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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1235955, member: 19463&quot;]Certainly I agree that Shapur I would be a nice coin but my reading of the OP question made me doubt my suggestion of Gordian III as too obscure for someone who mentioned an attraction to the Athenian owls.&nbsp; Shapur is still ancient but not what I think of when I consider a representative &#039;ancient coin&#039;.</p><p>[ATTACH]132036.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The more I think of it the more I believe the hang up here is the size/metal.&nbsp; Before 214 AD when Caracalla issued the first double denarius/antoninianus coins Rome did not have large gold or silver.&nbsp; Denarii tend to be cent size.&nbsp; There are many large Greek silver but the choices in the under $300 range are not all that great.&nbsp; If I were to suggest a single ancient coin in the $300 or under bracket, it would be a denarius of someone you had heard of (Mark Antony, Caesar Augustus, Vespasian, Trajan?) or, is size is more important, perhaps a bronze of Trajan whose mid grade sestertii can sell for that price.&nbsp; In Greek, I might suggest looking for a worn Athens &#039;New Style&#039; Tetradrachm which could come in under $300 and not be too bad looking.&nbsp; They are half dollar size and good silver.</p><p>[ATTACH]132040.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>...or maybe a worn tetradrachm of one of the Seleucids (this is Antiochus I).&nbsp; Neither of thes coins should go for as much as $300 so you should expect a nicer one, I&#039;d think.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH]132041.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The best answer, however, was the idea of seeing what strike the eye and filtering that choice through an &#039;expert&#039; you trust to spot fakes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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