My Five Favorite Coins for 2019

Many thanks to everyone for the kind words ! The world of ancient coins is vast & unlimited. There are coins to fit the most frugal budget & those with unlimited funds. I get as much pleasure locating an interesting "junk box" find as I do shelling out a lot of money for an expensive coin . We've been getting buried in snow here in Upstate NY . I'm expecting packages tomorrow (some coins too ) so I'll hit the sack early tonight & clear the driveway & shovel my walkway to the front door early in the morning making it easier for the delivery people .

 

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But.....I would rather have held onto 50 or so mint state aurei/ denarii (circa 280AD) then today, 50 of our $100 bills that are God awfull . Today Canadian currency is not worth collecting/ back in 1935 it was beautifull to look at. Back to your point the Roman aurei went from 8.5g. to 5.4g/ the AR denarii was debased to billon/ just like their client state in the Bosphorus region. Today it takes 100-150 Canadian $100 bills to get the cheapest aureus

 

Superb coins! I like the Valerian hexassarion.

 

Great coins @Al Kowsky . I like the owl and the Heraclius solidus the best out of the bunch.

 

You picked 5 special coins. The owl gets my #1 vote.

 

hi @Al Kowsky i know you will appreciate this just got it in the mail

 

Fantastic coins for your collection!

 

Svarog, Congratulations on your score ! I was bidding on the same coin in the Heritage auction on November 28 . If I didn't have 7 choice Tets of Philip II already I would have pushed the bidding higher . The portrait on this coin has been superbly engraved .

 

Good thing you didn’t..
Can you share at lest 4-5 of your choice examples here?

 

I like Athenian Owl.

 

You did well picking up that nice set of coins.

I like the Byzantine and the Valerian. That is a great reverse type.

John

 

Here are 4 of my favorites .


This coin is an extremely rare hybrid, & to my knowledge the only one in existence.




McAlee 1064c, Prieur 492. Very Rare

Antioch, Syria, Philip II, Struck AD 248-249, Billon tetradrachm: 12.42 gm, 26 mm, 12 h. McAlee 1044a (this coin illustrated), Ex Michel Prieur collection. Scarce.

McAlee 1054, Prieur 470. Very Rare