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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4847423, member: 56859&quot;]I agree with others here-- if you want sub-$1000 gold, Byzantine is the way to go.&nbsp; By some definitions it&#039;s not ancient.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what timeline cutoff the OP was aiming for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a $23 Byzantine gold coin*.&nbsp; It&#039;s not pretty but if you want gold (and a portrait that looks like a great(x)grandfather of Mick Jagger) it&#039;s a bargain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170338[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Constantine IV, 668-685 CE</b></p><p>AV tremissis, 1.4 gm, 17 mm</p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>Obv: DN CONSTANTINUS PPAG; Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: VICTORIA AVGUS; cross potent; CONOB</p><p>Ref: SB 1162</p><p><br /></p><p>*It was part of a group lot so that price is intentionally misleading.&nbsp; However, you can probably find a similar coin for less than $200.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want your&nbsp; sub-$1000 ancient or ancient-ish coin to be both gold and pretty, go for a larger Byzantine denomination such as a solidus.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you&#039;re okay with electrum rather than a higher gold content coin, go for one of the abundant electrum fractionals on the market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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