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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8066890, member: 56859&quot;]Looks like it will be a banner year for Top Ten lists!&nbsp; I&#039;m going to have to make a spreadsheet to keep track of which lists I still need to view <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m awaiting the arrival of some coins before posting mine.&nbsp; The last auction I participated in will have three of the year&#039;s top 10 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only bought 25 coins this year.&nbsp; It&#039;s possible that I will pick&nbsp; up a few more by the end of the year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, this year I could probably do a Top Ten Mistakes of 2021 list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>This wasn&#039;t one of the mistakes, although it won&#039;t make my top 10 favorites.&nbsp; An interesting coin despite the condition.&nbsp; Pautalia had some very interesting reverses!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1398588[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla</b></p><p>AE 30 mm, 12.34 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVT K M AVPH ANTΩNINOC; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield</p><p>Rev: OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛI / AC; dancing satyr right, naked, clasping hands with seated female figure left, dressed in full skirt.</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Varbanov 5189 var. (obv. legend).</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse appears to depict this Hellenistic statue, &quot;The invitation to the dance&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julia-Habetzeder-2/publication/297438520/figure/fig3/AS:647385571151883@1531360156619/The-invitation-to-the-dance-a-reconstruction-of-an-assumed-ancient-motif-made-of.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The above statue is reconstructed from fragments.</p><p><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-invitation-to-the-dance-a-reconstruction-of-an-assumed-ancient-motif-made-of_fig3_297438520" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-invitation-to-the-dance-a-reconstruction-of-an-assumed-ancient-motif-made-of_fig3_297438520" rel="nofollow">https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-invitation-to-the-dance-a-reconstruction-of-an-assumed-ancient-motif-made-of_fig3_297438520</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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