Surprisingly Affordable Ancient Greek Coins

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

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[@rodfleck]

Absolutely love this. Showing how to practically enter into this type of collecting and the joys of the artwork. Truly grateful for your videos.

[@MD-pl4ww]

i love the art work you manage to display alongside the coin too, thanks

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thanks, Im glad you like them :) It really helps beginners make sense of what they are looking at

[@arthur-yq4ic]

this half obol has more silver in it then a third century roman denarius lol

[@johnshoosmith]

Very good detail, very interesting, and filmed beautifully. Thank you!

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Thank you John! Let me know what topics you would like to see next.

[@TreasureWOMAN]

Really small coin really interesting video 🙂

[@p0staldude000]

Awesome coins

[@druzhynets91]

I absolutely love it!

[@johnshoosmith]

I'm so glad you posted this! I've been sitting here with my only possible Greek coin, wondering if the size condemns it s a fake. But now I'm back to thinking it might be real!

[@kevinsmit432]

Love the videos

[@Bluelobster36.5]

What would be the price of a common obal in average condition

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

shouldnt cost you more than 30 dollars or so. Probably less.

[@wraithface4410]

where can they be bought for such prices and lower?@@ClassicalNumismatics

[@caseymiller7317]

I own a very similar Hiketas issue with Zeus Hellanios. I thought it was Apollo when I first saw it and subsequently became fascinated with the mystery of why the Syracusans would choose to depict Zeus in this way (no beard/youthful) when it seems almost unprecedented in the Ancient Greek world. Do you think it could possibly be that a young version of Zeus embodies the Sicilian Greeks in that their city-state was young/new, but nevertheless Greek?

[@darwinparas5465]

How could I know if the auction houses are overpriced? and is really NGC graded drives the coin prices up? Hope you could notice me :D

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Of course I notice you guys :) The best way is to check past auction results and see how much similar coins have been selling for the last 3 months or so. I'd go to Numisbids or Biddr, look at the past auctions, and check there. Also, your preferred auction houses typically will keep on their websites some sort of archive of the hammer prices on the last auctions, this is also a good place to look at. With that info in mind, compare it against retail prices and see if the prices are fair. Remember auctions charge a buyier's premium that raises the final hammer price at around 12-20%, so keep that in mind as well! I'll be releasing a video soon about Graded ancient coins and my opinion on them, stay tuned :)

[@darwinparas5465]

@@ClassicalNumismatics thank you! im only new in collecting hope you could enlighten me. since it has huge dispariity with raw and ngc graded aside from that I dont know how much will be added to its value on each grade hehe

[@tanishjain9190]

How much do these usually cost?

[@wollin20]

The Selge obol is in very good condition (as far as I can see from the video of course) and would command a price like 200 dollars, or even 300. The other ones are ways cheaper, being in a very worn condition, between 20 and 100 dollars. So, they are truely affordable.

[@longkeithdiablo8812]

The coin you picked up at @3:15 , I have an almost identical coin I found in a field in Essex, UK. Do we know what it's called?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

Hi mate! It might be similar, but it most definitely should be a different type, as this is a bronze fractional piece from Alexander the Great. These circulated during the 4th and 3rd centuries BC at the eastern mediterranean, therefore its quite unlikely, id say practically impossible, that such things would reach the UK. Maybe what you found could be a celtic piece?

[@longkeithdiablo8812]

@@ClassicalNumismatics Macedonian shield on one side, looks like mine has a star or lightening bolt in the middle and on the other side is the helmet with what looks like a "B" to the left and an "A" to the right. I found it with a metal detector and thought it was some kind of Roman coin weight until I did a bit of research. I've seen a couple of similar looking online but the one in your video is the closest looking, almost identical. Great video, I'm subscribed and thanks for the reply.

[@charleshash4919]

​​@@longkeithdiablo8812Your description is very similar to Hoover 3.1-957, which is a small bronze (15-18 mm, 3.2-4.8 g), minted for Alexander IV during 323-317 BC. The symbol on the Macedonian shield is a club. Another reference for this coin is Price-419. The Macedonian mint where this coin was struck is not certain. I guess that there could have been Roman soldiers stationed in Greece that were later stationed in Roman Britain, but the difference in time between when this coin was made and when the Romans were active in Britain is too great for this to make sense unless the soldier collected coins. I don't know whether the Celts made and used copies of this coin, which is another possible explanation.

[@charleshash4919]

Smaller denomination (10-14 mm, 1.5-2.9 g) has an 8-point star on the Macedonian shield. Struck 325-310 BC at an unidentified Macedonian mint. References: Hoover-3.1-965 and Price 419A.

[@Muscovy7]

@@ClassicalNumismaticsit’s known that Carthage conducted trade with Britain. It’s possible he won the coin lottery and found a greek coin exchanged by phoenician traders to buy celtic swords.

[@aponcapone]

Ik have a museum quality Mithradrates coin. Lovely black patina on it. Ik only paus 75€ for it. Greek coins are lovey but a little more expensive...bit i love Them.

[@FaridSaripov]

I have 6 pieces of silver coins, one of them is Tetadrachma Cruzero from 400 BC, probably such a beautiful and expensive coin, few people held it in their hands, it is very beautiful

[@Piggie1603]

What is the coin called at around 3:15 with the shield bust and Macedonian helmet?

[@ClassicalNumismatics]

We dont know! There´s no academic consensus on the names of many coin denominations! Typically you will call this coin just a "Bronze Unit", although some argue it is a "Hemiobol", by attributing it to the Attic standard, which was adopted by Alexander

[@Piggie1603]

@@ClassicalNumismatics ah okay, thank you for the reply! I think I might have one of them, the one you showed in the video looks very similar to mine!

[@19nameer]

l have one

[@alvinsimable]

H, i hope you notice me too. i have a 18k ancient coin cufflink white gold with rose gold. i saw the coin similar to your video starting coin. i can't find one the same as mine in the internet. any way to help ?. can i email the picture to you. please advice.