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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 5177465, member: 83845&quot;]I can&#039;t wait to see your list when you post it VK!</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I am out of almost-made it coins I&#039;ll bump this thread with a coin that would have made my 2016 list if I had posted one that year.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211898[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Empire</font></p><p><font size="3">Elagabalus</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 218-222</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG; Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: VICTOR ANTONINI AVG; Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 20.29 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 3.26 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: RIC IV 153</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex Bill Rosenblum mailbox sale 28F, Nov. 1998</i></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>Why it would have made my 2016 list:</b></u></span></font></p><p>This example lacks the horn that so many prize on these Elagabalus denarii but I still think the portrait is very nicely rendered.&nbsp; It is also well centered on a large oblong flan with a provenance to the late 90s.&nbsp; The reverse was struck from a worn die but you can still tell that the die was of nice style as well.&nbsp; The legends on this example though are not very carefully engraved leaving one to wonder if was even the same person that engraved the portrait and the legend.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">..........................................</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #404040"><u><b>Don&#039;t miss out on the older lists!</b></u></span></font></p><p>As a reminder I would like to highly recommend once again that anyone that has the time should go back and read some of the older top 10s.&nbsp; The pre-2016 lists in particular seem to have gotten far less attention.&nbsp; Perhaps in future I&#039;ll bump this thread with a couple of links to older lists I found especially interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note I have also added some new threads (both 2020 and previous from various members).&nbsp; Please keep me informed if you know of more that should be added.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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