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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26027024, member: 10461&quot;]So I only bought some cheap biblical Widow’s Mites at that last table, but boy howdy, there was some real eyecandy there, too!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The one that really leapt out at me was this Judaea Capta… <i>aureus</i>!&nbsp; The Judaea Capta coinage was struck by the Romans for propaganda purposes after their conquest of the Holy Land (Judaea) in the Jewish Wars.&nbsp; The silver <i>denarii</i> with that reverse are impressive enough (I had one, once), but in <i>gold</i>?&nbsp; I repeat: holy cow!</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer mentioned a figure of $30K.&nbsp; I think that was his cost, not his asking price.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here’s the <a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8230108-001/NGCAncients/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/8230108-001/NGCAncients/" rel="nofollow">NGC cert page</a> and pics therefrom:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1655012[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1655013[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1655014[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1655015[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the far more modest Judaea Capta denarius I once had, as part of my first 12 Caesars collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1655016[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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