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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 3285852, member: 41219&quot;]And now for my top 10. Just as with FFIVN, it was very tough to make just a top 10. Mine are a little less eclectic than his as I tend towards Romans over anything else. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, in alphabetical order since that is how my computer sorted them:</p><p><br /></p><p>1)</p><p>Basil II and Constantine VIII, AE Class 2 anonymous follis. 976-1028 AD. IC-XC to left and right of bust of Christ, facing, with nimbate cross behind head, holding book of gospels, sometimes with dots in centre of book&#039;s border, two dots in each limb of the cross </p><p>Rev:&nbsp; IhSUS XRISTUS bASILEU bASILE in four lines, ornament below.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868739[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>2)</p><p>Claudius II AE Antoninianus. 268-270 AD. </p><p>Obv: IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate head right </p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Clashed with obverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868740[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>3)</p><p>Constantine AE follis. AD 326-327. </p><p>Obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head right </p><p>Rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, campgate with two turrets and one star above. Mintmark: dot BSIS dot</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868741[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>4)</p><p>Geta, as Caesar, Denarius. 198 AD. </p><p>Obv: P SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, draped bust right </p><p>Rev: FELICITAS TEMPOR, Felicitas standing left left, holding cauduceus &amp; cornucopiae.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868742[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>5)</p><p>Hadrian AE Semis. Struck 125-128 AD. </p><p>Obv: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind </p><p>Rev: COS III S C, lyre.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868747[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>6)</p><p>Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius. </p><p>Obv: CAESAR in exergue, elephant right, trampling on serpent </p><p>Rev: Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest&#039;s hat</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868744[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>7)</p><p>Maximianus. 297-298 AD. AE Follis</p><p>Obv: CMA MAXIMIANVS PF AVG, laureate head right </p><p>Rev: GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder (falls low), holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopiae. </p><p>Mintmark HTA</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868748[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>8)</p><p>Maximinus I Denarius Forgery Fourree</p><p>Obverse of Maximinus I, IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG</p><p>Reverse of Severus Alexander, P M TR P VI COS II P P, Aequitas standing left with scales and cornucopiae</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868749[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>9)</p><p>Theodosius I, AE2, Constantinople.&nbsp; AD 378-383</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, holding spear and shield </p><p>Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head right on galley, raising right hand; Victory at helm. Wreath in left field. </p><p>Mintmark CONA.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868750[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>10)</p><p>Trajan AE As. </p><p>Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, laureate head right </p><p>Rev: TR POT COS III PP SC, Victory walking left, carrying shield inscribed SPQR</p><p>[ATTACH=full]868752[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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