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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 3243303, member: 21445&quot;]Realizing how affordable Charles I half crowns were, I set out to get one and I was lucky &amp; got it for $55, not bad when most are over $100 and much more.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2Fcbz9xdb5b%2Fcharlesihc.jpg&amp;hash=b2c59265f1b757244f9a0fe79f6950a6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Charles I (1625 - 1649 A.D.)</p><p>AR Half Crown</p><p>O: · · CAROL[V]S D’· G’· MAG’· BRI’· FRA’ ET · HIB’· REX ·, Charles on horseback left, holding reins with left hand and sword in right / (triangle in circle).</p><p>R: CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO ·, oval coat-of-arms.</p><p>Group IV</p><p>Tower (London)Mint, Struck 1641 - 1642 A.D.</p><p>34mm</p><p>14.96g</p><p>Cf. Bull 463/31; Brooker 374 var. (HI not HIB); North 2214; SCBC 2779.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another type I always wanted. How cool is it a coin features Jesus rising from the grave. For some reason I won it for $20.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs17.postimg.org%2F7218wl85b%2Fchrist.jpg&amp;hash=1bc0829a046e566212d863a98a160833" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Andrea Dandolo (1342-1354 A.D.)</p><p>AR Mezzanino nuovo</p><p>O: AN DADVL SM VENE DVX, Doge and St. Mark holding banner, P in ex.</p><p>R: •XPS•RES-VRESIT•, Christ emerging from tomb, holding banner and cross.</p><p>.77g</p><p>15mm</p><p>Biaggi 2822</p><p><br /></p><p>As mentioned earlier, empress tets are tough to get. This is another that went unnoticed and ended cheap.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs17.postimg.org%252Fkdvx2k74f%252Ffustet.jpg%26hash%3D90028285186b4d4ad11728e89f9c9f07&amp;hash=4fd261db32d61f25c96ffed0e236aa2c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Faustina Jr. (147 - 175 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: Draped bust right</p><p>R:Isis Pharia standing right, holding sistrum and billowing sail; L I Z (Year 17) across field.</p><p>Stuck 153-154 A.D.</p><p>12g</p><p>23mm</p><p>Dattari (Savio) 3250; K&amp;G 38.86; Emmett 1949.17.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 16; Lot 306. Feb. 28, 2015</p><p>Ex. Gorny &amp; Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung Auction 247; Lot 4627. March 10, 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>Another dream coin, a Alexander III tetradrachm. One of my favorite dealers on Vcoins listed it and I was lucky to have the $ &amp; be online as it was listed to score this at a great price, for a lifetime issue.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs14.postimg.cc%252Fgj646ud29%252Falex.jpg%26hash%3D1b4f2b1c2be73cd00a02382f8dcb07e7&amp;hash=d6450fc06371b214d9b4f3e982c18e22" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Alexander III the Great (336 - 323 B.C.)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>O: Head of Alexander as Hercules right, wearing lion-skin headdress.</p><p>R: AΛEΞAN∆POY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, bow on left.</p><p>Salamis mint, struck 332-323 B.C.</p><p>16.95g</p><p>25mm</p><p>Price 3139 ; SNG Alpha Bank 662; Newell. Salamis 7.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lifetime Issue</p><p><br /></p><p>An emperor fairly high on my want list but never made it a mission to acquire. Well this coin found me because it popped up on the “similar to what I bought” wheel on eBay and it was ending a few days. It had a low bid and near the closing seconds, I put a fairly high bid and won it for under $100 total.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fs31.postimg.cc%2Fxukzcjsa3%2Faelius.jpg&amp;hash=b0bd24625eeefd28da5fd946eed4d6e0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Aelius (136 - 138 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head right.</p><p>R: TR POT COS II, Felicitas standing left, caduceus in left, cornucopia in right.</p><p>Rome Mint, 137 A.D.</p><p>3.16g</p><p>18mm</p><p>SRCV II 3973, RIC II Hadrian 430, RSC II 50, BMCRE III Hadrian 969[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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