This was a very lean year for me when it came to buying ancient coins. Between the prices being much higher, much less lack of bargains being found on ebay, and getting a bit pickier, this has been the least amount of coins I have bought since I got back into collecting in 2007. Here are some of the favorites I did get in 2022, this isn't all of them, but most. Uncertain Early Arsacid Kings Late 1st century B.C. - early 2nd century A.D. Billon Tetradrachm O: Crude bust left with long, pointed beard and curly hair dressed in a curved pattern from forehead to the nape of the neck, topped by a tuft of hair bound with a diadem, its ties falling behind, star in crescent above anchor with two crossbars, pellet to left of anchor. R: Diademed, bearded head left (degenerated), degraded legend around, forming square frame around the head. van't Haaff 10.3.1-1B, subtype b. M. Aemilius Scaurus & P. Plautius Hypsaeus (58 B.C.) AR Denarius O: M. SCAVR. / AED. CVR., above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel right, EX., on left, S.C., on right, REX. ARETAS., in exergue. R: P. HVPSAE. / AED. CVR., above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTV., on right, but C. HVPSAE. COS. PREIVER., in exergue, scorpion below horses. 3.47g 19mm Rome Mint RCV #379 Aemilia 8 Philip II (247 - 249 A.D.) NISIBIS (Mesopotamia) Æ25 O: AYTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip II left. R: IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT. Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above her head, ram (Aries) leaping right, head left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, half-length river-god Euphrates swimming right. Nisibis mint 11.5g 25mm SNG Copenhagen 240 corr, BMC 22, corr. Julia Domna (193 - 217 A.D.) AR Drachm O: IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AVΓ, bust right. R: MHTPO KAICAP NEΩ, Mt. Argaeus, star at summit. Crescent to upper right. ET IH Dated RY 18 of Septimius (AD 210/211). 2.95g 19mm Syd 450v (Rev legend and crescent) In the year this coin was issued, Severus fell ill in Britain during the campaign against the Caledonians; his days were numbered. Caracalla continued the campaign, but his thoughts were on the future. Diadumenian (218 A.D.) AR Denarius O:M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: PRINC IVVENTVTVS Prince standing facing, head r., holding standard and sceptre; two standards to right. Rome Mint 218 A.D. 3.8g 21mm RIC IV 102; RSC III 3b
