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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 5249193, member: 95174&quot;]The best of my year in coins. Granted I specialize in 12th century Byzantine but I think you will find I diversified a bit this year. My normal work travel was curtailed so I spent more time learning, learning from fellow board members ( Thank You) and learning from books.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my the results, my favorite coins of the year.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#12&nbsp; <b>Seleukid Kingdom, Seleucus I Nikator, 312 - 280 B.C.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I really love this coin, it has a high relief on the portrait , it came from the collection of Maxwell Hunt , I did not know him but I liked his taste.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218706[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#11&nbsp; <b>ALEXIUS III ANGELUS-COMNENUS AE HALF TETARTERON SBCV-NL DOC 6 CLBC 8.4.2&nbsp; 15mm 1.97gm </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ugly but rare and out of the collection of Simon Bendall. He is one of the greats of our hobby, he cowrote with David Sear, worked with Michael Hendy and many others who specialized in late Byzantine.&nbsp; I also got it undervalue, the simple reason CNG but a better example owned by Simon Bendall as well right after it. It sold for over three times more than my coin and to be honest it was not that much nicer.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218701[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#10<b> Byzantine Empire, Tiberius II Constantine, 26 September 578 - 14 August 582 A.D. 31.3mm 10.57gm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, just eye appeal here, What can I say. It is a Byzantine thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218702[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#9<b> Kings of Paeonia, Patraos (335-315 BC), silver tetradrachm, Astibos or Damastion mint, 24mm, 11.93g</b></p><p><br /></p><p>One I learned about from the board, I found one and even though it has its faults I think it is a lovely coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218705[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#8 <b>MANUEL METROPOLITIAN TETARTERON S-1970 DOC 17CLBC 4.4.4 20.55mm 4.37gm</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a treasure coin for me, I am always looking to improve my collection and I have not seen this coin, this nice before. Manuel had a very long neck.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218708[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>#7 ALEXIUS III EL Aspron Trachy SBCV- 2010a 34mm 4.3gm </b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I must of lost a half dozen of these at auction, I stumbled on a new dealer and got it for an acceptable price , By this time in the empire they were not putting much gold into these, it looks more white than gold.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218709[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#6 <b>John III (Magn.) AE Tetarteron SBCV -2119 DOC 62 type G SBCV-2120 3.40gm 21mm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was just a really beautiful example of another rarity. I also got it for a steal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218710[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 <b>BYZANTINE, Latin Rule Half Tetarteron S-2059 20mm 2.28gm </b></p><p><br /></p><p>I got this at the end of 2019 but I received it in Jan, Superb example of normally very shoddy coins</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218711[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>#4 Isaac II El Aspron Trachy </b></p><p><br /></p><p>In my quest to finish all of the coinage of the 12 century this fellow makes his mark. Beautiful but has a flan crack but all the detail shows itself.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218712[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>#3 <b>Kingdom of the Gepids Thrassic 491-504 AD in the Name of Anastasius Silver Quarter Siliqua 16.2mm .820gm</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a debut of this coin, I saw it, loved it, bought it.&nbsp; I got it from Forum it is an ex Roma coin, Joe said it was not up for 5 min before I purchased it.&nbsp; I am uncertain why I am so attracted to it.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1218714[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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