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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 5571805, member: 101013&quot;]Many members have shown their first coins of 2021, or January additions. Very enjoyable, and some really nice coins have been posted. Perhaps this should become a new trend? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>In any case, I decided to show my January&#039;s additions in [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER] style: as they are, grouped together, without an edited background. He showed some mighty fine RR coins in a thread a little while ago, and although I lack a neat luxery displaycase, I do enjoy seeing my new coins together like this. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241487[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1241488[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I present to you, clockwise, from the top left to bottom left:</p><p>- Antoninus Pius, sestertius, Italia reverse;</p><p>- Claudius P P, sestertius, OB CIVES SERVATOS reverse (I do hope [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER] enjoys the lettering on this one!)</p><p>- Bottom row, on the right: Nero, denarius, Vesta tempel reverse. The portrait and toning (the yellow on the obverse is not just due to the lighting) are beautiful!</p><p>- Sextus Pompey, denarius, lighthouse of Messana on the obverse, and the monster Scylla on the reverse. Now this should have been my #1 coin of 2020, but due to an unprecedented drop in German postal punctuality, it arrived too late to be added to that list. Perhaps it will be my no 1 coin of 2021...? In my opinion, it&#039;s the coin with the most appealing design of the imperatorial coinage that is also within my budget! (unfortunately, the EID MAR is not within my budget.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>- Last coin: Trajan, sestertius, triumphal arch on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>4 of the 5 new coins we&#039;re high on my wishlist. The one that was not, is the sestertius of Trajan. I was looking for another type when this popped up. Although I had not seen the reverse before, it appealed to me and after some research I decided to buy it. A very rare type apparently, and although worn, I am more then pleased with it. The reverse refers to the first Dacian war. Trajan has many appealing coins with reference to conquests either in personifications, or architectural highlights. I would like to do some write ups about the history about these coins in the future. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for watching. Please share your latest wish-list coin acquired, your January addition(s), or coins you had not seen before and decided to go for! (Or anything else you&#039;d like)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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