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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5160695, member: 110350"]In order to bump this thread again, I've decided to post my own "also-rans": a number of non-Republican coins that I bought in 2020 that I like a lot, but that didn't quite make the "favorite non-Republicans" list I posted the other day. (See <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/</a> .) Again, they're in chronological order rather than in any order of preference. Although the first one happens to be the one I like best, I think, and I can't even tell you why I didn't put it among my favorites. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll dispense with the full-fledged descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>21. Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209869[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>22. Augustus AE (Brass) Dupondius, 9-3 BCE, Colonia Augusta Nemausus [Nîmes] (Galla Narbonensis province) Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209871[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>23. Augustus, Æ As, 11-12 AD Rome Mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209872[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>24. Tiberius AR Denarius, 18-35 AD, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209873[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>25. Divus Vespasian AR Denarius, 80 AD Rome Mint. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209874[/ATTACH]</p><p>26. Trajan AR Drachm, 115-Feb. 116 AD [<i>before granting of Parthia title</i>], Arabia Bostra (or Rome) Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209875[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>27. Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 11 (126/127 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209876[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>28. Marcus Aurelius, AE Sestertius, 173 AD, Rome Mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209877[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>29. Faustina II [Junior) (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, Dec.160 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209879[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>30. Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 161 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1209880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[To be continued.][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 5160695, member: 110350"]In order to bump this thread again, I've decided to post my own "also-rans": a number of non-Republican coins that I bought in 2020 that I like a lot, but that didn't quite make the "favorite non-Republicans" list I posted the other day. (See [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/[/URL] .) Again, they're in chronological order rather than in any order of preference. Although the first one happens to be the one I like best, I think, and I can't even tell you why I didn't put it among my favorites. I'll dispense with the full-fledged descriptions. 21. Tarentum, Calabria. AR Nomos (didrachm), ca. 302-280 BCE. [ATTACH=full]1209869[/ATTACH] 22. Augustus AE (Brass) Dupondius, 9-3 BCE, Colonia Augusta Nemausus [Nîmes] (Galla Narbonensis province) Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209871[/ATTACH] 23. Augustus, Æ As, 11-12 AD Rome Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209872[/ATTACH] 24. Tiberius AR Denarius, 18-35 AD, Lugdunum (Lyons) Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209873[/ATTACH] 25. Divus Vespasian AR Denarius, 80 AD Rome Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209874[/ATTACH] 26. Trajan AR Drachm, 115-Feb. 116 AD [[I]before granting of Parthia title[/I]], Arabia Bostra (or Rome) Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209875[/ATTACH] 27. Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 11 (126/127 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209876[/ATTACH] 28. Marcus Aurelius, AE Sestertius, 173 AD, Rome Mint. [ATTACH=full]1209877[/ATTACH] 29. Faustina II [Junior) (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, Dec.160 AD. [ATTACH=full]1209879[/ATTACH] 30. Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus Pius), AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 161 AD. [ATTACH=full]1209880[/ATTACH] [To be continued.][/QUOTE]
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