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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smojo, post: 2929992, member: 78058&quot;]This year I&#039;m not sure how I&#039;d rate it, ok, maybe.</p><p>I added some coins that had been on my want list for quite some time and I added some that just caught my eye.</p><p>At the start of the year I was on a good pace to way surpass 2016, but come mid year things started happening that seriously handicapped my coin buying.</p><p>So with that it is safe to say as far as coins go 2017 is done and hoping for an awsome 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p>I added 46 ancients this year, which is less that last year. But 46 isn&#039;t really to shabby.</p><p>Of those I pulled some of my favorites all for different reasons. There is really none that stand out as museum peices. I also like my ancients with some circulation to them and they fit into my collection nicely.</p><p>I&#039;m no photogragher so several are seller photo&#039;s.</p><p>I have 11 that in this list 1-8 then I will follow it up with 9-11</p><p>In no particular order</p><p><br /></p><p>My first coin of the year was actually gifted to me from Sallent and it is the only such not counting our SS exchange</p><p>Yep it&#039;s a Gordian</p><p>[ATTACH=full]711116[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Gordian III</b></p><p>AR 21.4mm, 5.3g Rome</p><p>IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG</p><p>IOVI CONSERVATORI</p><p>Jupiter standing left holding scepter and thunderbolt over small figure of emperor</p><p>RIC IV 2</p><p><br /></p><p>I had been searching for a&nbsp; Claudius to add and saw this one. Tyche on the reverse and the over all condition of this coin, for me it was a no brainer I had to have it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]711120[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Claudius</b></p><p>Æ20, 5.5g, 12h; Uncertain Caesarea, Syria?</p><p>Obv.: KΛAYΔIOC KAICAP; Laureate head of Claudius right.</p><p>Rev.: ETOrYC KAICAPEΩΝ Γ; Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right.</p><p>Reference: RPC I 4084; SNG Copenhagen 177 (Caesarea in Cappadocia).</p><p>Ex-JAZ</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a silver Rome mint but was in search of a bronze Syrian AS but when I saw this listed in a recent JA auction it was listed as a RPC 2021 which is a right facing. I didn&#039;t question it and assumed it was a typo and snagged it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711121[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Domitian</b></p><p>AS 28mm, 13.2g, 12h Antioch Ad Orontem</p><p>IMP DOMITIANVS CAES AVG</p><p>laureate head left</p><p>SC in wreath</p><p>Syria Coele</p><p>RPC 2023</p><p>Ex JAZ</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked this one up from [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] Greek and her city states is a part of history I am passionate about and I was recently caught up in the history of Cilicia. One day I was browsing through the CT for sale forum and made red_spork an offer, then coin now has a new home.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711124[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cilicia, Korykos</b></p><p>22mm, 6.3g</p><p>Turreted head of Tyche right</p><p>ΔΙ</p><p>Hermes standing left holding phiale and caduces</p><p>ΚΩΡΥΚΙΩΤΩΝ to right</p><p>SNG Levante 791 (this coin)</p><p>EX-red_spork</p><p>EX-Eduardo Levante. SNG 66 lot 549</p><p><br /></p><p>It was an amazing stroke of luck that I ended up with this coin, another JA gem. I missed out on another he had in an auction and he graciously offered this to me, and with Trajan being my favorite emperor I happily added this one. And it is still a favorite.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711143[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Trajan</b></p><p>AR Drachm 18mm, 3.0g, 6h Bostra</p><p>Metcalf 16</p><p><br /></p><p>Picked this AS up on the cheap side and it took some cleaning but it turned out decent and for some reason I really like it. It was attributed as something else and I wasn&#039;t completely sure what I had until I removed some of the junk on it. It&#039;s not a beauty contest winner but I&#039;ve seen this same type much, much worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711158[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Tiberius</b></p><p>AE-AS 25mm, 10.7g Lugdunum</p><p>TT CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERATVII</p><p>laureate bust right</p><p>ROMET AVG</p><p>altar of Lugdunum, decorsted in corona civica. Between laurels nude figures and victories</p><p>ROMET in exergue</p><p>RIC 245 (Augustus)</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, I like Greek almost as much as I like Roman history the next 3 coins are Greek.</p><p>Ever since I saw one in a post by TIF, I was on the search for a Chersonesos. My only problem was there seems to be a lot of fakes out there and some can be a little pricey. If I was to have one it had to come from a seller I could trust. Yep, it&#039;s another JA gem buy. But this one has a pentagram and well, it fits me. The lion is pretty darn good and the way the incuse is on the reverse IMO makes this coin awsome.</p><p>Eventually I want to add several more of these little coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711166[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Chersonesos, Thrace</b></p><p>AR Hemidrachm 13mm, 2.0g</p><p>Forepart of lion right, head inverted</p><p>Quadripite incuse square, pentagram with pellet</p><p>McClean 4071</p><p>Ex-JAZ</p><p><br /></p><p>One day I&#039;ll get me an Athena Owl, who doesn&#039;t like an owl coin, huh?</p><p>Browsing an Aegean auction earlier this year I was searching for a particular Pergamon coin that still eludes me. When I saw this I thought to cool, I had to outbid someone and I didn&#039;t even look at who it was so if it was another member just know it has a good home <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711178[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Pergamum</b></p><p><b>Mysia, Pergamum. civic issue under Roman rule. Mid-late 2nd century BC AE 14.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Mysia, Pergamum. civic issue under Roman rule. Mid-late 2nd century BC AE 14 (14.03 mm, 1.53 g, 1 h). Head of Athena right wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with 8-pointed star / ΑΘΗΝΑΣ // ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΥ, ethnic vertically downward to right and left of owl standing facing 3/4 to right; all within laurel-wreath. SNG Copenhagen 381-2; BMC 185-6. choice VF, beautiful golden patina, well-centered and struck</b></p><p><br /></p><p>3 more to follow very shortly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to comment and pile on[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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