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Message:: [QUOTE="Spaniard, post: 7653902, member: 90248"][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]........That's a wonderful looking example!...Especially like the portrait and although we all know he did have a large Roman nose your new coin puts it more into perspective and is probably quite a realistic depiction...Nice little bit of golden toning in the hair maybe a good sign for the future look of the coin? Nerva was the thorn in my side for a year or so to complete my 5 Good Emperors set as I kept being outbid on in the final minutes but finally picked up this one which I'm really pleased with...Nerva AR Denarius. Rome, AD 97.Obverse..IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT, laureate head rightReverse..COS III PATER PATRIAE, Priestly emblems: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus.RIC 24; RSC 48. 3.12g, 17mm, 6h.Near Very Fine.From a private Swiss collection.[ATTACH=full]1315839[/ATTACH] This one will definitely be in my top 10 for this year....It's one of the nicest examples I've seen..Phoenicia, Arados 2 B.CAradus mint, year 258 (local Era) = 2/1 BC. 8,9 g - 20mmObverse: Bust of Astarte-Europa right with smaller head of Augustus in front.Reverse: Humped bull galloping left, head facing, Phoenician letters beth (B), taw (TH), zayin (Z) & aleph (´) above, Aradian era date 258 (ΣNH) below.RPC I 4483.[ATTACH=full]1315843[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]