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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 5301415, member: 21445&quot;]So even though I posted a top 2020 thread, I did have many coins that I wanted to include but didn&#039;t for various reasons, I.E. lack of interest from others, condition, bad photo &amp; so on.</p><p><br /></p><p>So below is a selection of some more favorites of 2020 but:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/XJyDvLqW/Get-Smart-Missed-It-By-That-Much.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have owned a few MT follis over the years but for one reason or another I parted with them, usually, it was bronze disease forming. Luckily this one hasn&#039;t had any form &amp; even better it&#039;s one of the best condition ones I have owned &amp; scarcer too.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FsxJVx3Dm%2Fmtib.jpg&amp;hash=1f912c846fa65a765425304fbd981341" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Maurice Tiberius (582 - 602 A.D. )</p><p>Æ Follis</p><p>O: D N mAVRC TIber PP AV, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, globus cruciger in right hand, shield in left hand.</p><p>R: Large M, ANNO left and date right, cross above, Γ below, CON in exergue. Dated RY 9 (590/1)</p><p>Constantinople mint</p><p>11.86g</p><p>32.6mm</p><p>SBCV 494</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex. Ed Waddell (11/1981)</p><p><br /></p><p>As with the coin above, I have owned a few Constantine the Great coins but they always seemed to be a hole filler. I parted with one I had for a long time this year during a mass purging of ancients &amp; I saw this one freshly listed by [USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] &amp; pounced on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know there are better &amp; more historical coins of him but something about this one just clicked &amp; I am satisfied to have this be my &quot;1&quot; coin of Constantine.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FkX56B4fg%2FConI.jpg&amp;hash=ad82de88df9e1a2625925fdd16592ab0" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine the Great (307 - 337 A.D.)</p><p>Billon centenionalis</p><p>O: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS (blessed tranquility), globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX, •STR and crescent in exergue.</p><p>Treveri (Trier) mint, 323 A.D</p><p>3.32g</p><p>19mm</p><p>RIC VII Trier 389</p><p><br /></p><p>For a long time, I have wanted a follis of Tiberius II Constantine but price or condition always kept me from getting one. This year I was able to scratch him off my list thanks to Ken Dorney listing one in a condition &amp; price I was happy with.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FrF2bf7qK%2Ftiberiusii.jpg&amp;hash=0c22ca20c657c4c774e1050706267e61" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tiberius II Constantine, (578 - 582 A.D.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Follis</p><p>O: D M TIB CONSTANT P P, Crowned bust of Tiberius facing wearing consular robes and holding mappa and eagle tipped scepter.</p><p>R: Large M, ANNO on left, cross above, GI on right, NIKOB in exergue.</p><p>13.43g</p><p>30mm</p><p>Nicomedia Mint</p><p>DOC 30b, Sear 441</p><p><br /></p><p>I admit I really enjoy my Alexandrian Tets but didn&#039;t list too many in my top thread. This coin probably should have been added. He&#039;s a figure I have long wanted in a Tet form and just like above, Mr. Dorney listed it at a great price &amp; I quickly grabbed it when it was fresh.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FMTpMbcbn%2Fvaliitet.jpg&amp;hash=f3a3d531997d371d56b36446162d5c90" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Valerian II, (256 - 258 A.D.)</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: P LIK KOR OVALERIANOC KAIC CEB, Draped and cuirassed bust of Valerian right.</p><p>R: Alexandria wearing mural crown standing left holding bust of Serapis and scepter, L E (Year 5) across fields.</p><p>10.35g</p><p>22mm</p><p>Emmett 3763 // Milne 3981</p><p><br /></p><p>Published on wildwinds!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t specialize in Flavians but I have no problems adding ones I just like and this Denarius below fell into that category. And as I mentioned in the first post on the coin, it matched a Tetradrachm I own so I felt it needed to come home to a big brother.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.postimg.cc%2FSKFZNYcr%2Fdomden.jpg&amp;hash=aeb95595d044514c8e34eee94d114339" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Domitian (81 - 96 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: IMP CAES DOMITIANVS AVG P M, laureate head of Domitian right.</p><p>R: IVPPITER CONSERVATOR, eagle standing facing, head left, on thunderbolt, wings spread.</p><p>Rome Mint, 82-83 A.D.</p><p>3.18g</p><p>19mm</p><p>RIC II.1 144</p><p><br /></p><p>This reverse type commemorates the events during the civil war of 69 A.D. Upon the arrival of the flavian troops in Italy, Sabinus (the elder brother of Vespasian) was forced to seek refuge in the Capitoline fortress (the sanctuary of Jupiter). He also brought in Domitian, his nephew. Eventually the fortress was set on fire and Sabinus captured and executed. Domitian managed to escape and found shelter at one of his father&#039;s clients. Later in that place he built a temple for Jupiter Conservator (= the Protector). Source: Tacitus, Histories, the 3rd book, section LXXIV : &quot;Domitianus.....ac potiente rerum patre, disiecto aeditui contubernio, modicum sacellum Iovi Conservatori aramque posuit casus suos in marmore expressam)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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