MY Favorite 10 of 2017

I purchased 37 coins over this past year, and most would never make it into any collector's top 10. But, to me they are all special for one reason or another. So in the spirit of all the other Top 10 posts, here are my choices from this hoard ranked in order from lowest to highest ranking

10.

AKARNANIA, FEDERAL COINAGE
AE20
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles r., wearing lion's skin headdress
REVERSE: Head of the river god Archelous r.; magistrate's name AGHTWP
Struck at Leukas 200-167 BC
4.6g, 20 mm
BCD Akarnania 38; Gross-McClean 5394; MSP I, 464.
Ex Failla Numismatics


9.
CARIA, KASOLABA
AR Hemiobol
OBV: Head of ram right
REV: Head of young male right
Struck at Caria, Kasolaba, circa 420-400 BC
.5g; 8mm
Konuk, Kasolaba 10; SNG Keckman 883-902


8.
MACEDONIAN KINGDOM
Coinage in the style of Alexander III
AR Drachm
OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin
REVERSE: AΛEΞANΔΡOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; crescent in left field, monogram below throne
Kolophon, Macedonia 310-301 BC
19mm, 4.5g
Price 1827
ex. JAZ Numismatics

7.
TROAS, BIRYTIS
AE12
OBVERSE: Head of Kaiberos left wearing pileus
REVERSE: Club of Herakles, BI PY to either side, all within laurel wreath
Struck at Birytis, Troas 3d century BC
1.14g, 12mm
D&T220 // Depeyrot NC VII, 33 //SNG Cop 250// DeLaTour8145

6.
L VALERIUS FLACCUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VALERIA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Draped bust of Victory right, star under chin
REVERSE: Mars walking left, carrying trophy; L. VALERI./ FLACCI. and a flamen's cap before and grain-ear behind
Struck at Rome 108-109 BC
3.7g, 18mm
Cr306/1, Syd 565, Valeria 11

5.

HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS
AR Antoninianus
OBVERSE: Q HER MES DECIVS NOB C, Radiate and draped bust of Herennius right
REVERSE: CONCORDIA AVGG, Clasped hands
Struck at Rome, 250/1 AD
3.53g, 21mm
RIC138

4.

THESSALY, LARISSA
AR Trihemiobol
OBVERSE: Head of nymph Larissa three-quarter facing left in necklace, hair confined by fillet & floating loosely, with ampyx in front
REVERSE: ΛAPI (Laris) above, horse feeding right.
Struck at Larissa 395-344 BC
.75g, 10mm
SNG Cop 135

3.

CAMPANIA, NEAPOLIS
AR Didrachm
OBVERSE: Head of nymph Parthenope right, wearing headband, pendant earring, and pearl necklace
REVERSE: Man-faced bull walking right, head facing, above Nike flying right to crown him // [NΕΟΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ]
Struck at Neapolis (Naples) 350-325 BC
7.3g, 20mm
SNG ANS 296-298. SNG Lockett 79. HN Italy 565
ex. JAZ Numismatics

And, of course, my top two are MA Legionary denarii

2.
MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: LEG VIIII, legionary eagle between two standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.8g, 17mm
CR 544/22; Syd 1226
ex Pegasi Numismatics

1.

MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: CHORTIS SPECVLATORVM, three legionary standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.52g, 18.mm
Cr544/12; Syd 1214
ex. Marti Classical Numismatics

 

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Nice selection, JW. #3 is my preferred of the bunch.

 

Nice group of coins JW! Your MA denarii are my favourites too.

 

Great bunch of coins!
I love the 7. and 3. best.

 

Good year. I'd take them all but 1, 2 & 6 have to be my faves. The Troas is cool to.

 

Draped bust of victory on #6 is incredible. The nymph on the didracm is also quite nice.

 

Lovem all @Bing ... very much my collecting style. Let's see my faves: the 2 Antonys, the 2 Achelous, Troas, Etruscus, Larissa, Kasolaba, Makedon, and the RR Denarius... hmm, yeah, I will take those...

My Achelous is kind of a ghost...

Campania Neapolis 320-300 BC AR Nomos Nymph Achelous

 

Nice bunch of coins Bing. The MA legionary coins are my favorite. I have enjoyed seeing you put together the group.

 

The Antony denarii are the standouts, but that Larissa is lovely. I’m not really a Greek collector, but there are a few Greek coins I’d like to own one day. The Larissa is one of those. Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice group Bing! Any one of those I'd be happy to have but I'm particularly enamoured with both of your legionary MA's.

I like your L Valerius Flaccus very much as well but must admit when I first saw it I immediately thought of the "looks like" thread, so with my apologies in advance:



Great coins and superb top 10!

-d

 

Nice coins @Bing. I love the Flaccus and the Chortis legionary. Wonderful coins.

 

Very worthy mentionables! i like more than a couple and have wanted to get several you've got this last year, but havent yet for 1 reason or another.. great bunch Bing!

 

Looks like you had a good year Bing, some really great coins in that lot, indicating that the other 27 are no slouches either. I like them all but numbers 4 to 1 are exceptionally nice.

 

i have a couple of those liberty dollars in my modern US collection..it is a good looking coin.

 

Cool collection for 2017! Looking forward to your 2018 batch..

 

Very nice and diverse coins Bing/ I like #2 the best/ also the one from Larissa. My wife owned a horse named Larissa when she was a teenager! Hope the new year brings you more fabulous coins!
John

 

Very nice and diverse coins Bing/ I like #2 the best/ also the one from Larissa. My wife owned a horse named Larissa when she was a teenager! Hope the new year brings you more fabulous coins!
John

 

Very nice and diverse coins Bing/ I like #2 the best/ also the one from Larissa. My wife owned a horse named Larissa when she was a teenager! Hope the new year brings you more fabulous coins!
John

 

All great coins Bing, congrats!! Really like your Marc Antony Danari! What a great series that you are putting together!!

 

The 2 Antony's are fantastic! Congratulations!