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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gam3rBlake, post: 8100979, member: 115909&quot;]I&#039;ve seen a lot of people doing these so I decided I would do one myself <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>This year is the first year I began collecting Ancients so essentially all of my ancient coins are eligible for inclusion on this list.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without any further ado here we go: My Top 10 of 2021!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>#10 - Tetradrachm of Trajan (Tyre, Phoenicia)</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my second tetradrachm after my Athenian owl and even though it&#039;s not particularly expensive or in great condition I still really like it a lot for the size, design and portrait of Trajan.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408643[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408644[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHOENICIA. Tyre. Trajan (AD 98-117). AR tetradrachm (24mm, 6h). NGC Choice VF.</b> •ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙC ΝЄΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟC CЄΒ ΓЄΡΜ ΔΑΚ•, laureate head of Trajan right / •ΔΗΜΑΡΧ-•ЄΞ ΙЄ ΥΠΑΤ •Є•, eagle standing facing on club, head and tail left, wings spread. Prieur 1504. McAlee 439.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>#9 - Denarius of Hadrian</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is special to me because it&#039;s my very first ever denarius and I love the toning.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408647[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408648[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Hadrian (AD 117-138). AR denarius (17mm, 2.89 gm, 7h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5.</b> Rome, ca. AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped bust of Hadrian right, seen from front / P M TR P-COS III, Aequitas or Moneta standing facing, head left, scales in right hand, cornucopia in left. RIC II.3 389. RIC II 80.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex Goldberg, Auction 110 (4 June 2019), lot 1870</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b><i>#8 - Drachma of Mithridates II</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>I really love this coin because it&#039;s my first ancient coin NOT from Rome and I like the time period it represents. This coin was minted not long before the Parthian Kingdom CRUSHED Marcus Licinius Crassus&#039;s Roman legions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically what happened is that the Parthians use armored cavalry and mounted archers. The Romans would form up and run at the Parthians who would start shooting arrows while running away. Then the Romans would group up into a testudo to protect themselves from the arrows and the Parthian cataphracts would charge into them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This would break up the Roman formations at which point the mounted archers would begin peppering them with arrows again.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was rinsed and repeated until Crassus&#039;s legions were obliterated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408649[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408650[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PARTHIAN KINGDOM. Mithradates II (ca. 121-91 BC). AR drachm (20mm, 1h). NGC AU.</b> Rhagae, ca. 109-96/5 BC. Diademed, draped bust of Mithradates II left, wearing long pointed beard / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙ-ΛΕΩN ΜEΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ EΠIΦANOYΣ, archer in Parthian dress (Arsaces I) enthroned right, holding bow outward, cloak ends in pellet under throne. Sunrise 293. Shore 85. Sellwood 27.1.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>#7 Denarius of Marcus Aurelius</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s Marcus Aurelius. Need I say more? Everyone knows I LOVE Marcus Aurelius ^_^</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408651[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1408652[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius, as Augustus (AD 161-180). AR denarius (19mm, 3.37 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5.</b> Rome, AD 168-169. M ANTONINVS AVG ARM-PARTH MAX, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius right / FORT RED TR P XXIII•IMP V, Fortuna seated left, rudder in right hand, cornucopia in left; COS III in exergue. RIC III 205.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>#6 Denarius of Domitian</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius is on the list because it is the first denarius of one of the &quot;Twelve Caesars&quot; written about by Suetonius. I also particularly like the strong strike and easily readable inscription.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408653[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408654[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Domitian, as Augustus (AD 81-96). AR denarius (18mm, 3.31 gm, 5h). NGC AU 5/5 - 2/5.</b> Rome, AD 88. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG-GERM P M TR P VII, laureate head of Domitian right / IMP XIIII COS XIIII CENS P P P, Minerva standing facing, head left, thunderbolt in right hand, spear in left, shield behind her leaning against her legs. RIC II.1 580. Scratches noted for accuracy.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To be continued below.... apparently I can only link 10 photos per message.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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