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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1636297, member: 44357&quot;]The largest are the octadrachms, at 27-28 millimeters (a little larger than a $10 gold coin from the US) and weighing in at about 28 grams, or about 90% of one ounce of gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for price, I&#039;ll opt to not share that here but prices of similar pieces can be found online with some research <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The dekadrachm (the first coin I posted) is much larger - almost as large as a US silver dollar and weighing 43 grams (about 1.4 ounces) and is considerably more expensive today than the octadrachms but historically would have been worth much less. Records are a bit unclear but from what I&#039;ve found, one of the gold octadrachms back in ~200 BC would have been able to buy about 100 sheep. Frankly, I&#039;d prefer the coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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