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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ambr0zie, post: 8066440, member: 80952&quot;]Going further in time, I consider this beautiful and one of my best purchases in 2021 even if it didn&#039;t make it in my top 10.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Constans AD 337-350. Siscia</p><p>Follis Æ</p><p>19 mm, 2,06 g</p><p>RIC VIII Siscia 232</p><p>Date Range: AD 348 - AD 350</p><p>Obv: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, bust of Constans, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right / Rev: FEL•TEMP•REPARATIO, Phoenix, radiate, standing right on rocky mound. Mintmark ΓSIS•</p><p><br /></p><p>Already posted my Istrus obol/trihemiobol with eagle and dolphin on 2 topics, so I will let some time pass.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this Faustina, that made in my top 10 and it was a pleasant surprise in hand, deserves another mention</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398462[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diva Faustina I AD 140-141. Rome</p><p>Denarius AR</p><p>17 mm, 2,56 g</p><p>RIC III Antoninus Pius 384a (denarius); RSC 175; BMC 473</p><p>AD 141</p><p>Obv: DIVA FAVSTINA, bust of Faustina I, draped, right, hair elaborately waved in several loops round head and drawn up and coiled on top. / Rev: CONSECRATIO, peacock, walking right, head turned back left</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin bought last year didn&#039;t get enough attention from me </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Æ</p><p>11 mm., 1,19 g.</p><p>Kyme, Aeolis, c. 350-250 BC. Eagle standing right / K-Y to left and right of cup with one handle. BMC 16-20; SNG von Aulock 1625; SNG Newcastle SNGuk_1301_0449.</p><p>BMC 16</p><p><br /></p><p>And because size doesn&#039;t matter ...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398464[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ionia. Miletos circa 525-475 BC. </p><p>Tetartemorion AR Cf. Rosen 407/8. Klein 430; SNG Tubingen 3001;</p><p>Head of a roaring lion l. R/ Quail standing l. within incuse square</p><p>5 mm., 0,08 g.</p><p>Possible Caria Mylasa[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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