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Moderator
 United States
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It looks like it might be SB 344, but unless it has been certified I'd be a little doubtful about it. If it's real you did over pay a bit.
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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Dang! You and Caesar77 are getting all the cool stuff! Justin II , well.... started out as a decent Emperor but after the Persian sack of Antioch he went off his rocker. He is reported to have eaten two of his servants and could only be calmed down by loud music. We don't really know what was wrong with him, he was apparently still able to appoint a competent man to be Caesar(Jr Emperor). So that rules out most mental diseases. Here is my only Solidus of the guy that had to clean up Justin mess on the Eastern boarder with Persia. Maurice Tiberius AV Solidus 4.12g light weight 22 Siliqua standard. Struck 582-602CE  Welcome to the Solidii club!    |
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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I have seen these on Vcoins go from $500 to $700 so If you did pay over, it wasn't too bad. Just enjoy that Solidus!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5155 Posts |
Nice piece, Y'all are killing me with all these gold coins! I don't have one, but one should be at my doorstep today...fingers crossed!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1269 Posts |
Beautiful coin. Congrats. It is nice to see some gold coins make an appearance.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Looks great on the screen, but I agree with Topcat7.
Is the numismatic competancy of estate auction business that sold it OK? Almost certain that it is good gold.
Price otherwise OK.
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Valued Member
 United States
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That's a nice Solidus Augustus! Now I have to find one of those too :P.
Edited by durkastani
05/14/2015 8:26 pm
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Valued Member
United States
452 Posts |
I like your quote Ancientnoob! Lol!
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Valued Member
United States
356 Posts |
Nice, coin well centered. I think for an estate sale it was priced high. I paid 575 for mine on CNG, so I would expect a discount buying it at an estate sale.
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Valued Member
United States
452 Posts |
Yeah, that's why I bid so high. It's so well centered! I'm a sucker sometimes lol.
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Valued Member
United States
356 Posts |
The worse thing to happen in Coin Auctions, is the imbecile. I bet some ignoramus' were bidding it up thinking it was worth thousands of dollars. They always ruin it for collectors. We enjoy the coins for the history, or perhaps the emperor has special meaning or we are a fan of them. However, then these people blow in and think every ancient coin is worth a fortune and they pay outrageous sums. Had they not been there you would have probably gotten a steal. I hope I can find a sucker like that to pay five figures or more for my Hadrian!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I live near Seattle, and I never see many nice coins for sale, except at the PNNA show every year in Tukwila. Then again, I don't really go to any auctions.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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more gold coins...dang you guys.
it's a great looking coin, these are out of my league so I'm not about price. be careful, but ...i assume your very familiar with byzantine solidi.
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United States
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The Pacific Northwest is dry for any type of Ancients. I live in Pasco and to find any ancient I would have to go to Seattle or Contact RAS from Dirty Old Coins. He is the only ancient coin dealer in the area.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I think that any reasonable collection of ancient coins, where the custodian of the collection has a prime numismatic interest in ancient coins, should have a gold coin represented in that collection, even if it is only one of them.
In the ancient World, gold after all, despite it's reverence, was used as a normal circulating coinage metal. The silver to gold weight value ratio was typically only 15:1, not typically 60:1, as it is today.
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Posted 05/14/2015 08:30 am
