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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 7468636, member: 51347&quot;]I have several that are &quot;Ultra-Rare&quot; with very few known.&nbsp; I enjoy it, but I realize that these were COINS, that usually were minted in large quantities to satisfy the needs of a population to trade.&nbsp; Therefore, future hoards may be found which would potentially make them &quot;common&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I enjoy finding &quot;rare&quot; coins of smaller entities that would have a limited chance of having hoards found in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have thrown these out a few times before.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are only two of these known today. One in the British Museum, and the one that I have.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-6-10_18-34-44-png.948066/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria, Populonia</b></p><p>2 ½ asses 3rd century BC, AR 0.85 g. Radiate female head r.; behind, CII. Rev. Blank. EC 104 (misdescribed, Female head with an Attic helmet). Historia Numorum Italy 179.</p><p><b>Of the highest rarity, apparently only the second specimen known.</b></p><p>Dark patina and about very fine</p><p><i>From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-4-13_17-36-30-png.1101018/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>India - Shakya Janapada</b></p><p>AR 5-Shana</p><p>6th-5th Century BCE</p><p>25mm x 21mm, 7.05g</p><p>Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker&#039;s marks</p><p>Rev: Blank</p><p>Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29</p><p>19 known.</p><p>Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region</p><p>Minted in the Shakya Janaprada during <b>Siddhārtha Gautama&#039;s (Later the Buddha)</b> <b>lifetime</b> while he was prince, and under the authority of his father as King</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2020-9-30_8-54-49-png.1182177/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><i>Campania, Neopolis</i></p><p><i>275-250 BCE</i></p><p><i>AE 18, 4.99g</i></p><p><i>Obv: Laureate Head of Apollo, NEOPOLITON (in Greek), Theta at r.</i></p><p><i>Rev: Achelous advancing r, crowned by flying Nike, IOTA SIGMA under Achelous</i></p><p><i>Ref: Sambon 663; HN Italy 589; SNG ANS 474; SNG Copenhage - ;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[USER=78411]@Nicholas Molinari[/USER] :</i></p><p><i>&quot;Your first coin is a plate coin in <b>Potamikon</b>, number 343 in our catalog so Sambon 663; Taliercio IIIa.16; MSP I, 343, featuring Acheloios Sebethos as a man-faced bull. Taliercio cited three examples of this type, so yours is the <b>fourth known</b> of that particular variety.&quot;</i></p><p><i>&quot;According to my notes, ACR E-Auction 28 lot 12.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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