 x 13 mm) Attribution Note: Hendin 1133 (456); Meshorer TJC B, Meshorer AJC N; HGC 10 626, "If you see two nun's in a row, לל the king named is Yehohanan (John Hyrcanus I 134-104 B.C.)" Hendin 1133 (456); "Similar to Hendin 1132 but without a Greek letter A above inscription. www.forumancientcoins.com
Lot of good bargains in this thread! The Antoninus Pius Sestertius is awesome. Won this Claudius at AMCC3 for CAD 13 = $10.16 + fees. It was in a in a lot of five Roman for CAD 65 (each for CAD 13); Æ As, Rome, 42 – 50 AD 9.15 g RIC I (2nd edition) Claudius 111 (50 – 54 AD), Cohen 14; Sear 1858; Ob.: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P head of Claudius, bare, to left Rv.: CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI Constantia, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding spear in left hand and raising right; S C across field
great thread @Orielensis. I look at auctions a lot (I am retired and fill a good bit of time this way). When I get ansy, I bid on low priced, neat coins. I have a few less than $25 and a few more if you do the math right. This piece of Hacksilver was one of several in an auction. It hammered for $3. The others sold for more. I bought ram / scale coin for a few hundred dollars for a friend. This one hammered for 25E. I picked up two Byzantine bronze coins for about $10 each. This year I picked up my first 4 ounce scale weight for $10!