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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;britannia40, post: 3198709, member: 74818&quot;]I have always had a liking to these and I found this one just over a price of a meal so&nbsp; I bought it.</p><p><br /></p><p>JUDAEA. CAESAREA. SEVERUS ALEXANDER AE 20 20MM . 9.59G</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827369[/ATTACH]</p><p>I couldn&#039;t find it in wildwinds but this was fairly close to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caesarea Samaria Hendin 839</p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander AE 22 mm of Caesarea, Samaria. Laureate, draped bust right / Eagle supporting wreath containing SPQR on spread wings. Rosenberger 88</p><p><br /></p><p>its not the nicest coin but it will surely do especially for the low pricetag.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next was:</p><p>NABATAEAN KINGDOM. ARETAS IV &amp; SHAQUELAT AE 18. 18MM . 3.74G (semi-cleaned)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827370[/ATTACH]</p><p>and I saw this and it was a decent example for a low price:</p><p><br /></p><p>SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Demetrios II Nikator. First reign, 146-138 BC. 22mm 6.07g (semi-cleaned)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827371[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>this last coin well I like the animals on ancient coins...</p><p><br /></p><p>TRAJAN. AE QUADRANS. HERAKLES / BOAR 14MM . 2.83G (Semi-cleaned)[ATTACH=full]827372[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I do get asked why I buy semi-cleaned coins for a lot of the nicer detail ones I have purchased. two reasons. the first is the price tag is usually a lot easier and the satisfaction of finishing it off myself. I have complained at times and found some coins unbearable and take breaks but in the end the feeling when its done makes it worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually bought these 4 with 4 others. all but one were semi-cleaned. I think these four will turn out with great details. The cross one will take more work but I like the style. It was not common on Roman coins to my knowledge.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]827373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827374[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827375[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]827376[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>All of these were really cheap with the exception of the Marcus Aurelius Sestertius, but it was still cheap compared to fully cleaned ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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