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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2861349, member: 57495&quot;]So, this is going to be our second last price bracket in this series of threads.&nbsp; At this level we&#039;re not close to (and in many cases not even close to a fraction of) what it costs to buy things such lifetime Julius Caesar portrait denarii, Greek tetradrachms and Roman sestertii in EF grade, most gold ancients, etc etc.&nbsp; Still, I think all the past threads have already well demonstrated that there are plenty of beautiful and fascinating ancients to collect at the more affordable budget levels.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure this price category will be no different.&nbsp; But enough of that... </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>Please go ahead show us some of your $400 coins (or anything between $350 - $450).</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.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have many coins at all in this price range.&nbsp; It took me awhile to find this next one, a tetradrachm of the First Meris of Macedon.&nbsp; They&#039;re fairly common and you can find affordable examples in the $200 range (and more easily at $300), but I paid $400 for this one because I thought the portrait of Artemis was outstanding, and the overall eye appeal of the coin was strong despite some wear.&nbsp; In the highest grade, this type may sell for more than $1000, but I&#039;ve only seen the fine style portrait of the obverse die used for my coin matched by one or two other dies in the entirety of this very extensive series.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]681444[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MACEDONIA, Roman Protectorate, First Meris</b></p><p>AR Tetradrachm. 16.84g, 32.7mm. MACEDONIA (as Roman Protectorate), First Meris, Amphipolis mint, circa 167 - 149 BC.&nbsp; SNG Cop 1313; Prokopov 127.&nbsp; O: Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield.&nbsp; R: Club; monogram above, two monograms below, MAKEΔONΩN above, ΠPΩTHΣ below; all within oak wreath, thunderbolt to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>This next one is a dolphin-rider nomos of Tarentum, a small sub-collection of which I started some time ago.&nbsp; These are really really plentiful, but the general type was produced over the course of some centuries, and a plethora of varieties exist.&nbsp; Condition can also run the gamut from extremely high grade and extremely fine style, to poorly-struck examples in crude style using very worn dies to boot.&nbsp; This one cost me about $420 and is far from perfect.&nbsp; Looking at my pictures I think I may have overpaid, but in hand, the coin itself convinces me that I didn&#039;t <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]681443[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CALABRIA, Tarentum</b></p><p>AR Nomos. 7.50g, 20.2mm. CALABRIA, Tarentum, circa 325-281 BC. Fischer-Bossert 870c (<i>this coin</i>); Vlasto 607; SNG Copenhagen 849; SNG France 1800 (same obverse die). O: Nude rider on horse galloping to right, stabbing with spear held in his right hand and holding two other spears and shield with his left; below, ΣΑ. R: TAPAΣ, Phalanthos riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; below, little dolphin leaping left; K in left field.</p><p><i>Ex Schweizerischer Bankverein 29 (28 January 1992), lot 12</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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