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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5154720, member: 99456"]DonnaML, 2020 clearly an exception year for coins, with the "not-top 10" all top-10 worthy and another 80 coins from this year in the background! </p><p><br /></p><p>I have to mention <b>#12 Tralles Cistophic tetradrachm</b> which I find interesting (i.e. coveted) when you first posted. This coin interesting to me for the "H" (date), PTOL (magistrate?), citophori generally as regional currency, and the clear strike and style of your coin: 12. Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (My notes on these coins with some generally useful online references: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/mark-antony-and-a-late-republican-cistophorus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/mark-antony-and-a-late-republican-cistophorus" rel="nofollow">Late Republican Cistophorus</a>, and <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/early-cistophoric-tetradrachm-with-leopard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/early-cistophoric-tetradrachm-with-leopard" rel="nofollow">Early Cistophoric Tetradrachm</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>As the interactions between Rome and Egypt also of interest : <b>I will mention #11 Ptolemy VI Philometor</b> too as a favorite! Great coins, and I look forward to seeing the official top 10![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5154720, member: 99456"]DonnaML, 2020 clearly an exception year for coins, with the "not-top 10" all top-10 worthy and another 80 coins from this year in the background! I have to mention [B]#12 Tralles Cistophic tetradrachm[/B] which I find interesting (i.e. coveted) when you first posted. This coin interesting to me for the "H" (date), PTOL (magistrate?), citophori generally as regional currency, and the clear strike and style of your coin: 12. Lydia, Tralleis/Tralles, AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (My notes on these coins with some generally useful online references: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/mark-antony-and-a-late-republican-cistophorus']Late Republican Cistophorus[/URL], and [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/early-cistophoric-tetradrachm-with-leopard']Early Cistophoric Tetradrachm[/URL]). As the interactions between Rome and Egypt also of interest : [B]I will mention #11 Ptolemy VI Philometor[/B] too as a favorite! Great coins, and I look forward to seeing the official top 10![/QUOTE]
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