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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2846620, member: 57495&quot;]With this next next price category, we get to see what an additional $20 or so allows us to upgrade to from the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-30-edition.302412/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/what-your-budget-buys-30-edition.302412/">previous category</a>.&nbsp; Looking through my own collection, I was pleased to see a lot of my favorites come in at around this range. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>Let&#039;s see some of your favorite $50 coins (anything in the $41 - $65 range). </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>At about $55 incl. auction fees and shipping, I thought this Elagabalus provincial with its excellent centering and smooth, jet-black patina was a great catch for the price.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674749[/ATTACH]<b>ELAGABALUS</b></p><p>AE19. 3.55g, 18.7mm. THRACE, Philippopolis, circa AD 218-222. Varbanov 1795 var. (obv. legend). O: AVT K M AVP ANTΩNINOC, laureate head right. R: ΦΙΛΙΠΠOΠOΛEITΩN NEΩKOPΩN, Telesphoros standing facing, wearing <i>cucullus</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another neat Roman provincial, featuring a scene from The Gigantomachy on the reverse, showing Athena smiting a serpent-legged giant.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674750[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b></p><p>AE27. 8.77g, 27.2mm. CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum, circa AD 253-268. SNG Levante 789 (same obv die). O: AY K Π ΛΚ (sic!) ΓΑΛΛΙΗΝ/ΟC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. R: CEΛΕVKEΩΝ K/AΛVΚA/ΔN, Athena advancing right, holding shield and brandishing spear at snake-legged giant advancing left and raising both arms.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like coins of the Tetrarchy, but especially if they have something that sets them apart from the garden variety &#039;Genius standing&#039; type.&nbsp; Constantine I, with FIL AVGG legend.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674752[/ATTACH]<b>CONSTANTINE I, as Filius Augustorum </b></p><p>AE Follis. 6.01g, 24.6mm, Thessalonica mint, AD 309-10.&nbsp; RIC VI 32b (Scarce).&nbsp; O: CONSTANTINVS.FIL AVGG, laureate head right.&nbsp; R: GENIO CA-ESARIS, Genius standing left pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopia; dot SM dot TS dot in exergue, star in left field, delta in right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>And another Genius standing, but holding a little Victory instead of the usual patera.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]674753[/ATTACH]<b>LICINIUS I</b></p><p>Rare Type. AE Follis. 5.8g, 20.6mm. Antioch mint, AD 311-312. RIC VI Antioch 162 corr. (no eagle). O: IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG, laureate head right. R: GENIO AV-GVSTI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victoriola and cornucopiae; star in left field, H in right field, ANT in exergue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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