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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;arnoldoe, post: 8140666, member: 72712&quot;]I was going to try to put my top 10 up earlier, but at least there are still a few hours left in the year <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419068[/ATTACH]</p><p>this one and the next two are from a group lot off Ebay <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />..</p><p><b>1: Kingdom of Macedon. Philip II AR Tetradrachm</b>. Amphipolis, circa 323-315 BC. Struck under Philip III. Laureate head of Zeus right / Nude youth on horseback right, holding palm in right hand and reins in left; ΦIΛIΠΠOY around, thunderbolt and H below, Caduceus before. Le Rider pl. 48, 6; SNG ANS 815. 14,22g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419062[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>2: Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. </b></p><p>Herakleskopf Type. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Celticised head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress; S-form ornament before / Heavily stylised rider on horseback to right; fetter below. ; Lanz 571. 13.94g, 36 mm, ex Kolner auction 77 lot 14</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419070[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>3: Valentinian III Solidus</b>, 4.4g, 21mm Either Ravenna Mint, or Germanic imitation</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419063[/ATTACH]</p><p>4: Denarius, imitaton of Commodus? 17 mm, 2.31 g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419065[/ATTACH]</p><p>5: 3rd last Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus..</p><p>AR 1/2 Stavraton. Constantinople, AD 1403-1425. Nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator facing; IC-XC above C-Φ across fields / Facing bust of Manuel; Φ-C across fields. DOC 1455(same dies) 3.64g, 19mm, 6h.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419066[/ATTACH]</p><p>6: 35mm Kidarite Dinar -- Reverse on these is almost always messed up..</p><p>Kidarite Huns, Kidara Kushanshah EL Dinar. Boxlo (Balkh) mint,&nbsp; King standing facing, head to left, wearing lotus crown with ribbons, sacrificing at altar and holding trident; to left, trident standard above altar, middle prong surmounted by crescent; to right, Kidarite tamgha above symbol / Siva standing facing, holding diadem and trident; behind, the bull Nandi standing to left. 7.67g, 35mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419067[/ATTACH]</p><p>7: Philip I Tetradrachm, supposedly the dies for these were made in Rome then shipped to Antioch.</p><p><b><i>Philip I , </i>244-249.</b> Tetradrachm (Billon, 26 mm, 12.34 g, 6 h), Rome mint, for Antioch, 246. AYTOK K M IOYΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip I to right, seen from behind. <i>Rev.</i> ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞΟΥCΙΑC / S - C / MON VRB Eagle with spread wings standing facing, head to left and holding wreath in beak; to upper right, Γ. McAlee 901c. Prieur 307. Extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419069[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><font size="4">8: Caleti Half Stater</font></b></p><p>Obverse: Head of Apollo right, the hair decorated in entangled curls; the base of the neck decorated and two patterns of pine cone (?) in front of the face.</p><p>Reverse: Horse leaping to the right; a wild boar charioteer above the back; a bow bent with the arrow under the bell</p><p>2.34g 17mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419064[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>9: ISLAMIC, &#039;Abbasid Caliphate. <i><i>temp.</i> Al-Mansur</i>, AH 136-158 / AD 754-775.</b> Dinar (Gold, 19 mm, 4.08 g, 2 h), without mint, AH 157 = AD 773/4. Bernardi 51. Very slightly clipped and with a minor graffito on the reverse<i>, otherwise,</i> extremely fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419071[/ATTACH]</p><p>10: + I think this is the most recently made coin I ever bought (except for fakes)</p><p><br /></p><p>Italian States, Venezia (Venice, Republic). Domenico Contarini AV Zecchino. Doge CIV, 1659-1675. St. Marco standing to right, holding Gospels and presenting flag to Doge kneeling to left; DVX downwards in field / Christ standing facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels, surrounded by mandorla containing 16 stars. Paolucci 1; Friedberg 1332. 3.44g, 21mm</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>+ all together</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dx0X2Wv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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