ANCIENT COINS for sale

Here is partial display listing of various types. Please inquire as there are constantly new aquisitions. I will do my best to meet your want list. As previously stated, my desire is for believers of all ages to use these marvelous markers of history to Bring the Bible to life!

Xerxes I (Ahasuerus) 486-465 B.C. Persian Sigloi ~5.5g (The Book of Esther) King Xerxes needed huge quantities of coins to finance his army of 1,700,000. obv. Commander of a huge army, King Xerxes was saved from a palace plot. His gratitute and good sense resulted in The Feast of Purim.
obv. Warrier: spear + bow
rev. incuse (one of the earliest coins)

A biblical coin over-looked by everyone!

"Widow's Mite" " Then one poor widow came and threw in two mites, which make a quadrans." Mark 4:42 Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 B.C. bronze lepton types minted.
Obv. Wreath, Hebrew: "Yehonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews"
Rev. Double cornucopia. Obv. Anchor, circled Hebrew: "King Alexander" Rev. Star, circled: "Yehonatan the King"
The most affordable biblical coin; attractively packaged with write-up.Quantity discounts available

representive of grade

Augustus 27 BC-A.D. 14 (Luke 2:1) As=1/16 denaraius. b. Gaius J.C. Octavius CAESAR AVGVSTVS SC=Senate Consulted. Moneyer: P.Lurius Agrippa minted 10 B.C.True founder of Empire. "He found Rome in brick and left it marble "

Tribute Penny" (Mark 12:14-17) The most famous biblical coin.
Tiberius A.D. 14-37 TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS=(Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Son of the Divine Augustus)
Livia posed as goddess of peace. PONTIF MAXIM=High Priest (emperor's title) Luke 20:22-25 "Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" But He perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test Me? "Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?" They answered and said, "Caesar's." And He said to them, "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."

Tyre Shekel" 30 pieces of silver (Matt.26:14-15 Zech.11:12)
TYPOYIEPAI KAIAY.YAOY=of Tyre the holy & inviolable god Melqarth (Herakles)
Eagle, club (date above) range A (126/125B.C.) -PZ (19/18 B.C.) Better style, larger flan Acceptable for purity & weight for Temple tax.

Vespasian A.D. 69-79 Campaigned against the Jews in A.D. 66 & left his son Titus in charge, when he was chosen emperor. A very skilled commander. S772
Obv. COS ITER TR POT Rev. PAX STO L Pax seated holding olive branch with caduceus
Antonius Felix A.D. 52-58 prutah (Acts 23-24)Corrupt Roman governor over Judea: kept Paul imprisoned hoping he would pay to be released.
Palms crossed: date beneath LI=(yr 14=A.D. 54) TI KAAV IOC KAICAP EPM=Tib. Claudius Caesar Germanicus Wreath: IOY/AIAA /PI I/NA=Julia Agrippina (Claudius wife)

Shields & spears crossed: NEPW KAAV KAICAP=Nero Claudius Caesar -son of Claudius Palm with dates: BPIT

Porcius Festus A.D. 59-62 prutah (Acts 24-27) Roman military governor over Judea: judged & sent Paul to Rome.
Palm branch circled with KAICAPOC LE=Caesar, Year 5 rev.
Wreath tied with X NEP WNO C 1st Revolt A.D. 67-70 "

Masada Coin" year 2,3,4 quarter shekel
"The freedom of Zion" Amphora Vine branch with leaf. Jewish coinage -a short-lived freedom which eventually resulted in the destruction of the Temple

Helena AD.248-328 AE3 (19mm) Follis (slight silver content) Thessalonica mint: Greece FL HELENA AVGUSTA
Rev. Empress holding branch SECURITAS REIPUBLICE
Mother of Constantine sought Holy Sites & built churches. Helena AD.248-328 AE3 (19mm) Follis (slight silver content) (Treveri mint: Trier, Germany) Helena AD.248-328 AE3 (19mm) Follis (slight silver content) (Siscia mint: Yugoslavia)

Constantine A.D. 306-337 Follis (Siscia mint: Yugoslavia) CONSTANTINVS AVG. Rev. Camp-gate PROVIDENTIAE AVGG. 1st "Christian" Emp. -was extravagant + ruthless. AD 312 (cross in sky: "Conquer by this"). i) founded Constantinopolis ii) encouraged & legalized Christianity Constantine A.D. 306-337 Follis (Thessalonica mint) CONSTANTINVS AVG. Rev. Camp-gate PROVIDENTIAE AVGG.

Magnentius A.D. 350-353 Bronze centenionalis "Christogram" (labarum) 1st 2 letters of Christos (Gk. Christ) between (I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. Rev. 21:6) -a pagan who thought he