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Historic Coins
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This section is reserved for any
coins (mainly in replaceable quantities) that have interesting
stories behind Emperors, kings,
battles and legends that made history!
History can be studied in books, but it is so much more exciting to hold that
history in your own hands! Reading a coin is not only about identifying an
assayer or a rare mint; sometimes it is all about a monarch, king, emperor or
tyrant who made history, or maybe a legend that was passed from generation to
generation. These coins provide a key for opening the door to world history and
treasuring the past.
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Greek Coins
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Islands off Thrace,
Thasos, AR tetradrachm, ca. 140-110 BC.
HGC 6, 359. 16.89 grams.
Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Herakles standing left, holding
club, lion skin draped over arm; M to inner left. Lustrous, non-toned XF on
a broad flan with full details. |
j011504076003 |
$795 |
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Kings of Cappadocia, AR tetradrachm, Ariarathos VII
Philometer, ca. 106-101/0 BC, struck in the name and types of Antiochos VII
of Syria, Ariaratheia or Eusebia-Tyana mint, struck ca. 104-2 BC. 16.53
grams. Diademed head of Antiochos VII right / Athena Nikephoros standing
left; monogram above A to outer left, O to inner left, monogram to inner
right; all within laurel wreath. |
j021503141005 |
$495 |
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Kingdom of Macedon, AR
drachm, Alexander III (the Great), ca. 336-323 BC, Sardes mint.
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j011811071001 |
$295 |
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Kingdom of Macedon, AR drachm, Alexander III (the Great),
ca. 336-323 BC, posthumous issue. 4.27 grams. |
j031918181004 |
$195 |
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Kingdom of Macedon, AR
drachm, Alexander III (the Great), ca. 336-323 BC, posthumous issue.
4.14 grams. |
j031918181005 |
$195 |
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Thessaly, Larissa, AR didrachm, 350-325 BC. 5.93
grams. AU, choice example with luster and especially well-struck bust and
smooth fields. |
j101816112006 |
$795 |
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Roman Coins
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Roman Empire, AR
denarius, Vespasian, 69-70 AD.
Small, thick flan with bold
portrait of Vespasian, XF details, attractively toned all over. |
j071303807005 |
$295 |
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Romano-Gallic Emperor,
Postumus. AR
antoninianus, AD 260-269.Treveri (Trier)
mint. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Providentia standing left,
holding scepter and globe. RIC V 80. |
j101214031009 |
$95 |
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Other Historical Coins
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Genoa, Italy, AR denaros, "crusader coins," 1139-1339 AD.
Popular type coin that
widely circulated among the Crusaders and within the Crusader States. Nice
examples.
6
available. |
j081804625005-10 |
$95
each |
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Anglo-Gallic Aquitaine
(Poitou), deniers, Richard I "lionheart" (as Count of Poitou, 1172-85),
PICTAVENSIS on obverse, cross on reverse.
Typically thin and round, with
full legend around cross, lightly toned AVF.
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j031103316002 |
$150 |
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Hall in Swabia
(Germany), handhellers, ca. 1200s-1300s.
Popular medieval coins
(typically thin and small) with open-palm hand as the main design. |
j031203531009 |
$70 |
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Wallachia (Romania), silver ducat, Mircea the Old
(1386-1418, Dracula's
grandfather), type with Mircea standing
with spear.
Nicely toned Fine with small chip in rim,
popular as the coinage circulating in the time and place of the legendary
Count Dracula, more accurately known as Vlad III Tzepesh or "Vlad the
Impaler"
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j031918181001 |
$175 |
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Wallachia (Romania),
silver ducat, Mircea the Old (1386-1418, Dracula's grandfather), shield
type.
Bold, full VF details with contrasting toning,
popular issue as
circulated in the place and time of Vlad III Dracula, AKA "Vlad the
Impaler." |
j031918181002 |
$165 |
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Wallachia (Romania),
silver ducat, Mircea the Old (1386-1418, Dracula's grandfather), shield
type.
weak strike,
VF details with no toning, popular issue as circulated in the place and time
of Vlad III Dracula, AKA "Vlad the Impaler." |
j031918181003 |
$165 |
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Japan, 1 bu (ichi-bu
gins, "samurai coins"), mid-1800s.
Each about 8.7 grams, 25mm x 15mm, 81% fine. Popular rectangular coins
(larger version) with Japanese characters (3 on one side and 5 on the other)
inside borders of dots, nice XF.
9
available. |
j071507191032-40 |
$65 each |
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Japan, 1 shu (is-shu
gins, "samurai coins"), mid-1800s. Each about 1.8 grams, 15mm x 9.5mm,
88% fine. Popular rectangular coins (smaller version) with Japanese
characters (3 on one side and 5 on the other) inside borders of dots, nicely
toned XF.
4
available. |
j071507191019-20 |
$35 each |
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