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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2288545, member: 74282&quot;]$81-$100 range:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458594[/ATTACH] </p><p>$84 + shipping: A scarcer Republican type from a time when sextantes were only minted in very small numbers. The provenance can&#039;t be beat, this coin has been part of some of the greatest Republican bronze collections of recent memory: Ex. McCabe, Ex. RBW, Ex. Goodman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic Æ Sextans(6.5g, 19mm). Anonymous(Marcus Durmius?), 189-180 BC. Rome mint. Head of Mercury right wearing winged Petasos, •• above / Prow of galley right; bull standing right and MD above, •• before, ROMA below. Crawford 142/5, Sydenham 299d. Ex. Andrew McCabe, Ex. RBW, Ex. Goodman(CNG 45, lot 1333)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>$61-$80 range(two coins here because I couldn&#039;t make up my mind):</p><p><img src="http://gallery.jordanmontgomery.us/upload/2015/08/03/20150803224839-a11bab50.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>$80 + shipping: A nice, big Ptolemaic drachm from Alexandria series V. This has to be one of the most impressive coins I have and it&#039;s one of the first I show to friends and family. Even though I&#039;ve sold or am in the process of selling many of my Greek coins, this is one of the ones I plan to keep.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemaic Kingdom. Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 BC. Æ Drachm (39mm, 65g). Alexandria mint. Series 5. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right / ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; to left, filleted cornucopia; Σ control mark between legs. Svoronos 992; Weiser 61 (Ptolemy III); SNG Copenhagen 205-6; Noeske 147-9. Svoronos attributes to Ptolemy III</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]458597[/ATTACH] </p><p>$67 shipped from Israel. Anyone who collects Judaean coins can tell you how rare it is to find a prutah this nice. So often they are ugly, struck way off center with worn dies and the paleo-Hebrew has only a few characters legible. I knew this one was special as soon as I saw it. Very sharp legends and a nice cornucopia. Worth every penny as far as I&#039;m concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hasmoneian Kingdom of Judaea, John Hyrcanus I AE Prutah. 135-104 BC. Obverse: &#039;A&#039; monogram, YHO(HH)NN(&quot;Yehochanan&quot;) H(&quot;the&quot;) KHN(&quot;Priest&quot;) H(&quot;the&quot;) GDL(&quot;high&quot;) W(&quot;and&quot;) (HH)BR(&quot;Council&quot;) H(&quot;the&quot;) YHWDYM(&quot;Jews&quot;) Paleo-hebrew within wreath. Reverse: Double cornucopia adorned with ribbons, pomegranate between horns, border of dots. Jerusalem mint. Hendin 1131. Meshorer TJC A</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>$41-$60 range:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458578[/ATTACH] </p><p>£40(~$60) + shipping: A nice example of the very scarce Crawford 191/3 &quot;VAL&quot; series triens. Rough surfaces, but all of the devices are there and clear which is one of the big things that I value in Republican bronzes, especially scarce types like this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic Æ Triens(21mm, 7.29g), Valerius moneyer, 169-158 BC. Helmeted head of Minerva right; above, four pellets / Prow right with peaked deck structure; VAL monogram above; four pellets before; ROMA below. Crawford 191/3. Sydenham 356b. Babelon Valeria 3</p><p><br /></p><p>$21-$40 range:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]458575[/ATTACH]This was part of a group lot of 2x Svoronos 840 and 1 Svoronos 839(same devices, slightly larger) that I won on CNG for $60 + buyer&#039;s fee + shipping. Worked out to $26.30 shipped per coin. I sold the other 840 to a new collector who was wanting to buy a Ptolemaic as his first coin and the 839 to our own John Anthony and kept this tiny one for myself. It compliments the drachm nicely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy III, Euergetes, 246-222 BC AE Chalkous(12.0mm, 2.0g). Kaunos mint. Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right/ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, trident left. Ex. J. P. Righetti Collection #43. Svoronos 840(attributed to Berytos mint)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>$20 or less range:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458334[/ATTACH]</p><p>Actually this was only $.99 + shipping from a dealer and mentor of mine. He had a bunch of coins ending around the same time on eBay and I think most people(myself included) were focused on a really fantastic Caligula denarius that was ending a few seconds before this one, but it went way, way higher than I could afford so I had to back off. I ended up bidding $5 or something on this one and was the only bidder, so I got it for the opening bid of 99 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>MACEDON. Under Roman Rule. Gaius Publilius, Quaestor. 148-146 BC. Æ 22mm (10.65g.) Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right. Reverse:GAIOU TAMIOU POPLILIOU legend in two lines within wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1320.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Free:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458576[/ATTACH] </p><p>Won in a contest over on Reddit&#039;s AncientCoins subreddit. Interestingly enough, from the same guy I purchased the above coin from for 99 cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Judaea. First Jewish War. Struck year two 67/68 A.D. Obverse: Rimmed amphora with paleo-Hebrew inscription YEAR TWO. Reverse: Vine leaf on small branch with tendril, paleo-Hebrew inscription FREEDOM OF ZION. Hendin 661[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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