These coins represent the coins with the highest catalog value in my collection of all those presented on this site.
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| Type: | Cilicia/Tarsos/Mazaios Satrap. 361-334 BC Stater |
| Obverse: | Baaltars seated left |
| Reverse: | Lion attacking a bull |
| Reference: | SNG Levante 103, SNG von Aulock 5959 |
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| Type: | Kushan. 130-158 (King Kanishka) Stater |
| Reference: | Mitchener 3064 |
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| Type: | 1943-P Jefferson Nickel |
| Grade: | PCGS MS65 |
| Doubled die - the doubling on the eye is most easily seen. |
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| Type: | 394-423 (Honorius) Solidus |
| Obverse Legend: | DN HONORIVS PF AVG |
| Obverse: | Diademed, draped and curiassed bust right |
| Reverse Legend: | VICTORIA AVGGG |
| Reverse: | Honorius standing right, resting his foot on a captive, and holding a standard and Victory. R V in the field. |
| Exergue: | COMOB (Comitatus mint - the mint in the Emperor's court, OB short for "obryziacum aurum" - "fine gold") |
| Reference: | VM-6 |
| Honorius has the honor of being the Western Roman Emperor when the Rome was sacked in 410 AD. R V indicates the Emperor's court (and thus the mint) was in Ravenna. |
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| Type: | 89 BC (L. Titurius L.f. Sabinus) Denarius |
| Obverse Legend: | SABIN and monogram |
| Obverse: | Bare head of king Taitus right |
| Reverse: | Rape of the Sabine women - two soldiers each carrying a woman in his arms |
| Exergue: | L. TITVRI |
| Reference: | SM-249 |
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