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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul M., post: 3730007, member: 73165&quot;]Hey!&nbsp; That&#039;s actually my coin now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> . I bought it in one of JA&#039;s auctions.&nbsp; Lots of things to love about that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All of those are amazing coins, but that prutah is absolutely unbeatable.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is my favorite.&nbsp; Something about Vespasian Capricorn coins kinda does it for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for my themes, within ancient coins, I&#039;m actively collecting a few things:</p><ol> <li>Denarii of Antoninus Pius, by RIC number and unpublished.</li> <li>Denarii of the Twelve Caesars.</li> <li>Historically and/or numismatically important coins: owl tetradrachmae, &quot;widow&#039;s mites&quot;, legionary denarii, tribute penny, coins featuring well known historical figures (Brutus, Cleopatra VII, Marc Antony, etc.), and other stuff along those lines.</li> <li>Other &quot;random&quot; coins, to help give my collection a broad numismatic overview :Indian, Chinese, other Roman coins, very old coins (5th century BC and earlier), proto-money, and coins that are interesting for other reasons (<i>e.g.</i> my Ptolemy octobol).</li> </ol><p>Here are a few examples of some of those:</p><p><br /></p><p>This is from a CNG catalog from 1999.&nbsp; Turns out I was able to pay the same price after inflation as this sale almost 20 years ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000104[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000105[/ATTACH] </p><p>RIC 1a, issued in the first few weeks of Antoninus Pius&#039;s reign, before the deification of Hadrian.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000107[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1000106[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ptolemy II AE <strike>chonker</strike> octobol, 94.14g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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