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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2927701, member: 19463&quot;]I must not be paying attention to the new trend in coin reporting.&nbsp; I have selected my top ten for 2017 but am holding off to be sure there is not a usurper that muscles his way into the group in the next three weeks.&nbsp; I have bids that might --- who knows???&nbsp; So far this year has seen me add 118 coins making 2017 a very big year.&nbsp; I could post a second ten or even a ten biggest mistakes of the year.&nbsp; I would but some out there would confuse my worst list for my best list.&nbsp; Our differences in opinions make that a real possibility.&nbsp; I think what I will do is post ten &#039;losers&#039; here in response to Orfew&#039;s call for a pile on.&nbsp; None of these made my top ten this year but might have were it not for the fact that 2017 was a very good year and it is hard to be a star when every competitor is outstanding. </p><p><br /></p><p>In no order:</p><p>Sextus Pompey as with features of Pompey the Great</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710244[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus denarius with Africa reverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710245[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I Alexandria tetradrachm with especially nice depiction of Cerberus at feet of Serapis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710247[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus as from Lugdunum with nice strike of countermark by Tiberius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710248[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan denarius honoring his biological father</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710249[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gela AE12 Bull / River god with hair flowing in the water</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710254[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna Alexandria tetradrachm with Dikaiosyne - the lesser of the two JD tets I got this year (the other made the top ten)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710256[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus Alexandria tetradrachm with lighthouse and ship (compare this to the one in the new Triton sale which is called the finest and is better than mine)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710261[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus Alexandria diobol with lion - Tetradrachms and drachms are more popular but small change need love, too.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]710269[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus Alexandria tetradrachm - of the four that came to me last January, I liked this one best.&nbsp; No Alexandria coin of Septimius should be called a loser but this is the only one that I put in the second tier.&nbsp; Sad.&nbsp; This is a relatively boring Dikaiosyne reverse but is year two and shows the style match for Alexandria mint denarii also made that year.&nbsp; If it had a &#039;good&#039; reverse, it could have done much better.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]710270[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There is my pile of ten &#039;also ran&#039; 2017 coins. No gold; no mint state; just coins I like.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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