Ancient Coins: On a Budget
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2022
- Today, we are looking at what a kinds of coins a beginner collector might consider looking at so he/she can start in this hobby without spending a whole lot.
This is a selection of coin types that should be widely available in great condition and still retain a price tag most collectors can aspire to!
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I've been collecting ancient coins since around 2003, so almost 20 years, and I've never spent more than $200 US dollars for any coin, so I know this can be done on a tight budget. I have a nice small collection of which none were costly - most of my coins are sharp, legends readable and they are from a wide swath of ancient cultures, including Rome, Greece, the Celtic tribes, China, and Indo-Greek. Eventually it would be nice to own an Alexander tetradrachm or a Byzantine gold coin, but I'm much more drawn to interesting designs and themes than any one particular emperor or metal!
Golden words! It is your collection so it is YOU who decides what do you like and what not. Don't get prisoner of modern hype! :)
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When you are on a budged I would recommend Gallienus, Probus, Postumus, Constantinus I and II, Constans. The intresting fact about Probus is his "secret" code "Invictus" and "eqviti" and the chase for it. You can collect even the more expensice emperor ( the 12 emperor) when you are not limited to Rome mint but would consider provincial coinage
You can obtain a nice bronze coin of Constantine the Great for $10 or under. One of my very first ancients. Start with simple bronzes from the 4th century AD. Very budget friendly coins!
That Philip IV looks museum quality.
Aurelian is still a very cheap emperor to get into, considering how much love he’s been given as of late
Hi Leo great video! There are lots of beautiful interesting ancient coins that may be bought for very little money; quite often for much less than collectors would spend in modern/contemporary coins. And most of those tiny bronzes are much rarer than the tetradrachms, and yet much more affordable. I liked the tiny bronze of Myrina, it's interesting that, while bronzes of that city almost invariably feature an amphora as main type in the reverse, the much more abundant (but more pricey) wide-flan late Hellenistic silver tetradrachms have Apollo in the reverse but always include a tiny amphora as well. (By the way, all Tournois currency has always TVORNVS CIVIS in the reverse, but it doesn't mean it was all struck in the city of Tours, it means that it belongs to that currency system).
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There are so many GREAT ancient Roman coins for $10-30. If you're new to the hobby look for coin shows in your area, dealers who have ancients will often have "junk boxes" with coins as cheap as $1 in decent shape. They make amazing gifts also for people who like history.
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wear from circulation will reduce the price but it can still be very beautiful
Personally, I like small bronze Greek coins which show that they are old, slightly worn and covered with patina
With my collection I am also on a budget and never bought anything more expensive than some 100 US$. Anyhow to start with constantine and his family have left many coins in good shape and often in good conservations that at least some years ago with a bit of luck could be found for less than 10 o even just 1 US$. Coins of the soldier emperors of the 4th century like Gallienus, the Roman-gaelic empire are also often found cheap and in good shape and in some times have really interesting reverses. If you like large bronze coins you could have a look at the provincial coinage, especially from Viminacium or the large follis from the time of the diocletian monetarian reform.
Late Roman bronze coins of the 4th and 5th centuries are extremely affordable, my first coin ever was a bronze coin of Constans, one of Constantine's sons, and that was about $12.
I found late Roman/early Byzantine bronze coins to be very affordable. Most may be in bad condition, but occasionally you'll find some in pristine condition
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just starting out in this the only coin i have is a silver silanus denarius from 91bc
Budget oriented collectors so this video is for me :D