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Message:: [QUOTE="Jay GT4, post: 5274258, member: 88526"]How's that for alliteration?  Still waiting on a few coins to arrive before the end of the year but I don't think they'd make my Best of list, at least not today. Here are my top coins for 2020: #10 I love the portrait and patina of this one.  Doesn't hurt that it was misattributed: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-162892" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-162892" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-162892</a> [ATTACH=full]1220681[/ATTACH] CAES DIVI AVG VESP F DOMITIAN COS VIILaureate head left SCMinerva standing left with thunderbold and spear, shield at her side Rome 80-81 AD 9.63g RIC 315 (R2) (improperly attibuted as RIC 346) #9 A very rare type for Vespasian with bare head.  Missing from many collections, this one was again misattributed.  <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-163731" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-163731" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-163731</a>[ATTACH=full]1220685[/ATTACH] IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVGBare head left PON MAX TR P COS VIIPax seated left with branch Rome 76 AD 3.12g RIC 853 (R2) A very rare issue with bare head rather than the usual laureate. #8 A very rare coin by Agrippa II for Titus. <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166046" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166046" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166046</a> [ATTACH=full]1220709[/ATTACH] AVTOK TITOC KAICAP CЄBACLaureate head of Titus right Victory advancing right, holding wreath and palm; ЄT-KϚ BA (date) across upper fields; AΓ-PIΠ across lower fields. Caesarea Panias mint. Struck in regnal year 26 (AD 74/5). 11.25g Meshorer 160b very rare. 3 examples on acsearch.Same dies as CNG 91, lot 679. #7One that hits two of my collecting interests...Mark Antony and the Flavians.  From the Andrew Short collection <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166458" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166458" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166458</a> [ATTACH=full]1220687[/ATTACH] T CAESAR IMP VESPASIANVSLaureate head of Titus right. COS VIProw of galley right, sides ornameted with intricate cross-hatch and maeander patterns; above, star with sixteen rays. Rome, 77-78 CE 3.25g RIC 950 (R); Reverse copied from a Mark Antony denarius Ex: Incitatus Coins; Ex-Andrew Short Collection #6Another rarity that was misattributed<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166480" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166480" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166480</a> [ATTACH=full]1220688[/ATTACH] IMP CAESAR DOMITIANVS AVGLaureate head right TR P COS VIIDolphin coiled around anchor Rome, September 13-December 31 81 CE 3.38g RIC 2 (R) Ex-Gatewest coins #5 Listed as common, this one is actually quite scarce and hard to come by in trade.  None for sale anywhere when I was looking.<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166596" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166596" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166596</a> [ATTACH=full]1220690[/ATTACH] IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVGLaureate head right PON MAX TR P COS VIVictory standing left on prow, with wreath and palm Rome 75 CE 2.97g RIC 777 (C2) Ex-Coin Cabinet #4 An early portrait for Vespasian<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-162162" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-162162" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-162162</a> [ATTACH=full]1220691[/ATTACH] IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVGLaureate head right COS ITER TR POTMars advancing right with spear and Aquila Rome, January- June 70 AD RIC 23 (C) 3.36g Ex-Gert Boersema; Ex-Col. Franz Pouwel, Netherlands #3Another rarity for Vespasian copied from an earlier issue by Augustus<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166595" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166595" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166595</a> [ATTACH=full]1220694[/ATTACH] IMP CAESAR VESP AVGLaureate head right COS VLaurel trees upright Rome 74 CE3.03g RIC 681 (R) Antiquarian type copying the denarius of Octavian #2Nothing needs to be said about the historical importance of these types, common though they are:<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167044" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167044" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-167044</a> [ATTACH=full]1220696[/ATTACH] IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS IIILaureate head right IVDAEA CAPTA SC (in exergue)Palm tree; to left, captive standing right; to right, Judaea seated right on cuirass; both figures surrounded by arms Rome, 71 AD 24.22g; 36mm RIC 159 (C3) #1This one made it to number 1 because I considered the previous owner a friend.  He was often misunderstood online and some didn't believe he owned the incredible coins he continually posted. I got his sense of humor and had the pleasure of helping him edit some of his photos.  It was a wonderful collection and I'm glad to own one coin from the "Benito" collection:<a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166452" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166452" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-166452</a> [ATTACH=full]1220701[/ATTACH] CAES AVG F DOMIT COS IILaureate head of Domitian right No legendDomitian on horseback prancing left, right hand raised, holding human-headed (helmet) sceptre in left Rome 73 AD 3.40g RIC 680 (C); Sear 2627 Ex-CNG eAuction 478 lot 395; Ex-Benito collection The reverse depicts Domitian participating in the Judaea Capta triumph of 71 A.D. He is, as Josephus described him, riding alongside in magnificent apparel and mounted on a horse that was itself a site worth seeing. In actuality there is no real order to these coins.  In fact I left several off the list. It's just the way I view them today.  Tomorrow it could be a completely different line up of Fantastic Flavian favorites from 2020.  [/QUOTE]

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