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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2609913, member: 75525&quot;]I had several collecting goals for 2016. I was fortunate to find some neat items that fit the wish list. In reverse order my best dozen.</p><p><br /></p><p>12.&nbsp; I like ancient coins with attribution to ground or good provenance. This one is not Roman Republican, but thanks to members here I have a LRB that fits the bill - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]570780[/ATTACH] </p><p>from the Mossy Bottom Barn Hoard. Tetricius I / Fides.</p><p><br /></p><p>11.&nbsp; I try to add a book or two each year. That is hard because I have most of the ones on RR coins. Two added this year are:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]570785[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp; Garrucci’s book on Italian money written in 1885 and reprinted by Forni. I have the book in PDF, but it is nice to be able to page through the book looking at pictures. Not much reading for me, it is not in English!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]570784[/ATTACH] </p><p>Albert&#039;s book is not in English, so I look at pics here too. This one is useful when an auction house gives only an Albert #.</p><p><br /></p><p>10. I have seen Celtic copies of Republican coins, and this year found a Celtic copy of one coin I have - C.TAL.</p><p>[ATTACH]570788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]570786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]570787[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republican &amp; Balkan imitation - C.TAL, after 154 BC.</p><p>Obv. Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X. </p><p>Rev. Victory driving biga right; below horses, C. TAL ligate. In exergue, ROMA. Cf.</p><p>Cr. 202/1a </p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; Over-strikes or re-purposed coins are pretty interesting.</p><p>[ATTACH]570789[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]570790[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]570791[/ATTACH]&nbsp; This one is a quadrans over a uncia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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