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<p>[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 3556277, member: 99531"]I haven't really scored many deals, and often have reached for coins I really wanted. Here are a couple of buys that felt like a steal </p><p><br /></p><p>The first isnt a rare coin - but rare in this condition and style. Pretty good for $100 if you ask me =)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/437/image00368.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. <i>Hadrian. </i></b>AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 21.44 g, 11h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/132). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus seated left on pile of rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; L Iς (date) in left field. Köln 1056 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. VF, brown surfaces, flan crack</p><p><br /></p><p>This Bactrian Tetradrachm came in just over $50 and I love it!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/combined511037-jpg.858988/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tetradrachm Coin, Baktrian Kingdom, Hermaios, Bronze</p><p>Weight: 9.07 g</p><p>Diameter: 24.00 mm</p><p>Baktrian Kingdom, Hermaios, Tetradrachm</p><p>Posthumous issue (40-1 BC), Diademed and draped bust right,Zeus seated slightly left, extending arm and holding sceptre; monogram to left[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 3556277, member: 99531"]I haven't really scored many deals, and often have reached for coins I really wanted. Here are a couple of buys that felt like a steal The first isnt a rare coin - but rare in this condition and style. Pretty good for $100 if you ask me =) [IMG]https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/437/image00368.jpg[/IMG] [B] EGYPT, Alexandria. [I]Hadrian. [/I][/B]AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 21.44 g, 11h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/132). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus seated left on pile of rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; L Iς (date) in left field. Köln 1056 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. VF, brown surfaces, flan crack This Bactrian Tetradrachm came in just over $50 and I love it! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/combined511037-jpg.858988/[/IMG] Tetradrachm Coin, Baktrian Kingdom, Hermaios, Bronze Weight: 9.07 g Diameter: 24.00 mm Baktrian Kingdom, Hermaios, Tetradrachm Posthumous issue (40-1 BC), Diademed and draped bust right,Zeus seated slightly left, extending arm and holding sceptre; monogram to left[/QUOTE]
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