kazuma78, You had a great year ! My 1st pick is #7, the Syracuse Tet. This coin towers over all the others. What a wonderful blend of the Archaic & Classic styles . It's a masterpiece of numismatic art. My 2nd favorite is #3, it has great style & is in choice condition. My 3rd pick would be #8, the Pergamon Tet, because of the high grade & wonderful toning .
Fantastic pieces, you have great taste in ancients. Great investment too, as all of them are coins that will always be desirable. The Syracuse tetradrachm really stands out, I could only dream of owning a coin like that.
You've had a great coin year... every one on the list is a standout in my opinion. My personal favorite is the Syracuse tet. What an absolutely fabulous coin!
My (tough) choices are, in that order, #7, #5 and #2 I'm blown away by the overall eyeappeal and quality of the whole selection. Picking just three is a torture Q
Beautiful coins, congratulations on such a fine list. No's 2, 3 and 7 really stand out for me (personally). Amazing coins!
That’s an impressive haul for 2020,@kazuma78 ! Will it be remembered as the Covid hoard? I like them all, could have voted for 10 coins, but chose the ones that I would have prioritized in my collection.
Well I funded 1 or 2 of them with money that was meant for travel this year, so a couple of them would be "covid hoard" coins lol
Beautiful coins. #2 is my favourite, wonderful toning and style. But I also really like #6. Think that one has been a bit under-rated so far!
The Persian Siglos is quite nice in hand, but just won't get as much attention compared to the style and attractiveness of some of the other coins. Its a great piece though!
@kazuma78 , your Syracusan tet is amazing! I also really like the Paeonia tet and even put in a bid on that one myself. I also think your Persian siglos is wonderfully styled and so I gave it my 3rd vote.
You have excellent taste @kazuma78! All of your coins are spectacular...but your coins from Syracuse and Metapontion are my personal favourites. Congrats on an excellent year of collecting!
Thanks for the comments everyone! Looking back on these, I'm rather happy with my additions this year and hope to have as good of a year in 2021. We will see what new material the auction catalogs bring!
Thanks for voting and commenting! It looks like my favorite 3 are the consensus for the favorite 3 on the forum out of my top 10. This was fun! Thanks again!
Wow, missed this post the first time around...these are great! The Lysimachus tet is just spectacular, your Syracuse tet is as well.
#1 (Tarentum) knocks my sox off. Purely from the eye appeal standpoint, I reckon that one’s the pick of the litter for me. #2 (Metapontum) - definitely avatar-worthy! #7 (Syracusan tet) - duh? Voting for that was a no-brainer! (PS- send me that after you upgrade to your deka-, OK?) Honorable mentions: #5 (Lydia, Croesus/Kroisos) I remember you shopping for these and the Achaemenid. You can’t beat these for historical appeal, and the eternal lion/bull face-off is exciting. #8 (Cistophoric tet) - these are neat but for some odd reason they normally don’t excite me much as a type. Note that I said “normally”. This example is so crisply struck, so beautifully toned, and so nicely centered that it really caught my eye. Any Fugio? Yes please! That Fugio? Amazing. MS sixty-six Spanish pistareen? Wow!!!