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GOLD ANCIENTS

Category:  Ancients
Owner:  goldsaint
Last Modified:  4/7/2015
Set Description
GOLD ANCIENTS IS A COLLECTION OF ONLY GOLD COINS FROM 650 B.C. THROUGH THE ENTIRE BYZANTINE ERA.

Set Goals
In ancient times gold, as it is today, was very rare. Only the very wealthy could earn and spend gold. The old saying, “ That a gold coin would always buy one a good meal, a new suite of clothes, a room for the night, and a lady of the evening” still holds true today, but how big a gold coin, is the question. In 600 B.C many gold coins were 1 or 2 grams of gold only. My goal here is to just do the best I can to add to this collection.

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View Coin   ANCIENT - WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (4th CENT AD - 5th CENT AD) WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Valentinian III,AD425-455 AV Solidus on man-headed serpent. Ravenna. rv emperor stg. NGC MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Heraclius, AD 610-641 AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps obv three emperors NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constans II & Constant.IV AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps AD 654-668. obv two busts NGC MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constantine IX,AD 1042-55 AV Hist. Nomisma Empire rv Constantine IX obv Christ std. NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Justin II, AD 565-578 AV Solidus Empire rv Constantinopolis std. obv facing bust NGC MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constantine VII+RomanusII AV Solidus Empire Christ/Const.VII+Rom.II issue of c.AD 945-963 NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (4th CENT AD - 5th CENT AD) EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Arcadius, AD 383-408 AV Solidus light graffito rv Constantinopolis std. NGC Ch XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) ISL. OF LESBOS, MYTILENE c.377-326 BC EL Hecte Isl. Of Lesbos, Mytilene rv female hd. Bod. My95. obv Apollo NGC VF Strike: 2/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Michael VII, AD 1071-1078 AV/EL Hist. Nomisma Empire rv Michael VII obv Christ bust NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE-NICAEA John III, AD 1221/2-1254 AV Hyperpyron -nicaea rv Virgin crowns emperor Magnesia. obv Christ std. NGC MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Manuel I, AD 1143-1180 AV Hyperpyron Empire rv Manuel stg. Clipped. obv Christ Emmanuel NGC AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) ZEUGITANA, CARTHAGE c.320-280 BC EL Stater Zeugitana, Carthage rv horse stg. obv Tanit NGC Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Romanus IV, AD 1068-1071 AV Hist. Nomisma Empire rv Romanus,Christ,Eudocia ob Const.,Michael,Andron. NGC XF Strike: 3/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) KINGDOM OF MACEDON Alexander III, 336-323 BC AV Stater Kingdom Of Macedon obv Athena. rv Nike. lifetime-early posthumous NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) KINGDOM OF MACEDON Philip II, 359-336 BC AV Stater Kingdom Of Macedon obv Apollo. rv biga. lifetime-early posthumous NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Isaac II, AD 1185-1195 AV Hyperpyron Empire & Archangel hldg. sword. obv Virgin Mary. rv Isaac NGC AU Strike: 3/5 Surface: 2/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constans II, AD 641-668 AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps obv facing bust NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - CELTIC (4TH CENT BC - 1ST CENT AD) BRITAIN, CATUVELLAUNI c.60-20 BC EL Stater Britain, Catuvellauni rv horse w/stylized wing ob wreath,cloak,crescents NGC Ch XF Strike: 3/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) PONTIC KINGDOM Mithradates VI, 120-63 BC AV Stater Pontic Kingdom Alexander III/Athena Callatis. Lysimachus type NGC Ch AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Theophilus, AD 829-842 AV Solidus Empire rv Theophilus ob Michael II+Constantine NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE John II, AD 1118-1143 EL Aspron Trachy Empire St. George. Scratches. obv Christ. rv John II & NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 1/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Tiberius II Constantine AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps AD 578-582. Facing bust. NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Alexius I, AD 1081-1118 EL/AR Hist. Nomisma Empire rv Alexius I obv Christ NGC Ch XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Heraclius+Her.Constantine AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps AD 613-641. Two emperors. NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (4th CENT AD - 5th CENT AD) WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Honorius, AD 393-423 AV Solidus foot on bound captive. Ravenna. rv emperor stg., NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Romanus III, AD 1028-1034 AV Hist. Nomisma Empire rv Virgin crowns Romanus obv Christ std. NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constans II, AD 641-668 AV Tremissis Empire rv cross (perhaps Constantine IV) NGC Ch AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Maur.Tiberius, AD 582-602 AV Solidus Empire flip-over double strike rv Angel hldg. P-cross NGC MS Strike: 3/5 Surface: 4/5 FLIP OVER DOUBLE STRIKE MS
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Justin I, AD 518-527 AV Tremissis Empire rv Victory advancing NGC MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Leontius, AD 695-698 AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps obv facing consular bust NGC Ch MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) ACHAEMENID EMPIRE c.5th Century BC AV Daric Achaemenid Empire rv incuse punch obv hero-king w/bow,spear NGC Ch AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS Sauromates II,cAD 174-211 EL Stater Kingdom Of Bosporus yr.490 (AD 193/4) rv Septimius Severus NGC Ch XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
  Iran KUSAHAN EMPIRE AD 230-250 GOLD DINAR GOBL#509 During the 1st and early 2nd centuries CE, the Kushans expanded across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent at least as far as Saketa and Sarnath near Varanasi (Benares), where inscriptions have been found dating to the era of the Kushan emperor Kanishka, which began about 127 CE Around 152 AD, Kanishka sent his armies north of the Karakoram mountains. They captured territories as far as Kashgar, Khotan and Yarkant, in the Tarim Basin of modern-day Xinjiang, China. A direct road from Gandhara to China was opened which remained under Kushan control for more than 100 years. The security offered by the Kushans encouraged travel across the Khunjerab Pass and facilitated the spread of Mahayana Buddhism to China.
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) THRACIAN OR SCYTHIAN Coson, after 54 BC AV Stater Thracian Or Scythian rv eagle, wreath, scepter obv procession, monogram NGC Ch MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
  Iran Former Greco-Bactrian AD 260-292 GOLD DINAR AD 260-292 The Kushans were one of five branches of the Yuezhi confederation.a possibly Iranian or Tocharian, Indo-European nomadic people who had migrated from the Tarim Basin and settled in ancient Bactria. Their official language, the Indo-European Bactrian language, is closely related to the modern Afghan languages.
  Iran Greco-Bactrian 4th Cent.A.D. GOLD DINAR 4th Cent.A.D. GOBL #589 The Kushans were one of five branches of the Yuezhi confederation, a possibly Iranian or Tocharian, Indo-European nomadic people who had migrated from the Tarim Basin and settled in ancient Bactria.Their official language, the Indo-European Bactrian language, is closely related to the modern Afghan languages.
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Phocas, AD 602-610 AV Solidus Empire rv Angel hldg. P-cross obv facing bust NGC Ch MS Strike: 3/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE (4th CENT AD - 5th CENT AD) EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE Theodosius II, AD 402-450 AV Solidus rv Constantinopolis std. Constantinople NGC MS Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) LYDIA c.610-546 BC EL Third-Stater Lydia lt. edge filing obv lion hd w/radiate sun NGC Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK CIVIC (7th CENT BC - 1st CENT AD) IONIA, UNCERTAIN MINT c.625-550 BC EL Third-Stater Ionia, Uncertain Mint rv segmented incuse obv geometric type NGC XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 5/5 If you look very closely at the reverse on this coin you can see where there is still quartz crystal sticking out of the back.
I guess they mined the Gold and hammered it right out side the mine.
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Tiberius II Constantine AV Solidus Empire rv cross potent on steps AD 578-582. Facing bust. NGC MS Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Alexius III, AD 1195-1203 AV Hyperpyron Empire St. Constantine. Graffito obv Christ rv Alexius & NGC AU Strike: 3/5 Surface: 3/5
  Iran Gold AD 276-293 Sasanian Varahran II very Rare VARAHRAN II GOLD STATER 7.43g
  India KUSHAN EMPIRE 295 AD GOLD AV DINAR
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constantine X, AD 1059-67 AV Hist. Nomisma Empire rv Constantine X.Graffito obv Christ. rv Virgin & NGC AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Heraclius+Her.Constantine AV Solidus Empire Ind.7, 1st cycle AD 618/9 AD 613-641. Carthage. NGC AU Strike: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Anastasius I, AD 491-518 AV Solidus Empire rv Victory hldg. P-cross obv facing military bust NGC MS Strike: 2/5 Surface: 5/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Romanus I & Christopher AV Solidus Empire rv two emperors. Clipped. AD 923-931. obv Christ. NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - BYZANTINE (5th CENT AD - 15th CENT AD) BYZANTINE EMPIRE Basil I & Constantine AV Solidus Empire rv Basil I & Constantine AD 868-886. obv Christ. NGC VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5
View Coin   ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) KINGDOM OF BACTRIA Diodotus I/II,c255-235 BC AV Stater Kingdom Of Bactria Diototus I/Zeus, eagle in name of Antiochus II NGC AU Strike: 5/5 Surface: 2/5 1,500 years ago a slave merchant slashed this coin with his heavy knife to be certain it was real Gold before he turned over the slave girl to the purchaser.
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