500 UNCLEANED BYZANTINE SCYPHATES ANCIENT COIN OLD LOT! Start Price USD 299.00 Current Price USD 299.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 495.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, August 16, 2008 End Time Saturday, August 23, 2008 Location sherman oaks, CA See more about '500 UNCLEANED BYZANTINE SCYPHATES ANCIENT COIN OLD LOT!' Description Uncleaned lot of BYZANTINE SCYPHATES  500 COINS big price drop now starting bid just $299 less then 60 cents a coin We offer you uncleaned  BYZANTINE coins. We buy them directly from the excavators in Europe, so there are no other dealers between.   Please look at the picture. This will give you a great idea of what to expect.  WE ARE SURE YOU WILL BE VERY HAPPY  VERY LOW STARTING BID ONLY $299 OR BUY IT NOW  BEFORE BIDDING GOES WAY UP ONLY $495 HUGE LOT OF 500 UNCEANED BYZANTINE COINS VERY RARE TO FIND SUCH A LARGE LOT AT THIS PRICE VERY LOW BUY IT NOW THESE COINS ARE BECOMING VERY HARD TO FIND  GET THEM WHILE YOU CAN Restoring and collecting BYZANTINE  coins is getting more popular all over the world by the day ! It is truly a fascinating hobby which combines numerous areas of knowledge such as numismatics, ancient history and a feeling of treasure hunting (you never know what is under the dirt); learning new things, training mental agility, discovery (there are so many different types to discover including types and variations previously unknown) and handicraft (cleaning the coins). You can clean them using a variety of methods (e.g. using olive oil, or by simple electrolysis or using chemicals). You can find the cleaning instructions and appropriate links by clicking on the "Information" button. In case you are dubious: I guarantee that these coins are absolutely genuine! The coins are at least 1500  to 2000 years old! Quality Almost all of the coins I sell  HERE ARE BYZANTINE  era. (approx. 100 B.C. to 450 A.D.), a few are from earlier or later times. there  are some low grade coins some may have broken edges and some are broken please take a look at picture to get a real good idea!!!Source of the coins The coins come from places such as Viminacium (a Roman town near Kostolats in Serbia ). There were no banknotes in those days and the only banking system (a very basic system offered almost exclusively to the ruling classes) and so all transactions were made in cash (= coins). These were often buried in the cellar, beneath trees, next to local landmarks such as aquaducts and bridges. When the owner died (many of the owners were soldiers sent off to serve elsewhere), the coins were forgotten. Today, nearly 2,000 years later they are being found using electronic means and you can buy them. Please email any questions Place a Bid!