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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1632511, member: 44140&quot;]<b>Ancient Coin in Antique Furniture Store</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Arial">On 7/24/12 on a whim I decided to stop in an Antique shop couple towns over. I walked in asked what they had for coins, then gentleman directed me to a few US </font></span><a href="http://www.coincommunity.com/us_dollars/morgan.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coincommunity.com/us_dollars/morgan.asp" rel="nofollow">Morgan dollars</a><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"> and pre-1965 silver quarters...the usual. Then I had to do it, I had to ask, do you have any ANCIENT coins? The guy said &quot;you mean like BC coins?&quot;,I said yea yea he goes, &quot;ugh I might have one in my desk&quot;, 5ft away he tossed it over to me and told me its mine for a $20 bill. Made a quick decision and here it is. I ran home and did some quick research and came up with T. Quinctius Flamininus, AR denarius, 3.82g c.126 BC. ROMA obverse and Twin horse riders. One old auction description of the same coin, says that the TQ is the monogram of the moneyers ancestor, the Titus Quinctius Flamininus that defeated, Philip V of Macedon, in the final conquest of the Greeks and Phoenicians. The coin is dated after the death of T. Quinctius Flamininus in approx. 174 BC.</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000">Roman Republlic</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span style="color: #000000"></span></font></font>Denarius Commemorating the defeat of the Greeks..</p><p>T. Quinctius Flamininus, </p><p>AR (Silver) denarius, 3.82g </p><p>Struck c 126 BC Rome Mint.</p><p>obverse: Helmeted head of Roma. Star, Flamen&#039;s cap behind.</p><p>Reverse: Twin Horse back riders,Pollux &amp; Castor over Macedonian shield TQ ROMA</p><p>ref: Crawford 267/1; Syd 505.</p><p><br /></p><p>Price&nbsp; $20</p><p>Value $350</p><p>--------------</p><p>Bottom line.... Priceless[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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