Roman silver needed

woodardcoin

My father has always been interested in history . He has asked me to find him a necklace with a silver roman coin from the time of Christ . If anyone has something in this area for sale please let me know. If you know where I can find such an item please let me know .


Thanks in advance

JP

johnsim03

<< <i>My father has always been interested in history . He has asked me to find him a necklace with a silver roman coin from the time of Christ . If anyone has something in this area for sale please let me know. If you know where I can find such an item please let me know .


Thanks in advance

JP >>



JP,

That would be Tiberius. A denarius of Tiberius would be extremely pricey, see the below listing:

Link at FORVM

just as an example. These are definitely not the types of coins you would want to see used in jewelry!
Another possibility would be to find an extremely worn example, or even search on eBay for a replica of a Tiberius
denarius, and then have it mounted...

Just some ideas.

John

coachleonard

yeah, the tiberius ones are kinda pricey (start around $200 in circulated grades) due to their "Tribute Penny" status. You can get a decent Caesar Augustus denarii for much cheaper, and they circulated during he time of Christ. I believe a common Roman Republic denarii (say around 80 B.C) would also have circulated during the life of Christ though not as much as the ones of Augustus and Tiberius. A Roman Republic would be the cheapest and easiest obtained of the three, i believe.

coinnerd

The passage in the Bible references a portrait of Ceasar on the coin. While republic coinage may have still been around only Augustus and Tiberius had coinage with portraits. The coin could have been from the Antioch, Alexandria or other eastern mint, but the Roman denarius is considered the one referenced.

A cheaper alternative for a biblical coin would be the widows mite, a small bronze coin. They can be had for under $25 usually.

lordmarcovan

A Roman Republic denarius of the first century BC would be a less-expensive alternative to a Tiberius denarius, and you'd still get a silver coin, plus the Republican-era designs are quite attractive, many featuring goddesses and/or galloping horses and so on. For half the price of a Tiberius, you could get a nice one, and still have a silver coin that would have been in circulation during the time of Christ. And sometimes the Republican denarii can be had in lower circulated grades (with plenty of detail left) for under a hundred bucks. I was lucky enough to pick five or six of them up at the FUN show in 2003 or thereabouts and paid less than $30 apiece for them! I suspect those bargains will be hard to find, now, but you can still get a decent one for under a hundred bucks.

TwoKopeiki

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lordmarcovan

Well, here is a necklace that is 1st-3rd century Roman- no coin on it, but the necklace itself (the beads) are Roman.

I didn't find anything else except a couple very expensive Greek coins in pendants, but you can go back to the main VCoins page from that link and try various searches. I have seen ancient coins in rings and pendants before. Of course they're often on eBay, but there you have to worry about the authenticity of the coins in the mounts.

Edit- not Greek, but a nice one- HERE is a Roman Republican denarius in a (gold) pendant. Nice coin, nice pendant, but very pricey. I think you could find an equally nice coin elsewhere, and even if you had a jeweler custom make a pendant, you'd possibly come out cheaper than this piece, but that link should give you an idea of the sort of coin I am talking about. That coin is not a whole lot nicer than some of the ones I was buying for thirty bucks several years ago. (Granted, it is a BIT nicer than they were, and is probably a scarcer type, and I DID get a great deal on mine, but you get the idea).

Figure a hundred bucks for a decent denarius coin and then figure out how you can do a pendant for another hundred bucks or less, maybe in silver?

Shoot, if you also use the Roman beads, that would be supercool, but a beaded necklace might be a bit effeminate for your Dad. I guess men haven't worn beads since the '70s.