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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2786800, member: 10461&quot;]Good on you, Ancient Aussie!</p><p><br /></p><p>I had no idea you weren&#039;t an oldtimer, actually.</p><p><br /></p><p>I joined in 2007 but did not start actively posting until around last September, so in many ways you have &quot;seniority&quot; on me.</p><p><br /></p><p>That temple in <i>perspective</i> on the reverse of your coin is amazing!&nbsp; I wonder if that type is illustrated in Tameanko&#039;s <i>Monumental Coins</i>? (I wouldn&#039;t know - I loaned out my copy of that years ago and let the other person keep it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a single favorite coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we&#039;re on the Ancients forum, do I have a single favorite <i>ancient</i> coin?&nbsp; Yes, most of the time I&#039;d say this little beauty I got from [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] would be #1 amongst my ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b>Ancient Greece (Kingdom of Macedon), silver &quot;Mercenaries&quot; drachm of King Perseus, ca. 175-170 BC</b></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Thessaly-Pseudo-Rhodian-drachm-091100-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Thessaly-Pseudo-Rhodian-drachm-091100-slab.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But even that isn&#039;t so simple.&nbsp; I am also very, very fond of my latest newp.&nbsp; It too is quite small, but the owl on it is so <i>perfect</i>.&nbsp; In hand, it looks as though it&#039;s ready to fly right off the reverse of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here&#039;s my &quot;favorite of the <strike>week</strike>&quot; -<i>month</i>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ancient Greece (Spartans in Taras, Calabria, Italy): silver drachm, Athena and owl, ca. 302-281 BC</font></font></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/taras-calabria-drachm-050653-coin-jpg.6634/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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