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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8079292, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]. I don&#039;t think you were around a year ago, when I also posted more than one list, so in case you&#039;re interested, here are links to my top 10 non-Roman Republican and Roman Republican coins from last year: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-favorite-ancient-coin-from-2019-and-my-favorite-non-republican-coins-from-2020.370679/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-my-top-10-for-2020-all-roman-republican.371290/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-my-top-10-for-2020-all-roman-republican.371290/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-my-top-10-for-2020-all-roman-republican.371290/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Another Imperial coin acquired in December of last year, after I posted the first list:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-new-pupienus-denarius-makes-a-pair-with-my-balbinus-denarius.371358/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-new-pupienus-denarius-makes-a-pair-with-my-balbinus-denarius.371358/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-new-pupienus-denarius-makes-a-pair-with-my-balbinus-denarius.371358/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the Hadrian Asia coin that both you and [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] mentioned as being unusually nice, does either of you have an opinion on what that object is that Asia&#039;s holding in her right hand? What with the general maritime theme, including the prow and the rudder, why would she be holding a &quot;reaping hook,&quot; as the new RIC II.3 identifies it? Just to throw in a reference to agriculture? On the other hand, I&#039;m a bit skeptical of the <i>acrostolium</i> theory. As I said, it doesn&#039;t look very ornamental.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I don&#039;t think I had a single Roman Provincial coin on any of my top 10 lists last year. I know I said that I was going to post a Provincials list this year, including my favorite Roman Alexandrian coins, but I&#039;m beginning to get cold feet. Simply because I don&#039;t think there&#039;s a single coin I would include on such a list that&#039;s &quot;objectively&quot; as nice as any of the coins among my top 19 Roman Imperials (never mind the Aspendos stater), or as any of the 20 or so coins I might pick for my forthcoming Roman Republican list. For even the best of the Provincials, I&#039;m lucky if half the legends are readable. Not to mention the very different design styles. As much as they may appeal to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if I do end up posting a Provincials list, I hope people understand that (except perhaps for coins minted in Antioch and Tyre, etc.) one simply</p><p>can&#039;t judge most Provincials, and certainly the ones from Roman Alexandria, by anything resembling the same standards that Roman Imperials and Republicans are judged. I know you get it, but I hope others do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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