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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2287664, member: 57495&quot;]Even as I&#039;m putting together my Top 10 list for the year, I wanted to post a thread that celebrated some coins that didn&#039;t make it to that list, but have nevertheless given me a lot of enjoyment for not a lot of money. </p><p><br /></p><p>The list takes inspiration from (but is not identitical to) Doug&#039;s <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/acmshow.html" rel="nofollow">$100 coin show challenge</a>, and is essentially a list of my favorite coins bought during the course of the year that cost under $100 shipped, <b>in total</b>.&nbsp; I excluded coins from mixed group lots that I&#039;ve bought, as the average prices for those often don&#039;t reflect retail value, so I feel including them would just not be in the spirit of the original idea. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, without further ado, here are the coins!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#6. CONSTANTIUS II</b> - Anepigraphic AE4, Antioch mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458196[/ATTACH]</p><p>Being anepigraphic, this coin literally does not say much.&nbsp; It says one thing about me, though... when something is cheap and interesting, I find it hard to be a condition snob. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>#5. CARACALLA</b> - AE21, Syria, Antioch</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458197[/ATTACH]</p><p>For $7 shipped, I got a decent-looking ancient coin of the Roman provinces, along with a tag telling me it&#039;s Ex Robert Effler Collection, &quot;said to have been found in Beirut&quot;.&nbsp; IMHO, plenty of bang for the buck. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>#4. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS</b> - AR Drachm of Cappadocia, Caesarea</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458198[/ATTACH]</p><p>A few members had been showing their silver from Cappadocia, and as a result, I needed one.&nbsp; There&#039;s a bit of metal missing from this coin, but the Sep Sev portrait and Mount Argaeus are sharp and strong on it. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>#3. THESSALY, Magnetes</b> - AE Tetrachalkon</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458199[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Magnetes were a Greek tribe inhabiting eastern Thessaly.&nbsp; If their coins are anything to go by, they liked ships and Chiron.&nbsp; I have a soft spot for Chiron... good enough reason for me to pick up this pleasing 7 gram chunk of Greek copper. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>#2. IONIA, Teos - </b>AR Tetartemorion</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458200[/ATTACH]</p><p>A teeny, tiny screaming griffin struck on an iota of archaic Greek silver.... shown here next to a grain of rice.&nbsp; Yes, these things really are that small!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#1. ROMAN REPUBLIC, Anonymous</b> - Quadrans, Rome mint, after 211 BC</p><p>[ATTACH=full]458201[/ATTACH]</p><p>I always hesitate to use the phrase &quot;nicer in hand&quot;, partially because I don&#039;t like making excuses, but also because the phrase implies I suck at photographing coins.&nbsp; In this case though, it really is better in hand!&nbsp; And yeah, I&#039;m not great at that photography thing, too.&nbsp; I think this is nice for a budget coin, and burnished by its RBW pedigree. </p><p><br /></p><p>So those are my &#039;Favorites of 2015 for under $100&#039;...&nbsp; if you feel like posting any favorite budget pickups of the year, feel free to![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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