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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2680998, member: 76194&quot;]This coin is as common as dirt. It is the ultimate roach of the ancient numismatics world. Probably hundreds of millions were struck, and they were so mass produced most were poorly struck and a small minority even left the mint as blanks. Ancient mint workers were told to mass produced the heck out of them, and it was all about quantity and not quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>They are so common that companies make an entire business out of selling them to naive people with no numismatics knowledge at grossly inflated prices, and there are literally hundreds of them on eBay, vcoins, and other places.</p><p><br /></p><p>These were so common in fact that people continued using them in commerce for 200 years after they were minted. So why did I buy one? I&#039;m not very religious after all, and this is not exactly the most exciting ancient coin out there. Well, like most other owners of one I suppose the Bible sold it to me. It doesn&#039;t matter that I&#039;m not particularly over-religious, it&#039;s still cool to have a coin mentioned in a 2000 year old book as important as the Bible.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]599296[/ATTACH]</p><p>Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC</p><p>AE lepton, 2.7g, 16mm; Jerusalem mint.</p><p>Obv.: Hebrew script between Star rays (YHNTN HMLK) = “Yehonatan the king,&quot; surrounded by royal diadem.</p><p>Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΟΥ (of King Alexander in Greek), anchor upside-down as if hanging on the side of a boat.</p><p>Reference: Meshorer Group K; Hendin 1150.</p><p><br /></p><p>So show us your roaches...I mean leptons. I know most of you ought to have one hidden somewhere. Some if you like [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER]&nbsp; literally have enough of them to fill a 15,000 gallon pool to the brim. Time for show and tell![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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