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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3960263, member: 74834"]Here are some coins that I each paid $150 for in the past. When applicable, prices include shipping (to Europe). All of these made me very happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043163[/ATTACH] </p><p>AE27 Macrinus (217-218), Nicaea, Bithynia. Obv.: laureate head right. Rev.: Serapis standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. 27 mm, 12.86 gr. Coin Fair Leuven, May 2017, Tom Vossen</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043164[/ATTACH] </p><p>3270 A. Tetradrachm Maximinus I (235-238), Alexandria. Year 3 (=237/8). Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right. Rev. Bust of Hermanubis right, slight drapery, wearing modius; L Γ (date) to left, caduceus surmounted by palm frond to right. 22 mm, 11.81 gr. CNG auction Hermanubis Collection nr. 479, October 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043165[/ATTACH] </p><p>4508. Denier, 9th century. Dorestad. Chlotarius or after (contemporary imitation). Obv. DOR/ES.TA/TVS in 3 lines. Rev. Short cross in circle +HLOTIARIVS IMP. 20 mm, 1.39 gr. MPO auction May 2019 (Nr. 6344)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043166[/ATTACH] </p><p>4865. Lead bulla, Avignon, Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342). Obv. Saints Paul and Peter under text SPE-SPA. Rev. BENE/ DICTVS/ PP-XII. 35 x 40 mm, 49.22 gr., 12h. Ebay Nov. 2014</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043167[/ATTACH] </p><p>5407. Arab-Sasanian AE thin pashiz. Anonymous, ca. 680s-720s, anepigraphic. Obv. Facing crowned Byzantine style bust, diadem left & globus cruciger right. Rev. Nestorian cross-on-steps, ornate cross left & right, one chip missing. 22 mm, 0.79 gr. NM, ND. Not in Album or Gyselen. Appears to be unpublished, VF-EF, RR. Fabric suggests southern Iran, likely either Khuzestan or Fars province, possibly issued by a Christian community somewhere within the region. Medal aligned, chip missing probably from hanger. Possibly not a coin but a pendant? Several of these are known. See Zeno #129176 (420 pounds, Baldwin auction 83, nr. 5003), Zeno #194324. Steven Album Auction Jan. 2018 (Nr. 131)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043169[/ATTACH] </p><p>6671. Base / pale AV dinar (mix of gold and silver), Great Seljuq. Malikshah I (1072-1092). No mint, AH 481 (=1088 AD). 23-24 mm, 3.69 gr. Album 1675. Ebay Stephen Album, May 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1043168[/ATTACH] </p><p>6334bis. Qarakhanid broad AE husami dirham, Marghinan. 602 AH. Husam ad-Dunia wa-d-Din Ulug Toghan khaqan. Obv. Central word Allah in a four-lobed cartouche/ quatrefoil. Three large lines between two small, in a circle, encircled by lettering. At the top the denomination, husami. 38 mm, 8.00 gr. Kochnev 1137. Album-3424. Zeno 46837. 2019[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3960263, member: 74834"]Here are some coins that I each paid $150 for in the past. When applicable, prices include shipping (to Europe). All of these made me very happy. [ATTACH=full]1043163[/ATTACH] AE27 Macrinus (217-218), Nicaea, Bithynia. Obv.: laureate head right. Rev.: Serapis standing left, holding grain ears and scepter. 27 mm, 12.86 gr. Coin Fair Leuven, May 2017, Tom Vossen [ATTACH=full]1043164[/ATTACH] 3270 A. Tetradrachm Maximinus I (235-238), Alexandria. Year 3 (=237/8). Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Maximinus right. Rev. Bust of Hermanubis right, slight drapery, wearing modius; L Γ (date) to left, caduceus surmounted by palm frond to right. 22 mm, 11.81 gr. CNG auction Hermanubis Collection nr. 479, October 2017 [ATTACH=full]1043165[/ATTACH] 4508. Denier, 9th century. Dorestad. Chlotarius or after (contemporary imitation). Obv. DOR/ES.TA/TVS in 3 lines. Rev. Short cross in circle +HLOTIARIVS IMP. 20 mm, 1.39 gr. MPO auction May 2019 (Nr. 6344) [ATTACH=full]1043166[/ATTACH] 4865. Lead bulla, Avignon, Pope Benedict XII (1334-1342). Obv. Saints Paul and Peter under text SPE-SPA. Rev. BENE/ DICTVS/ PP-XII. 35 x 40 mm, 49.22 gr., 12h. Ebay Nov. 2014 [ATTACH=full]1043167[/ATTACH] 5407. Arab-Sasanian AE thin pashiz. Anonymous, ca. 680s-720s, anepigraphic. Obv. Facing crowned Byzantine style bust, diadem left & globus cruciger right. Rev. Nestorian cross-on-steps, ornate cross left & right, one chip missing. 22 mm, 0.79 gr. NM, ND. Not in Album or Gyselen. Appears to be unpublished, VF-EF, RR. Fabric suggests southern Iran, likely either Khuzestan or Fars province, possibly issued by a Christian community somewhere within the region. Medal aligned, chip missing probably from hanger. Possibly not a coin but a pendant? Several of these are known. See Zeno #129176 (420 pounds, Baldwin auction 83, nr. 5003), Zeno #194324. Steven Album Auction Jan. 2018 (Nr. 131) [ATTACH=full]1043169[/ATTACH] 6671. Base / pale AV dinar (mix of gold and silver), Great Seljuq. Malikshah I (1072-1092). No mint, AH 481 (=1088 AD). 23-24 mm, 3.69 gr. Album 1675. Ebay Stephen Album, May 2017 [ATTACH=full]1043168[/ATTACH] 6334bis. Qarakhanid broad AE husami dirham, Marghinan. 602 AH. Husam ad-Dunia wa-d-Din Ulug Toghan khaqan. Obv. Central word Allah in a four-lobed cartouche/ quatrefoil. Three large lines between two small, in a circle, encircled by lettering. At the top the denomination, husami. 38 mm, 8.00 gr. Kochnev 1137. Album-3424. Zeno 46837. 2019[/QUOTE]
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