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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2781631, member: 84744&quot;]This thread definitely wins the internet today!&nbsp; Here are my top 10 faves from 2017, listed in chronological order of issue:</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy III (246-221 BC) AE octobol, 46mm, 93.27g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643597[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthaginian Spain, quarter-shekel issued ~237-209 BC (rare), features of Hannibal/Barca family in portrayal of Melqart?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643598[/ATTACH] </p><p>Octavian/Augustus quinarius, 29-28 BC, ASIA RECEPTA:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643594[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius as Caesar (138), denarius, scarce</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643599[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Magnus Maximus (383-388) AE 2, mint of <b>Constantinople</b> (issued during the short period while Maximus was recognized by Theodosius I). Extremely rare (type, obv. legend, and mint)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643595[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Basiliscus (475-6), AV semissis (rare):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643605[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anglo-Saxon, Southwest England (Kent-Thames) early 8th c., AR sceat:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643596[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Merovingian, issued in St. Denis/Catullacum (burial place of the Frankish kings), early 8th c., AR denier (extremely rare):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643606[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Philippicus Bardanes (711-713), AE follis of Constantinople (rare):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643600[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sihtric III (Silkbeard) (995-1036), Dublin mint, AR penny Phase II (rare):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]643608[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also need to slow down for the second half of 2017. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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