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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 5240961, member: 21445&quot;]2020 has been an overall terrible year. From the stuff going on in the world to most, losing my mother to liver cancer in early April. And just recently lost my step-uncle to Covid on Dec 12. First-person I know to die from it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But one of the silver linings was I crossed off many coins that I had on a years-long want list, some going all the way back to when I started collecting coins in the late 1980s as a kid.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this isn’t a “top 10”, as there are more than 10 on the list. I could have easily added more but I think this is enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>First off is the #1 want list for ancient coins and that was a portrait of Julius Caesar. I have always been on the lookout for one in a price range I could swing but most of the time it was sold or I got outbid. Thankfully one of my main coin dealers listed it and I was lucky to pounce on it freshly listed.</p><p><br /></p><p>It won’t win any condition awards but I think it’s a pretty good coin all around. There was much worse I eyed over the years at a higher cost.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F0QbsWzTv%2Fjcport.jpg&amp;hash=2f99220a1fc5aa2e1c3dda514cc6da76" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julius Caesar (February-March 44 B.C)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR downward to right, DICT PERPETVO upward to left.</p><p>R:Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in outstretched right hand and vertical scepter in left; L • BVC[A] downwards to right. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer.</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>3.92g</p><p>17mm</p><p>Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 62–3, 67, and 69 (A13/R22); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23; RBW 1683.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is one of the coins I have wanted since I was a kid, that was an Arrows &amp; Rays half dollar. I’ve owned many quarters of the type since childhood, but never the big half. I caved this year &amp; bought one.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FFzb6FsY7%2Fslh.jpg&amp;hash=6769163d53d1cc323e13dd1fe8165a1f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another coin I have wanted as a kid. Ever since I saw this coin in the beginning pages of Red Book, it was a goal to get one. I admit I never searched hard for one. But I saw this on a Harlan BOB sale &amp; to me the price was right &amp; I loved the toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FpVQvtm9L%2Fpillar.jpg&amp;hash=a25ed5ffb3c8c012b2c9ec68aeb89fd2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ferdinand VI (1747 - 1759)</p><p>Mexico AR 8 Reales</p><p>O: FERDND·VI·D·G·HISPAN·ET IND·REX M F 8, Crowned arms shield flanked by value and initials.</p><p>R: VTRAQUE VNUM; Mo 1756 MoCrowned hemispheres flanked by crowned pillars.</p><p>27g</p><p>39mm</p><p>KM#104.2</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Harlan J Berk Buy or Bid Sale #212, July 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>This next coin is not a coin I have wanted for decades, but it is one I have wanted since I got back into collecting coins as an adult in late 2000. When I first registered here I saw this coin posted on the world forum by Zohar &amp; was smitten. I was intrigued by a ruler who had a nickname “hog mouth”. It took a while but I eventually acquired one this year.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2F44rcRG4K%2FLeoITha.jpg&amp;hash=cdb1b8b287fc49d789bbb54d68b00d9d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Leopold I, &quot;Hogmouth&quot; (1657 - 1705 A.D.)</p><p>AR Thaler</p><p>O: LEOPOLDVS D G RO I S A GER HV BO REX; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: ARCHIDVX AVS DVX BVR MAR MOR CO TY; 1692 Crowned imperial double-headed eagle, holding sword and sceptre; crowned arms on breast within Order of the Golden Fleece; K-B flanking tail.</p><p>Kremnitz (Hungary) Mint</p><p>47mm</p><p>28.55g</p><p>Davenport 3262; KM 214.3</p><p><br /></p><p>When I got into ancient coins I remember reading Dougs website like all of us have done at one time &amp; one of the writings that struck a chord with me was “Die Guides”. I found it fascinating to see something show up on something so old. So it was always a little goal to get a coin that featured one. I saw this coin posted on Prafectus coins as a new listing and purchased it. It also fit another want, a Vespasian that was from another mint. So a double win.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FT248BmDZ%2Fvespline.jpg&amp;hash=621a2199a5397e5c8de17ccc5a0f9d3e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Vespasian (69 - 79 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, Laureate head right.</p><p>R: CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated left on throne, holding cornucopia and patera.</p><p>Antioch Mint, AD 72-73</p><p>3.28g</p><p>17mm</p><p>RIC² 1554 ( R2 ) , RSC 74 , 1927</p><p><br /></p><p>When I started out in ancients I had a pretty big focus on the Empresses before I slowly went into other directions &amp; that was due to needing the more expensive empresses. This year I acquired one &amp; it’s Domitia &amp; a Tetradrachm no less.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FMpLxpLC7%2Ftiatet.jpg&amp;hash=6bb1d4aa15a54059793392a0f36084df" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitia (82 - 83 A.D.)</p><p>AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm</p><p>O: DOMITIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right.</p><p>R: VENVS AVG, Venus standing right, leaning on cippus, holding helmet and spear.</p><p>Ephesus mint. Struck 82-83 AD.</p><p>10.29g</p><p>26mm</p><p>RIC II 230 (Domitian); RPC II 870; BMCRE 256 (Domitian); BN 226; RSC 1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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