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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2858765, member: 57495&quot;]I really enjoyed the coins that were shown in our last price bracket.&nbsp; Thank you to everyone who has been contributing!&nbsp; Needless to say, I&#039;m really looking forward to what we&#039;ll be seeing with this next one...</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>The call is now for the coins in your collection that cost you about $300 (anything between $250 - $350 will do). </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin is an older purchase (ie., not bought in the past few years), please let us know roughly when bought it.&nbsp; If the coin was part of a bulk or large lot purchase, it would be helpful to mention that too.</p><p><br /></p><p>$300 can buy some really nice coins... or, it can buy coins like mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Some of my favorites in this price bracket are not pretty coins, but they&#039;re of high interest to me, and I tend to be picky about what I buy at this price.&nbsp; Case in point, this worn, off-center, banker&#039;s mark-marred Republican denarius.&nbsp; It&#039;s not going to be for everyone, but it&#039;s a scarce issue that I had been looking out for.&nbsp; I consider myself lucky to have scored it for $300.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]680190[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>Q. Crepereius M. f. Rocus</p><p>Rare. AR Denarius. 3.69g, 18mm. Rome mint, 72 BC. Crawford 399/1b. O: Bust of Amphitrite or Venus right, seen from behind, control marks to left and right. R: Neptune in biga of sea-horses, brandishing trident, control mark above, Q. CREPER. M. F. ROCVS in two lines below.</p><p><i>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Another worn silver for $300 was this Segesta didrachm.&nbsp; They&#039;re not rare, but relatively scarce compared to issues of other Sicilian cities.&nbsp; The type was always on my want list, but not so high on it that I was prepared to pay some multiples of what this one cost for an example in better grade.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pleasing coin and the main device of the Segestan hound is bold despite the wear, so on the whole, I consider it a decent box-checker. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]680191[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SICILY, Segesta</b></p><p>AR Didrachm. 8.16g, 21.9mm. SICILY, Segesta, circa 440/35-420/16 BC. Hurter, Didrachmenprägung 129 (V39/R73); HGC 2, 1135. O: Hound standing left. R: Head of Segesta right,&nbsp; within linear circle.</p><p><br /></p><p>This next one is a box-checker too - a coin showing the Three Graces, scored for $280 shipped at a CNG auction.&nbsp; It has some provenance attached and is a plate coin for a reference work (Hristova &amp; Jekov&#039;s <i>The local coinage of the Roman empire - Moesia Inferior, I - III A.D, MARCIANOPOLIS</i>), but mainly, I really REALLY loved how it looked, and I was over the moon when I didn&#039;t get Clio&#039;ed at the auction.&nbsp; Sure, there&#039;d have been plenty of other coins with the Three Graces on them, but the best box-checker is the one that will never have you wondering if there&#039;s going to be another coin that will better check the box for you.&nbsp; This one&#039;s a keeper!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]680192[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE25. 7.69g, 25mm, MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. H&amp;J 6.10.26.4 (this coin illustrated); RPC IV online 4319; AMNG I 540; Varbanov 702 corr. (direction of heads). O: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Λ ΑΥΡΗ ΚΟΜΟΔΟС, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right.&nbsp; R: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛƐΙΤΩΝ, the Three Graces standing facing, heads left, right, and right, respectively: the left holds oinochoe over dolphin, the center drapes arms over others, and the right holds wreath over oinochoe.</p><p><i>Ex Dr. George Spradling Collection; Ex Alexandre de Barros Collection (CNG E143, 12 July 2006, lot 115); ex CNG 47 (16 Sep 1998) lot 833.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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