If you had $10,000 to spend on coin/coins what would you get?

[JayAg47]

Are you going to splurge on one single coin or multiple coins, if so what do you have in mind? Assume it’s in USD.

[CPK]

$10,000? Hmm...that requires some thought!

I'd probably spend a good $3-4K on a nice, problem-free lifetime portrait denarius of Julius Caesar.

I might spend another $2K or so on a good problem-free IVDAEA CAPTA sestertius.

Clichéd I know, but it is what it is. 😜

The remaining might be spent on a select few coins in very high grade, probably Roman Imperial, or else on a few very rare, interesting types in lesser grades.

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

How much is a Priscus Attalus siliqua?

[David Atherton]

I know my answer. 

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=184767

[rasiel]

2 hours ago, Nerosmyfavorite68 said:

How much is a Priscus Attalus siliqua?

Well, first you'd have to fight me for it. And I'd spend more than 10k on one 

Rasiel

[Croatian Coin Collector]

If I decided to spend 10000 USD on a single coin, it would probably be a Gold Aureus of Diocletian.

[John Conduitt]

I'd use it to pay off the debt from buying all my other coins...

[ominus1]

how about $100,000...we usually want what we cant afford...but if your circumstances changed that drastically, you would lQQk at things much differently than now..   you might get one or two that you wasn't able to buy but then youd realize that there's not too many you couldn't buy and therefore they become less important to you....

[Roman Collector]

I'd buy one aureus of Faustina I and another of Faustina II. 

[mrbreeze]

Marcus Aurelius aureus

and

Carthagian Stater

[kirispupis]

Personally, I would buy my wife a very nice pair of earrings. The issue is that my life circumstances would diminish significantly were she to find a $10k coin purchase, but were I to butter her up I may receive an okay for a less expensive coin...

[DonnaML]

1 hour ago, Roman Collector said:

I'd buy one aureus of Faustina I and another of Faustina II. 

A few years ago, I almost bought an example of the Faustina II aureus with a dove on the reverse. So tempting. I think that would definitely be one of my purchases if I had $10,000 to spend on coins. I would be left with around $5,000 (at least), and need to give some thought to how I would spend it.

[Ryro]

Probably the rare and expensive coin called orthodontia for my three sons. Jk, that's over ten grand, depending. 

How about something really dope like...

 

 

[JayAg47]

On 9/24/2024 at 11:30 PM, DonnaML said:

A few years ago, I almost bought an example of the Faustina II aureus with a dove on the reverse. So tempting. I think that would definitely be one of my purchases if I had $10,000 to spend on coins. I would be left with around $5,000 (at least), and need to give some thought to how I would spend it.

This brings to mind when I spotted a Faustina aureus among other aureii at a coin show in February 2021. While the other aureii were quite pricey, the Faustina was relatively affordable at just $5,000 AUD, or $3,500 USD! However, I didn’t come across those coins at later shows, perhaps they were sold or consigned elsewhere.

Edited September 29, 2024 by JayAg47

[Factor]

For starters this https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/athena_numismatics/18/product/palestine__aelia_capitolina_jerusalem_herennius_etruscus_and_hostilian_as_caesars_250251_ce/1978052/Default.aspx

[Al Kowsky]

8 hours ago, Factor said:

For starters this https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/athena_numismatics/18/product/palestine__aelia_capitolina_jerusalem_herennius_etruscus_and_hostilian_as_caesars_250251_ce/1978052/Default.aspx

Why this coin 🤔?

[Factor]

7 minutes ago, Al Kowsky said:

Why this coin 🤔?

I don't have this type yet, and this is by far the best example I know. And it is very unlikely I will buy this coin unless I get free $10k to spend on coins 😁, I rarely spend over $1000 on a single coin.

[sand]

I have a limit, on what I would ever spend on a single coin. But if I had $10,000, and I had to spend it on coins, then I would buy the following.

1. A Janus Aes Grave. Cost : $3,000.

2. Various coins in my wish list, which I have not yet been able to find in my price range, with the eye appeal that I require. I hope to eventually acquire these coins, even without $10,000 fun money. With $10,000 fun money, I could more quickly obtain the coins.

3. A gold 8 escudos cob coin, if I had enough money. Cost : I don't even know, because it's way more than I would ever spend on a single coin. But, maybe I could get one with what's left over from the $10,000, after the above purchases.

4. But, if I were allowed to be practical, then I wouldn't buy any of the above coins. Instead, I would be practical, and simply buy a few 1 ounce gold American Eagle coins, or a few 1 ounce gold Canadian maple coins. In other words, bullion coins. But, if I weren't allowed to be practical, then I would buy the above coins.

Edited September 27, 2024 by sand

[panzerman]

I would get a FDC Jovian Solidus......

[panzerman]

On 9/24/2024 at 7:08 PM, Ryro said:

Probably the rare and expensive coin called orthodontia for my three sons. Jk, that's over ten grand, depending. 

How about something really dope like...

 

 

Those would be on my list too!!!!!1

[Sulla80]

My first purchase would be a New Style Tetradrachm issued in 87/6-84 B.C. issued by Sulla in Athens for the war against Mithradates VI.

87/6-84 B.C., when the Roman consul Sulla landed his army in Greece to wage war against Mithradates VI.

Although this would leave most of the $10K unspent, depending on the condition, the rest might not cover my second choice - a coin from his rival:

Edited September 28, 2024 by Sulla80

[Croatian Coin Collector]

On 9/28/2024 at 12:01 PM, panzerman said:

I would get a FDC Jovian Solidus......

The one I found for you ended up hammering for 13500 EUR! 

[lim]

As a stater, I would buy a golden Philippa 2.

[AncientCoinnoisseur]

On 9/24/2024 at 7:11 AM, David Atherton said:

I know my answer. 

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=184767

Surprisingly, this sold for 8k at Künker:

 

It’s a really good price for the type, unless I’m missing something!

As for me, I’d probably get:

• A perfect Neapolis Didrachm with the Man-Faced bull;
• A perfect Lysimachos
• A perfect Starr Athenian Owl
• Some other coins on my wishlist

Or perhaps:

• A very nice aureus or
• A Caesar portrait denarius

Now, if you gave me 100k — or better, 1,000,000$ — then we could talk business! For 1mil I would be able to afford 2-3 nice coins, like:

• That minotaur coin belonging to Sir Arthur Evans
• A colosseum sestertius in amazing condition 
• A Syracuse dekadrachm

[Limes]

As many of these as I can get:

 

Or a cheeper Nero Ostia sestertius: 

 

Strange hobby we have...