I finally got a denarius! :)

Another interesting story in the Bible regarding coins is the story of the “coin in the fish’s mouth”.

Peter is asked if his “Master” (Jesus) pays the temple tax.

Jesus responds that as the Son of God the Temple is his father’s house and thus they are exempt from paying it.

“But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake (the Sea of Galilee) and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours."

The temple tax was 2 drachma per person so the tetradrachm coin would’ve been exactly enough to pay the temple tax for Jesus & Peter.


This is the only time in the Bible that Jesus performs a miracle to avoid offending people.

 

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Yes, but you were talking about bible verses with the word denarius.

 

Yeah I was but it's interesting that even small things like which coins were used are unknown.

 

@Gam3rBlake.......Sweet looking coin!

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Good luck!.....I may be wrong but obviously depending on the coin type Nerva Denarius tend to be the most expensive!?.....
A really nice coin to start your set.........Here's my humble Hadrian.

 

Nice one! His beard looks different than mine.

 

Nothing wrong with slabs if you put value on them. I could probably elaborate on why I don't like slabs but its been widely discussed and debated in this forum so I won't carry it further. But you might search for "Slabs" qualifying on Titles Only, and a good start is the Thread originated by @Valentinian here

 

Well I mean I don’t pay extra for the slab but at a very minimum at least a slab protects the coin from my clumsiness and makes stacking coins easy since the slabs are stackable.

If I didn’t have it in a slab I would probably drop it at some point and it would hit the floor and get a ding or I would probably end up scratching it.

 

I know absolutely nothing about coins but thought that this may be a good place to ask:

1) I am looking for a Denarius coin from the age of 14 - 33AD - is it even possible to obtain a coin from such a specific period?

2) If so how much would I be up for?
(I have seen very old Egyptian coins I would have thought to be worth a lot selling for a couple of dollars, but have also seen an eBay listing - which I can't locate anymore - selling what I remembered to be a Tiberius Denarius for approx. US$800 out of Sydney AU. It was NGC rated or something if that means anything. This seemed to be the type I was after.

Anyway, I don't mean to threadjack but appreciate any pointers and I am enjoying reading the experiences in this thread and hope to be making my first acquisition some time soon.

 

1. Of course it is.
2. It depends a lot on condition, rarity of the coin and how much would other bidders want the same coin you're after.

You are probably thinking about Tiberius "tribute penny", you can find it, but again, price would be variable on the factors I mentioned.

Remember one thing though - price of a coin is not exactly linked with the age. There are a lot of examples of 4th century BC coins that are affordable and also many 4th century AD coins that are extremely expensive. Or coins from the same ruler, similar conditions, one is cheap and one not because of rarity.

Here you can see some prices obtained for Tiberius denarii in auctions
https://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?search=tiberius+AND+denarius&s=1&upcoming=0&results=100