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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1628876, member: 19463"]For most people the top end budget coin of choice is the EID MAR denarius Brutus issued to commemorate his killing Caesar.  They break $100,000 in nice condition and $250,000 in great.   There are several Provincial coins that have a reverse showing Noah and his wife in a box (ark) but the name Noah is on the highest part of the design so one with all three letters clear is a pricey item.  It is probably my coin of choice but will never be.  Harlan Berk has a nice coffee table book entitled 100 Greatest Ancient Coins. He shows a Noah nameless example suggesting $10-15k as a fair price but does not put a number on the nice ones ("many times those prices").  He rates it as #90 but I don't agree with many of his ratings.  EID MAR is #1.  It still is a nice book you should own just for the fact that you can be proud when you get a coin that is in it.  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Ancient-Coins-Harlan-Berk/dp/0794822622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359729637&sr=8-1&keywords=berk+ancient" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Ancient-Coins-Harlan-Berk/dp/0794822622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359729637&sr=8-1&keywords=berk+ancient" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Ancient-Coins-Harlan-Berk/dp/0794822622/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359729637&sr=8-1&keywords=berk+ancient</a>[/QUOTE]