Edessa Posted May 11, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 11, 2023 $500 in 2008. Two were recently listed on MA Shops for over $2000. Several are on VCoins for $1500+. What is the market coming to? Axum. Ebana, circa 440-470. AV Unit (17mm, 1.59g, 12h). Obv: +CVN+CΛX+ΛCΛ+CΛC; Crowned and draped bust right, holding branch, framed by grain ears. Rev: +ΛNΛ+BΛC(C retrograde)+ΛCΛ+CCC; Draped bust right, wearing headcloth, holding whisk; grain ears flanking. Ref: Munro-Hay Type 71, JJ 377 (same dies); BMC Aksumite 306: Ashmolean Aksumite 264 (same dies). 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted May 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2023 I don't have many coins in this (or higher) categories. This coin was just under 400 EUR: 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted May 12, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 12, 2023 (edited) Higher and higher. Don't look down. I'm starting to see a lot of gold, in these higher price ranges. @Nerosmyfavorite68 nice Byzantine gold. @Edessa nice Axum gold. I've noticed the high prices for Axum gold. At one point, a year ago or so, I wanted an Axum coin, and I was looking at Axum coins, including gold coins. I was amazed at the high winning bids for Axum gold. @CPK nice Augustus tet with an interesting reverse. The $350 to $500 price range, is where I get off, of this crazy train. I have 4 coins in this price range, including shipping, buyer premium, etc. My most expensive coin cost me $462 out the door. The last coin I bought, in this price range, was in late 2021. Here are 2 of my coins, in this price range. This Byzantine John VIII stavraton, minted in the 1400s, cost me $396 out the door, in 2021. It seemed like a reasonable price in 2021. I won it, from a very reputable auction house, which may have added to the final cost. John VIII AR Stavraton. 1425 AD To 1448 AD. Constantinople Mint. Sear 2563. Diameter 23 mm. Weight 6.76 grams. Obverse : Jesus Christ Bust Facing Front With Halo. Reverse : Bust Of Emperor Facing Front "IWAN" Greek For "John" In Outer Legend Clockwise Starting At 12 O'Clock. This Spanish silver piece of eight, minted in the New World circa 1590, cost me $462 out the door, in 2020. It seemed like a reasonable price in 2020. The prices of these types of coins, seem to have increased a lot, in the last 3 years. I won it, at a Sedwick auction. Included in the out the door price, was $15 for a certificate of authenticity (COA) signed by Daniel Sedwick, which has photos of the coin on the certificate. Spain. Philip II. Silver 8 Reales "Piece Of Eight". 1589 AD To 1591 AD. Potosi Mint (In What Is Now Bolivia). Assayer RL. Diameter 37.7 mm. Weight 27.20 grams. Paoletti 97. Sedwick P13. KM 5.1. Edited May 12, 2023 by sand 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted May 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2023 380 Euro, 2022 Faustina II AR-Denarius Obv.: FAVSTINAE AVGVSTA, Draped bust left. Rev.: IVNO, Iuno standing left, holding patera and sceptre, peacock left Ag, 3.29g, 18.10mm Ref.: RIC -, CRE 191 [R3] 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted May 12, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 16 minutes ago, shanxi said: 380 Euro, 2022 Faustina II AR-Denarius Obv.: FAVSTINAE AVGVSTA, Draped bust left. Rev.: IVNO, Iuno standing left, holding patera and sceptre, peacock left Ag, 3.29g, 18.10mm Ref.: RIC -, CRE 191 [R3] I'd assume there's something really special about this coin other than the condition for the price you paid?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted May 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, JayAg47 said: I'd assume there's something really special about this coin other than the condition for the price you paid?! Sure, Faustina looks to the left. 😁 I mentioned in the description, that this type is not in RIC and an R3 in CRE. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted May 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 5/9/2023 at 3:08 AM, DCCR said: Hi Edessa - lovely coin 🙂 Would it be possible to get a photo of the ticket? This coin is part of my die study and the extra information on it looks like it could be useful. Sorry this took me a little while, but here are updated pics. I have had the coin for over 10 years, so I thought it was high time to take my own pictures! 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted May 12, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 12, 2023 Only today I learned that the first coin I was going to present as a $350-500 acquisition, has been pictured as a 'plate coin' in RPC. When I last looked, there were only 13 pcs of the type and mine was easily the best. Somebody else discovered that also, apparently, and put it there. Thanks, you're welcome, anonymous! This is more or less the picture from CNG, but because I can't leave pictures alone, I might have enhanced this or that aspect of the photo. 3296 A. Tetradrachm Elagabalus (218-222), Alexandria. Potin. Dated RY 5 (221/222). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Conjoined busts of Helios, draped and wearing radiate crown, and Selene, draped and wearing crescent-moon crown, to the right; L Є (date) to lower right. 22.5 mm, 12.62 gr. Emmett 2933.5. RPC 10149 (14 pcs, all other pictured worse than mine = nr. 14!). CNG 428, lot 316, Sept. 2018, € 350 (at that time probably around $380) Favorite coin On the reverse, a pair, one looking up, the other one down: this is a highly developed realistic design involving movement and contrast (characteristics of 17th century Baroque!), whereas most often Roman numismatic art is static. 8 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted May 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 13, 2023 RS48320. Silver denarius, Crawford 519/2, Sydenham 1177, RSC I Domitia 21, F, well centered, Uncertain Adriatic or Ionian mint, weight 3.546g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 270o, 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse AHENOBAR, bare head of Ahenobarbus right; reverse CN DOMITIVS IMP, trophy on prow right; ex Forum: $400 12/24/10. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 (edited) In this $350-500 budget there are (in my system) two Romans, a Parthian tetradrachm, a Sasanian drachm, two Hunnic drachms and three Islamic gold dinars + one dirham. One of the dinars has drifted out of my collecting area (though I still have it, anybody wants a good swap?), but the others are still valued and loved a lot (as far as coins can go). Though they once severely upset my monthly budget, I'm still very much attached to them, much more than to many bargains. This is the other Roman (after my Elegabalus tetradrachm above). AE2 Theodosius II (402-450). Minted in or for Chersonesos (Krim). Obv. Helmeted and cuirassed bust to the right, armed with a spear. THEODO-SIVS Rev. The two emperors Valentinian III of the West and Theodosius II of the east holding a long cross between them. [CONCOR-DIA AVG/ CON] but no text visible. 22.5 mm, 4.17 gr. Sear V 21184. Byz. Chersonesos Augustuscoins. Augustuscoin Aug. 2020, € 350 Edited May 13, 2023 by Pellinore 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 465 incl all the fees, (and a 365 bid). Fees, fees, fees.... Overall, think the coin was worth it. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCR Posted May 13, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 5/12/2023 at 6:17 PM, Edessa said: Sorry this took me a little while, but here are updated pics. I have had the coin for over 10 years, so I thought it was high time to take my own pictures! Many thanks @Edessa - it's great to have another findspot for these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted May 13, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 13, 2023 Let me show one of the other coins I mentioned, a Celtic coin minted in Britain, wondrous as only a Celtic coin can be. 4141. Celtic coinage. Iceni (who were living in what's now Norfolk, UK). Uninscribed AR unit, quinar size. C.50-40 BC. Bury Diadem type ("Gallo-Belgic XD") type. Uncertain mint in the upper Yare valley. Obv. Diademed head left; curling snake left of it. Rev. Horse leaping left; sun symbol above, phallic symbol before it. 15 mm, 1.47 gr, 6h. Talbot Bury A type, unlinked group, dies G/9. Allen, Coins –; Van Arsdell 80-1 (Imported); ABC 1495; SCBC 432. Struck on a broad flan. CNG Jan. 2020 auction nr. 1023, € 440. I bought it because of the particularly cheerful and beautiful style. ‘This is my lovely Iceni coin with its jolly jumping horse, and on the obverse a man smelling the mouth of a snake (???) or whatever he thinks he's doing (with his pig's snout ear!).’ 7 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted May 16, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Bit of a delay since the last update, anyway carry on with $500-$700 This price range contains my highest valued coin, $650, Jun 2022 Justinian I solidus 4.48g, 21mm, Constantinople mint (1st Officina), 545-565 AD. D N IVSTINIANVS PP AVG VICTORIA AVGGG A CON OB 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry G Posted May 16, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 16, 2023 Looks like this will be my last post on this thread! My only coin that has cost me over £500 is my antoninianus of Laelianus. It was about 3x as expensive as my second most expensive single coin purchase: Laelianus Antoninianus - VICTORIA AVG (£623) 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellinore Posted May 16, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) Not much to do in this section. Only this small bronze, a coin that touched me because of the sorrowful faces of Persians who had to say goodbye to the old Zoroastrian times and welcome the islamic ones. A sad man and a sad goddess. So I paid a lot for it. 5403. Arab-Sasanian AE pashiz, dating from 65-96 AH / 685-715 AD, Istakhr (Naqš-i Rustam). Obv. Old man en face with Pahlavi inscription 'mwhlwp'. Rev. Anahita with inscription 'st' in Pahlavi, [‘pwnp’ invisible on this coin]. 14mm, 0.9 gr, 6h. Album A46. Gyselen Type 23. CNG auction 355 nr. 779, July 2015, € 600 Edited May 16, 2023 by Pellinore 9 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted May 16, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted May 16, 2023 Constantine X Ducas, 1059-1067. AV Histamenon Nomisma. (AV, 28 mm, 4.41 g, 5 h), Constantinople. Obv. +IhS XIS RЄX RЄςNANTҺIm Christ, nimbate, seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. +KωN RAC Λ O ΔOVKAC Constantine X standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 1a. SB 1847. $725 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted May 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 17, 2023 This is one of my favorite coins. $607 in 2010 from an eBay seller, which is just slightly less than it sold for in CNG 57. Roman Republic. Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80g, 3h). Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; star of seven rays to left. Rev: Q. POMPONI/MVSA; Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, touching globe set on base with a wand held in her right hand. Ref: Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; RBW 1488. Near Extra Fine, flat strike on reverse, attractive old cabinet toning. Ex CNG 57 (4 Apr 2001), Lot 952. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cazador Posted May 17, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 17, 2023 29 minutes ago, Edessa said: This is one of my favorite coins. $607 in 2010 from an eBay seller, which is just slightly less than it sold for in CNG 57. Roman Republic. Q. Pomponius Musa. 56 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.80g, 3h). Rome mint. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; star of seven rays to left. Rev: Q. POMPONI/MVSA; Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing left, touching globe set on base with a wand held in her right hand. Ref: Crawford 410/8; Sydenham 823; Pomponia 22; RBW 1488. Near Extra Fine, flat strike on reverse, attractive old cabinet toning. Ex CNG 57 (4 Apr 2001), Lot 952. Great buy indeed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted May 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 17, 2023 Sorry, I forgot to post this one, it belongs to the previous categorie. Bought it for 332 eur incl shipping. I think this is the best buy, money wise, I've done. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limes Posted May 17, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted May 17, 2023 In the next category , I've got two sestertii to share. A rare but not the most beautiful Nerva sestertius, 647,64 including all the juice (at a 480 bid...). The reverse of this coin makes it worth it to me. 582 incl got me this lovely sestertius of Claudius. Worth it! 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasilon Posted May 20, 2023 · Member Share Posted May 20, 2023 This coin was one of my very first auction purchases. It was also where I learned not to bid while drinking. 🙂 Despite paying more than I intended ($670 with all the juice and shipping) I'm happy to have it in my collection. STEPHEN ALBUM RARE COINS, AUCTION 41, LOT 75Ancient - Roman & Byzantine ROMAN EMPIRE: Titus, 79-81 AD, AR denarius (3.42g, 19.7mm), Rome, 79 AD, RIC-34, diademed head right // TR P VIIII IMP XIIII COS VII P P, Venus Callipyge, seen half from behind, nude to hips, standing right, resting left elbow on column, transverse scepter in left hand, helmet in outstretched right hand 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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