What your budget buys -- $1500 - $2500 edition

I think this coin cost $1,525 so it barely squeaks into the $1,500-$2,500 window. The dealer's price was a little high but the elephant mint mark was screaming "buy me buy me".

ATTICA, Athens
AR Tetradrachm
130 – 29 B.C.
16.77 gms, 31 mm
Obv: Head of Athena facing right with double-crested Attic helmet adorned with Pegasos.
Rev: Owl standing right on fallen amphora with head facing, elephant symbol to right, all within olive wreath. The letter E on amphora ME in exergue. Upper field around owl A-OE and ANT-OXOΣ. Left field continues with KAPA/IXOΣ/ΣKY/MNO/Σ [magistrates Antiochos, Karaichosand Skymnos].
Grade: AU with good centering and strike confirmed by NGC opinion. Some porosity at obverse otherwise as struck with good tone & luster.

 

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Some fabulous coins out there !


Pertinax, Denarius Rome mint, AD 193
IMP CAES P HELV PERTIN AVG, laureate head right
VOT DECEN TR P COS II, emperor sacrificing left, with patera held over tripod altar
2.98 gr, 17 mm
Ref : RIC # 13a, Cohen # 56, RCV # 6048
Ex Harlan J. Berk



Constantius II, Light miliarense, Ferrando II plate coin Arles mint (Arelate), 3d officina
DN CONSTAN TIVS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantius right
VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Constantius (soldier) facing holding spear and shield. TCON at exergue
4,54 gr ; 22,6 mm
Ref : RIC VII # 252, Ferrando II # 1026 (this coin), Cohen #326, RC #3993v

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Wow, beautiful coins, all!
I really do not have many in this lofty category - the air is getting much thinner up here.

Here is one that I really like:

Claudius, 41-54 AD.
Aureus, 51-52 AD. Rome. 7,62 g
RIC 63.

ex. Gorny u. Mosch ca. 2007.
1950 Euros

 

My only coin in this price range is this Sestertius of Gordian I. According to my research it is the rarest official coin type of this ruler apart from the unique gold Aureus with the same reverse.



IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANUS AFR AVG - Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Gordian I right
ROMAE AETERNAE S C - Roma enthroned left, holding Victory on extended right hand and resting on scepter held in left, shield at side
Sestertius, Rome, April 238
30,04 mm / 21,42 gr / 12h
RIC 10, BMCRE 10, Cohen 9, Banti 6, Sear 8451
ex Münzen and Medaillen AG 552, 1992, Nr. 42
"A nice example of this brief issue" (Sear)

 

The quality of the Claudius portrait on this aureus is among the best style you can find on his aurei. It's well centered with full, readable legends on both sides. I'd say this coin was a steal.

 

This is my first bar with marks. I was very happy to buy it directly from the seller's web store for a bit over $1600. I found one about as heavy less than a year later for half the price. I am pleased with both.

Roman Republican Ramo Secco Currency Bar (Aes Signatum)
CENTRAL ITALY, Emilia(?): 6th to 4th century BC
Fragment of a bronze ingot, on both sides branch with no leaves.
AE. 826 grams; Length = 62 mm, Width = 77 mm, Height = 36 mm
Thurlow-Vecchi AS1.
Vecchi – 3.1
HNI – pg 45 – highly ferruginous bars made apparently from 6th century in southern Etruria, Emilia and occasionally Sicily.
Grueber – lists 2 bars, but not RS
Cr – lists bars, but not RS
Syd AG – not in Sydenham
Haberline – pg 10 – 19; plates 4 – 6
Garrucci – Table VII, IX & X

fyi - ramo secco means dry branch

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/siluette-di-vecchi-alberi-senza-foglie-ramo-secco-29304657.jpg

 

@rrdenarius well done! I am looking for Ramo Secco also, but other coin priorities keep getting in the way! Yours is GREAT! Congrats!

 

I do enjoy seeing photographs of coins that show all the details that existed when they were (pretty much) first minted. I also appreciate their unsurpassed beauty. Thanks to everyone who posted such coins in this thread.

 

I have several within this range



$1,600


$1,500


$1,800 including fees

$2,100 fees included


$2,250 fees included

Details in gallery, per usual.

 

Outstanding, Lord Marc! 1842 was the year Charles Dickens began writing "A Christmas Carol"
My favorite story of all time!


This is my favorite screen adaptation!

 

Nice!
I have been looking for Charlotte/ Dahlonega Mint gold/ the MS-64 and higher are really $$$$$$$