GERMANICVS Posted August 24 · Member Share Posted August 24 ............A long time ago for about 30 D-Marks. Who could refuse, right?  Please post your scarce, but cheap "beauties" 😊   19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted August 24 · Supporter Share Posted August 24 Can't say no to that! Here is an interesting and very rare coin type I bought for about the same price IIRC. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS, AD 193-211 AE As (25.59, 9.08g, 12h) Struck AD 208. Rome mint Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate bust of Septimius Severus right, with aegis on left shoulder Reverse: P M TR P XVI COS III P P S C, bridge of single curved span, flanked by triple triumphal arches surmounted by statuary, five figures crossing bridge, boat in river below References: RIC IV 786b (R2), RCV 6472 Corroded surfaces. A very rare type. The exact identity of the bridge pictured is uncertain, but theories include a military bridge built over the Firth of Forth during Severus's Caledonian campaign, the Milvian Bridge north of Rome, or some other bridge in Rome. 13 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 24 · Supporter Share Posted August 24 This coin probably fits the request. The first type of coin struck in Roman Egypt (or first of a group of different denominations). They circulated a LONG time so finding them in good condition is tough and pricey. This one's from eBay. Uuuuuuugly. EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus 80 drachmai (diobol); 26 mm, 14.2 gm First series, struck circa 30-28 BC Obv: bare head right Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Î to right Ref: Emmett 1; RPC I 5001 Took me 7-8 years to upgrade it... and the upgrade isn't much either! Hmm, I bought it almost a year ago (my most recent coin acquisition, yikes!) and I haven't even photographed it yet.    19 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postvmvs Posted August 24 · Member Share Posted August 24 This is a rare reverse type of Postumus. PM TRP VIIII COS IIII PP bow, club, Scythian quiver 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted August 24 · Member Share Posted August 24 The Genoese 'Maona di Chio' tornese is a copper heir of the billon Frankish coinage that was minted extensively in the 13th and first half of the 14th century (also) in the Greek Frankokratia. This Genoese coin, like the many copies of the prototype from the Balkan area is just formally inspired by the Morean and Athenian billon coinage of the late 13th to the first half of the 14th century. In fact it is a petty currency of the type that circulated widely in the Balkans, Greece and the Archipelago in the late 14th century -- the imitations of the Arta tournois, the late Catalan-Florentine tournois of Athens and the non-descript local imitations used in what was left of the Frankish possessions after 1364. Lunardi dates them 1347-1390, but they are likely closer to that later date and so does Baker seem to believe also (p. 1348). Useless to say it is very rare. This one was 25$. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 (edited) That's a nice deal for such an emperor!  Coincidently I also got this Vitellius for €45, from Ma-shops. Here're some of my coins all under $100 due to their modest condition. Augustus bull denarius, before and after cleaning. Voting issue of Cassius Longinus. Mazakes satrapal tetradrachm from a group lot containing other bronzes to a total of $80. Maximian Argenteus, the line on obverse is actually raised which is due to a die crack and not an actual crack in the coin (Probably why no one bought it thinking it's a problem coin and I got it for a significant discount). There's also an interesting die-crack running on the reverse, something I've never seen on an Argentei.  Edited August 25 by JayAg47 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 25 · Patron Share Posted August 25 This Cleopatra is not exactly FDC. But this coin is four figures in a better state of preservation. Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, 51-30 BCE. AE 40 drachmai, 7.32 g, 21.0 mm. Alexandria mint, 51-30 BCE. Obv: Diademed head of Cleopatra, hair in bun at back of head, facing right. Rev: [ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ], eagle standing left on thunderbolt, double cornucopiae in field to left, M (for 40) to right. Refs: Sear Greek 7956; Svoronos 1872; BMC 6; Vagi 212; Forrer 110. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GERMANICVS Posted August 25 · Member Author Share Posted August 25 Thank you all for posting your "precious-but-maybe-not-so-pretty" treasures. Some of them look actually quite nice!  not scudzy at all. From my limited experience even I can tell how scarce some of them are.  It"s funny, but in a strange way it is exactly coins like this which I enjoy the most in my collection.    2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nerosmyfavorite68 Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 Attribution: RIC I 267 Uncertain Italian mint Date: 30-29 BC Obverse: Anipigraphic, bare head of Octavian right Reverse: Quadriga, facing, set atop triumphal arch (the Actian Arch) with architrave inscribed with IMP CAESAR Size: 18.09mm Weight: 2.63 grams   I have many decrepit rarities far worse than this but they're either not photographed or I'd have to trawl through folders. Per the OP Vitellius Sestertius, it's still a Vitellius sestertius. I don't have one. The most recent 'affordable' example I recall seeing on vcoins was worse than that; it had bad damage, being used as a game piece or something similar, and was either $300 or 600, I forget which. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 My collection is based on bargains - steals as I call them. From my first lot - a Titus sestertius that I really like and I would have bought at the normal price. The price per coin was 3-4 euros and the lot contained just 2 or 3 slugs. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Ancient Coin Hunter Posted August 25 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 25 $70 for this Sestertius of Valerian from Marc Breitsprecher's Vcoins store. Mostly they sell for $250 or frequently much more in slightly, very slightly better condition. I consider it a solid bargain. Valerian I (AD 253-260) Ó” Sestertius, Size: 27.61 mm Weight 16.99 grams Date: 255-256 C.E. Obverse: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, laureate and draped bust right Reverse: VICTORIA GERM (ANICA), Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; captive at feet; S C across field Reference: RIC Vi 181 Rome      ex-Marc Breitsprecher August 17th, 2024  7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 I got loads and loads. Bargain hunting is how you get cool coins. Corinth Stater Fouree $20 Pius Tetradrachm Egypt $30 rare phoenix reverse Nero Claudius Drusus $30 good obverse and nice patina but reverse is toast 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 25 · Member Share Posted August 25 The last sestertius added in my collection had a price of 20 euros + fees. I don't understand why, but I do not complain. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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