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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;happy_collector, post: 8099356, member: 100070&quot;]<b>5. </b>When I was thinking about my 2021 wish list last year, this coin is #1 on my list. I really like the examples of the same coin from our CT members. However, better quality examples are so expensive this year. XF suites my want better. I like this one showing a complete reverse design, with all the horses’ heads and legs within flan. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408174[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">SICILY. Syracuse. Agathocles (317-289 BC). </font></p><p><font size="3">AR tetradrachm (25mm, 17.03 gm, 10h). </font></p><p><font size="3">Pre-royal coinage, ca. 310-305 BC, Fi-, magistrate. </font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: Head of Persephone left, hair wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace; three dolphins swimming around, ΦI below neck truncation, dotted border </font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN, charioteer driving fast quadriga left, reins in left hand, kentron in right; triskeles above, AN monogram in exergue, dotted border. </font></p><p><font size="3">HGC 2, 1348. SNG ANS 643. </font></p><p><font size="3">NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 5/5, Fine Style.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>4.</b> I love this coin’s obverse portrait design. This is why I choose it as my profile photo. I also like this earlier version of the coin design. I have read that there is a later version with a cruder design. Need to research more during Christmas break.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408175[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">SICILY. SYRACUSE. AGATHOCLES, 310-306 BC </font></p><p><font size="3">Silver Tetradrachm. 16.94 g, 24 mm.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: KOPAΣ, wreathed head of Kore right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: AΓAΘOKΛ[EOΣ], Nike standing right, nailing armor to trophy, AI monogram beneath left wing, triskeles in right field.</font></p><p><font size="3">NGC AU Fine Style.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>3. </b>This coin pickup is what I called a “chance purchase”. I was scrolling through vcoins one day to see if there is fresh inventory on sale. Suddenly, this nice Antoninus Pius aureus shows up. I really like the emperor’s portrait on this coin. Interestingly, the coin was originally NGC-slabbed, but was later “set free”. Good to know the coin had an NGC AU grade. Reverse scratch made it affordable to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408176[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161). AV aureus.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, 157-158 AD.</font></p><p><font size="3">17mm, 6.90 gm, 6h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: ANTONINVS AVG-PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right. </font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: TR POT XXICOS IIII, Salus standing facing, head right, feeding out of patera in left hand serpent held in her arms. </font></p><p><font size="3">RIC III 279a. Calicó 1684. </font></p><p><font size="3">Previously Graded: NGC AU 4/5 – 3/5. Edge filing, scratches. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>2. </b>With an Antoninus Pius aureus in my collection, I have been thinking about “pairing” it with a comparative Faustina Senior coin. This coin design is not rare, but most affordable examples I see in the market in 2021 are only of VF grades. I have happy to locate a good quality yet affordable example in the December 5 auction of Ed’s Treasures Collection at Heritage. I like Faustina’s portrait on this coin. Picking up from a showcase auction is a plus.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408177[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Diva Faustina Senior (AD 138-140/1). AV aureus </font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, ca. AD 146-161. </font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: DIVA-FAVSTINA, draped bust of Diva Faustina Senior right, seen from front, hair elaborately waved in several loops around head under thin band, braided, drawn up and coiled on top with pearls</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing facing, head left, patera in outstretched right hand, rudder in left. </font></p><p><font size="3">RIC III (Antoninus Pius) 349a. Calicó 1743.</font></p><p><font size="3">20mm, 7.13 gm, 6h.</font></p><p><font size="3">NGC Choice AU </font></p><p><font size="3">Ex Heritage, the Ed’s Treasures Collection of Ancient Coins Showcase Auction. Dec 5, 2021.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>1.</b> Here is the coin I like the most this year. I am a HUGE Faustina Junior fan, so picking up a nice Faustina Junior aureus is my BIG wish. I am very fond of her young portrait, so I have been keeping an eye on an affordable example. Super glad to find one this year in a ROMA auction. Other examples I see this year are mostly from her later years. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408178[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Faustina II (daughter of A. Pius). AV Aureus. </font></p><p><font size="3">Rome, 138-161 AD.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust to right, with a double band of pearls around head </font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: VENVS, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding apple and rudder, around which dolphin entwined. </font></p><p><font size="3">RIC III 517c (Pius); BMCRE 1064(Pius); Calicó 2097d. 7.17g, 19mm, 6h.</font></p><p><font size="3">ROMA, 2021. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Looking forward to 2022, I hope everybody stays healthy and safe. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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