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Message:: [QUOTE="Collect89, post: 2921725, member: 15445"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />  Please allow me to post my favorite 10 ancients of 2017. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They are in no-particular order but I'll begin with my most recent addition:[ATTACH=full]707556[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]707557[/ATTACH]BACTRIA, Indo-Greek KingsDemetrios I  ---  Merv MintAR Tetradrachm190 – 171 B.C.16.64 grams, 33 mmObv: Draped bust facing right  wearing elephant headdressRev: BAΣIΛΕΩΣ /  ΔHMHTPIOY  Nude Herakles standing,  crowning himself, holding  club  and lion skin; monogram.Grade: Happy VF with honest wearOther: MIG 103c; Bopearachchi 5F.Classical Numismatic Auction XXI(by CNG) lot 187 June 26, 1992.Purportedly from Goldberg Coins.From Eye Appealing Coins 11/2017. [ATTACH=full]707559[/ATTACH] SICILY, SyracuseAR Tetradrachm 485 - 478 B.C.24 mm, 17.2 grams [ATTACH=full]707563[/ATTACH] LUCANIA, SybarisAR Nomos550-510 BC. 29.5 mm  7.8 grams [ATTACH=full]707564[/ATTACH]LUCANIA MetapontumAR Stater -Nomos530 - 500 B.C.25 mm, 7.67 grams [ATTACH=full]707565[/ATTACH]BRUTTIUM, Kroton Anonymous Civic CoinageAR NomosBC 530-52024 mm, 7.77 grams[/QUOTE]