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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3558319, member: 96898&quot;]1. Here is a quite rare crusader coin I found in a $10 ebay lot consisting mostly of worn late Roman bronze coins. This happened just when I began collecting ancients. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945920[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Baldwin of Bourcq, County of Edessa, AE Follis, 1110–1118 AD. Obv: Baldwin in conical helmet and chain-armor, standing l., sheathed sword at hip, holding globus cruciger, BA[Λ] - ΔOI[N] around. Rev: Ornamented cross in Byzantine style. 20mm, 4.01g. Ref: Schlumberger I,9; Metcalf 109–112; CCS 10.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>2. This one I got for €7.50 – the seller had misattributed it as Diocletian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945921[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Severus II, Roman Empire, AE silvered Follis, 305–306 AD, Heraclea mint. Obv: FL VAL SEVERVS NOBIL CAES; laureate bust of Severus II r. Rev: GENIO POBVLI ROMANI; Genius of the Roman People standing l., holding patera and cornucopiae; in exergue, HTS. 28mm, 11.24g. Ref: RIC VI Heraclea 25,S.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>3. A Celtic cast &quot;potin&quot; from a lot of four coins that I bought for $7 shipped. The other three coins in the lot were a Tetricus I, a worn Augustus Quadrans, a Postumus antoninian. The latter two have moved on, and I broke more than even.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]945922[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Western Celts: Senones, cast AE (&quot;potin&quot;), ca. 80–50BC, north-western Gaul, region of Sens. Obv: head with six braids r. Rev: stylized horse l., two pellets in fields. 19mm, 4.66g. Ref: De la Tour 7417; Castelin 701M BMC 389.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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