Hello friends, here is a handful of high-grade ancient coins and one modern crown. PM me if interested. Prices include tracked shipping within the US. Payment by Paypal (+3.6%), MO, check, or Transferwise. I have 100% positive feedback on eBay over eight years of sales and I offer a lifetime guarantee of authenticity. Peace and blessings, J. ________________________________________________________ 1. SOLD ________________________________________________________ 2. SOLD ________________________________________________________ 3. Prior to the invention of bronze token coinage, Archaic Greek silver was struck in small denominations that made for some truly lilliputian coins. Here is an example from 5th century BC Kyzikos, a tetartemorion, or 1/8 obol. Some of you are familiar with this type in larger denominations – they are readily available as obols and hemiobols, see vcoins here. Smaller sizes are altogether rare (probably because they would have been very easy to lose), and they're typically quite rough. See CNG here for a few examples, but note that for some curious reason, not every coin CNG calls a tetartemorion is actually so – many of those coins are twice as heavy, making them common hemiobols. At any rate, here's a miniature jewel – the finest of these types I've found in the smallest denomination, and one of the most appealing tetartemoria I've ever found of any type. The strike is very well-centered, the surfaces smooth and clean, the circulation wear minimal. $155 shipped MYSIA, Kyzikos. Circa 450-400 BC. AR Tetartemorion, 0.20g, 7.5 mm. Obv.: Forepart of boar left; tunny to right. Rev.: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square. Reference: Von Fritze II 10; SNG France 373. ________________________________________________________ 4. SOLD ________________________________________________________ 5. SOLD ________________________________________________________ 6. Here's a wonderful rarity, an argenteus of Galerius. Diocletian sought to revive silver coinage of high fineness during his monetary reforms, but it didn't stick. Silver was mostly hoarded and melted down during the late Roman Empire. After the antoninianus had become completely debased during the 3rd century, there was just no going back to good silver. So in addition to the fact that the argenteus denominations were not minted in huge numbers, many were also destroyed, making them quite scarce today (and also rather pricey in better grades). On this type, the four tetrarchs are seen in front of a city gate. These coins were struck on lighter flans than the denarii of past days, so they have the thinness and general fabric of later medieval bracteates, although they have the same diameter as denarii in general. Did I say pricey in better grades? Here is a handful at vcoins. $450 shipped Galerius as Caesar, AD 293-305 AR Argenteus, 21mm, 2.7g, 12h; Rome, c. 294. Obv.: MAXIMIANVS CAES; Laureate head right. Rev.: VIRTVS MILITVM; The tetrarches sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets. Reference: RIC 29b. From the Sallent Collection, ex-JAZ Numismatics. ________________________________________________________ 7. SOLD
