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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5173121, member: 75937"]That's a broad category and it is a great choice for a specialty collection! It certainly kept Henry Clay Lindgren busy his whole life. Three of the coins chosen for my top 10 list this year are from Asia Minor:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-laodicea-ad-lycum-jpg.1208017/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 25.2 mm, 7.72 g, 6 h.</p><p>Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop, AD 244-247.</p><p>Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front.</p><p>Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other.</p><p>Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777" rel="nofollow">20777</a>; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-antioch-in-pisidia-men-jpg.1208019/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h.</p><p>Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear.</p><p>Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding scepter and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l.</p><p>Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431" rel="nofollow">3431</a>); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sigeion-athena-owl-sng-cop-496-7-jpg.1208020/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Troas, Sigeion, c. 335 BC.</p><p>Greek Æ 12.2 mm, 2.37 g, 5 h.</p><p>Obv: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace.</p><p>Rev: ΣΙΓΕ, owl standing right, head facing; crescent to left.</p><p>Refs: BMC 17.86,7-10; SNG von Aulock 7637; SNG Ashmolean 1214–6; SNG Copenhagen 496–8; Sear 4145.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 5173121, member: 75937"]That's a broad category and it is a great choice for a specialty collection! It certainly kept Henry Clay Lindgren busy his whole life. Three of the coins chosen for my top 10 list this year are from Asia Minor: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philip-ii-laodicea-ad-lycum-jpg.1208017/[/IMG] Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247. Roman provincial Æ 25.2 mm, 7.72 g, 6 h. Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop, AD 244-247. Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front. Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other. Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/20777']20777[/URL]; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-antioch-in-pisidia-men-jpg.1208019/[/IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman Provincial Æ 35 mm, 26.72 g, 6 h. Pisidia, Antioch, AD 238-244. Obv: IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, r., seen from rear. Rev: COL CAES ANTIOCH, S-R, Mên standing r., wearing Phrygian cap, foot on bucranium, holding scepter and Victory (standing r., on globe, holding trophy), resting elbow on column; behind his shoulders, crescent; to l., rooster standing, l. Refs: RPC VII.2, — (unassigned; ID [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/type/3431']3431[/URL]); Krzyżanowska XXII/94; BMC xix.187, 70. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sigeion-athena-owl-sng-cop-496-7-jpg.1208020/[/IMG] Troas, Sigeion, c. 335 BC. Greek Æ 12.2 mm, 2.37 g, 5 h. Obv: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace. Rev: ΣΙΓΕ, owl standing right, head facing; crescent to left. Refs: BMC 17.86,7-10; SNG von Aulock 7637; SNG Ashmolean 1214–6; SNG Copenhagen 496–8; Sear 4145.[/QUOTE]
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