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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;H8_modern, post: 3124744, member: 28531&quot;]Package arrived today so it’s safe to post pictures now. </p><p><br /></p><p>This first coin just caught my eye. I really liked the horse and I like how everything fits on the irregular flan.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/a/img922/7813/HTu6LE.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>THESSALY, Pharsalos. Mid-late 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.90 g, 7h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Φ-A-P-Σ (partially retrograde), head of horse right; all within incuse square. Lavva 53 (V30/R33); BCD Thessaly II 664.2; HGC 4, 632. VF, toned, minor roughness, scrape on obverse.</p><p>From the BCD Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This second coin is the one I thought I missed my chance. It has issues but I really like the portrait and how much detail there is on the statue. Decent centering but an unbalanced strike.</p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/a/img923/6069/Rs9pOu.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The Triumvirs. Octavian. Autumn 30-summer 29 BC. AR Denarius (19.4mm, 3.46 g, 8h). Italian (Rome?) mint. Laureate head of Octavian, as Apollo, right / Rostral column ornamented with two anchors and six beaks of galleys, surmounted by a statue of Octavian, holding spear and parazonium. CRI 423; RIC I 271 (Augustus); RSC 124 (Augustus). VF, roughness, with some attempted smoothing on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And when I thought I needed a second coin, I went a little further afield from my standard targets. It’s a little later than I prefer but well preserved and I really like the reverse subject.</p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/a/img924/220/r9tvio.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Maximinus I. AD 235-238. Æ Sestertius (29.5mm, 19.27 g, 11h). Rome mint. 3rd emission, late AD 236-237. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTO RIA GERMANICA, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; to left, bound captive seated left, head right. RIC IV 90; BMCRE 194-5; Banti 31. VF, green and dark brown surfaces, traces of red, a little smoothing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here we have all 3 in my hot little hand so you can see their relative sizes.</p><p><img src="https://imageshack.com/a/img922/1445/fkZety.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for checking back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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