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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bradley Trotter, post: 8138434, member: 101226&quot;]Overall, 2021 was a good year for me in a numismatic sense. However, in the context of ancient coins, 2021 has been a mixed bag for me personally, owing to higher prices and increased bidding competition. As such, I have found myself increasingly focused on other collecting areas such as paper money and American commemorative coinage while relegating ancients to a secondary position. Despite this and my relative lack of participation in the ancients forum, I would like to share ten of my favorite ancient coin purchases of the past year. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10. [ATTACH=full]1418473[/ATTACH]</p><p>Severus Alexander</p><p>A.D. 226</p><p>Sestertius </p><p>Obverse: IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG; laureate and draped bust right. </p><p>Reverse: P M TR P V COS II P P S-C; Pax running left, holding olive branch and sceptre</p><p>Weight: 20g</p><p>Diameter: 26x28mm </p><p>RIC IV 465</p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, May 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>9. [ATTACH=full]1418468[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III</p><p>AE 30 of Viminacium </p><p>A.D. 241-242 </p><p>Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Reverse: PMS COL VIM; Woman (Moesia) standing with head to the left holding her right hand over a bull and her left hand over a lion. </p><p>Weight: 20g</p><p>Diameter: 30mm</p><p>In ex. AN IIII</p><p>Pick 83</p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, May 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p>8. [ATTACH=full]1418469[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gallienus (Sole reign) </p><p>A.D. 260-268</p><p>Silvered Antoninianus </p><p>Obverse: GALLIENVS AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Reverse: PAX AVG; Pax standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre; in right field V.</p><p>Weight: 3.2g</p><p>Diameter: 21x23mm </p><p>RIC VI Rome 256 </p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, July 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418487[/ATTACH]</p><p>Probus </p><p>Year 7 (A.D. 281/282)</p><p>Alexandrian Tetradrachm </p><p>Obverse: A K M AVΡ ΠΡOBOC CEB, laureate cuirased bust right</p><p>Reverse: L-Z, eagle standing left, head right with wreath in its beak.</p><p>Dattari 5555, Emmett 3984.</p><p>Purchased from Romae Aeternae Numismatics, February 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p>6. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418466[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I </p><p>Posthumous Issue (A.D. 150-161) </p><p>Sestertius</p><p>Obverse: DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust right, hair coiled on top of head.</p><p>Reverse: CERES, Ceres standing left, holding corn-ears and long, vertical torch; S-C across fields.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>RIC 1128</p><p>Purchased from Germany, March 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418472[/ATTACH]</p><p>Licinius I </p><p>A.D. 311-313 </p><p>Obverse: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG; Laureate head right. </p><p>Reverse: GENIO AVGVSTI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder (falls low), holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopiae; flaming altar to left; Δ in right field.</p><p>Mintmark: SMN </p><p>Diameter: 21x22mm </p><p>Weight: 4.8g</p><p>RIC VI Nicomedia 71a </p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, March 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p>4. [ATTACH=full]1418471[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip I </p><p>A.D. 244-249 </p><p>Sestertius </p><p>Obverse: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG; Laureate and cuirassed bust right. </p><p>Reverse: FIDES EXERCITVS S-C; Four standards. </p><p>Weight: 14.7g</p><p>Diameter: 25x27mm </p><p>RIC IV Rome 171a</p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, May 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418465[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III</p><p>A.D. 241-243 </p><p>Sestertius </p><p>Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. </p><p>Reverse: P M TR P IIII COS II S-C; Gordian in military dress, standing right, holding transverse spear and globe. </p><p>Weight: 18g</p><p>Diameter 27x29mm</p><p>RIC IV 306a </p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, July 2021.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418467[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Claudius II </p><p>A.D. 269-270 </p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG; Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right. </p><p>Reverse: FELICITAS AVG; Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. </p><p>Weight: 2.9g</p><p>Diameter: 20x21mm </p><p>RIC V Rome 32 </p><p>Purchased from Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins, January 2021. </p><p><br /></p><p>1. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418470[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nerva </p><p>A.D. 97</p><p>AR Denarius </p><p>Obverse: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P; Laureate head right. </p><p>Reverse: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM; Clasped hands. </p><p>Weight: 3.2g</p><p>Diameter:17mm</p><p>RIC 26 </p><p>Purchased from Aegean Numismatics, December 2020 (Arrived January 2021).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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