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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8069075, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s a handsome bunch of bargains you have there [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>My collection consists only of bargains, so I wouldn&#039;t know where to begin.&nbsp; But here is a recent find - at $26 it is a buck over the thread&#039;s dollar limit, but since it consisted of two coins, I figured it&#039;d count on a per coin basis:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399205[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>Posthumous Issue</b></p><p><b>(died 161 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right / DI[VO] PIO, Column of Antoninus, S-C. </p><p>RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1269; BMCRE 880; Cohen 354.</p><p>(17.46 grams / 30 x 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Judaea, Hasmonian</b> <b>Kingdom</b></p><p><b>John Hyrcanus I&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Prutah</b></p><p><b>(135-104 B.C.)</b></p><p><b>Jerusalem Mint</b></p><p>Paleo-Hebrew within wreath (Yehohanan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews) / Double cornucopia beribboned, pomegranate between.</p><p>Hendin 1133 (456).</p><p>(1.95 grams / 15 x 13 mm)</p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>Hendin 1133 (456); Meshorer TJC B, Meshorer AJC N; HGC 10 626,</p><p>&quot;If you see two nun&#039;s in a row, לל the king named is Yehohanan (John Hyrcanus I 134-104 B.C.)&quot;</p><p>Hendin 1133 (456); &quot;Similar to Hendin 1132 but without a Greek letter A above inscription.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.forumancientcoins.com</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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