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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2004015, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Hey, thanks for your help, gang ... I always find it interesting &amp; fun to get feedback on my new additions ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... yah, I guess I do care about what others think about my coins ... and since I don&#039;t really show-off my coins in this mining town, you guys are pretty much my only coin-viewers ... for obvious reasons, I really don&#039;t want the whole town to know that I collect rare coins, so like I said =&gt; I don&#039;t often present them to my local gang (kind of a sad story, eh?) ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; so far, the actual over-all winner is a bit difficult to determine, but a Top-3&nbsp; has definitely emerged from the pack (interestingly, they are also the 3 most expensive coins of my new 10 additions):</span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">MACEDON, Eion, AR Tritartemorion</span></b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Circa 460-400 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Diameter: 10 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Weight: 0.37 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Obverse: Two geese standing right; ivy leaf and H to left</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square</span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359570[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">ANTONINUS PIUS, Alexandria, AE Drachm</span></b></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">138-161 AD</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Egypt, Alexandria, year 8, (144-145AD)</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Diameter: 33mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Weight: 23.15 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Obverse: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius facing right</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reverse: Serapis wearing the modius between the Dioscuri, LH in exergue</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Reference: Reference: Dattari 1109</span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359571[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">Sextus Pompey, Son of Pompey the Great,</span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">AR Denarius (Sicily, Messana)</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">42-40 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 18 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 3.5 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obverse:&nbsp; MAG PIVS IMP ITER, galley adorned with aquila, sceptre and trident before the Pharos (Lighthouse) of Messana, decorated with a statue of Neptune</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C, the monster Scylla, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]359573[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; please keep your opinions coming (thanks)</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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