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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6246107, member: 110350&quot;]I wouldn&#039;t dream of calling any of my actual examples of ancient coins masterpieces, or anything close to it. However, I do have a copy of Harlan J. Berk&#039;s &quot;coffee-table&#039; book <i>100 Greatest Ancient Coins</i> (2nd ed. 2019) (a book I recommend), and I actually own three of the 100 types he lists: a poor example of an Athenian owl tetradrachm (Berk&#039;s #10), a stater from Corinth (#23), and one of the illustrated types of Berk&#039;s # 88: the Otacilia Severa hippo reverse from the Philip I Millennial Games Coinage (an interesting choice for a top 100 list, but I approve!). Not necessarily my three favorite ancient coins -- I had enough trouble narrowing things down to a top 10 list last year! -- but here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p>The owl (the reverse is especially poor, although I actually like the test cut and banker&#039;s mark -- overall, I could have done worse for the $300 I paid John Jencek&nbsp; in 2007!):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247299[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Corinth stater:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247301[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Otacilia Severa hippo (I&#039;ve always had a great fondness for this type, but who knew that Harlan Berk shares it?):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247302[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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