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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 12319176, member: 21445&quot;]This was a very lean year for me when it came to buying ancient coins. Between the prices being much higher, much less lack of bargains being found on ebay, and getting a bit pickier, this has been the least amount of coins I have bought since I got back into collecting in 2007.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some of the favorites I did get in 2022, this isn&#039;t all of them, but most.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elymais-jpeg.1427875/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Uncertain Early Arsacid Kings</p><p>Late 1st century B.C. - early 2nd century A.D.</p><p>Billon Tetradrachm</p><p>O: Crude bust left with long, pointed beard and curly hair dressed in a curved pattern from forehead to the nape of the neck, topped by a tuft of hair bound with a diadem, its ties falling behind, star in crescent above anchor with two crossbars, pellet to left of anchor.</p><p>R: Diademed, bearded head left (degenerated), degraded legend around, forming square frame around the head.</p><p>van&#039;t Haaff 10.3.1-1B, subtype b.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/camel-jpg.1460375/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>M. Aemilius Scaurus &amp; P. Plautius Hypsaeus (58 B.C.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: M. SCAVR. / AED. CVR., above king Aretas kneeling beside a camel right, EX., on left, S.C., on right, REX. ARETAS., in exergue.</p><p>R: P. HVPSAE. / AED. CVR., above Jupiter in quadriga left, CAPTV., on right, but C. HVPSAE. COS. PREIVER., in exergue, scorpion below horses.</p><p>3.47g</p><p>19mm</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>RCV #379 Aemilia 8</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/p11big-jpg.1468464/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Philip II (247 - 249 A.D.)</p><p>NISIBIS (Mesopotamia)</p><p>Æ25</p><p>O: AYTOK K M IOVΛI ΦIΛIΠΠOC CEB. Radiate and cuirassed bust of Philip II left.</p><p>R: IOY CЄΠ KOΛΩ NЄCIBI MHT. Tyche of Antioch seated facing; above her head, ram (Aries) leaping right, head left; all within tetrastyle shrine; below, half-length river-god Euphrates swimming right.</p><p>Nisibis mint</p><p>11.5g</p><p>25mm</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 240 corr, BMC 22, corr.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domdrachm-jpg.1472735/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna (193 - 217 A.D.)</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>O: IOYΛIA ΔOMNA AVΓ, bust right.</p><p>R: MHTPO KAICAP NEΩ, Mt. Argaeus, star at summit. Crescent to upper right. ET IH Dated RY 18 of Septimius (AD 210/211).</p><p>2.95g</p><p>19mm</p><p>Syd 450v (Rev legend and crescent)</p><p><br /></p><p>In the year this coin was issued, Severus fell ill in Britain during the campaign against the Caledonians; his days were numbered. Caracalla continued the campaign, but his thoughts were on the future.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/diadde-jpg.1484113/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Diadumenian (218 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O:M OPEL ANT DIADVMENIAN CAES Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>R: PRINC IVVENTVTVS Prince standing facing, head r., holding standard and sceptre; two standards to right.</p><p>Rome Mint 218 A.D.</p><p>3.8g</p><p>21mm</p><p>RIC IV 102; RSC III 3b[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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