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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LaCointessa, post: 2931182, member: 87186&quot;]Here it is, folks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided against a top five list and will show my top favorite coin of all.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love this coin above all the others in my collection. I started collecting ancients around May of this year and I have 41 ancients (including the 11 uncleaned coins Victor Clark sent me to try cleaning - I hope to post photos of my progress with those over the holidays if clients will agree to settle down).</p><p><br /></p><p>Do I love it the best because it is so chocolate with a peanut butter patina?</p><p>Nope.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because Tyche is veiled and I have no other coin with a veil?</p><p>No.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because is says COL on reverse and that reminds me of croc coins?</p><p>Uh uh.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the king is so darn handsome and Tyche so beautiful?</p><p>Naw.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because the coin feels so heavy in my hand?</p><p>Not that either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Because it has a bust on both sides and I didn’t have one like that yet?</p><p>Nope.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the coin for all of those reasons, but that is not <b><i>the</i></b> reason I adore it above all the other coins that came into my collection this year. I honestly can not imagine that this coin will not still be my favorite at the end of 2018. Somehow, I feel I do not need another coin. This one fills me up completely.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711776[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus,‭ ‬AD‭ ‬193-211.‭</p><p>‬Æ26,‭ ‬8.9g,‭ ‬12h‭; ‬SYRIA.‭ ‬Heliopolis.</p><p><i>Obv</i>.:‭ ‬IMP L S-EV PERT AVG‭; ‬Radiate,‭ ‬draped,‭ c‬uirassed bust right.</p><p><i>Rev</i>.:‭ ‬COL HEL‭; ‬Turreted,‭ ‬veiled and draped bust of Tyche left,‭ ‬branch and cornucopiae at shoulder.‭</p><p><i>Reference</i>:‭ ‬BMC I,‭ ‬Sawaya‭ ‬84[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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