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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 2287026, member: 21445&quot;]<b>Out of 82 coins I got this year, my number one coin of the year. Not much to say other then I got it exceptionally cheap, great shape and it’s a silver Tiberius. It also came with a surprising provenance, which majority of my coins lack.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fs3.postimg.org%252F52pdglovn%252Ftiberius.jpg%26hash%3D3b179afa2641deaf99671b209709a846&amp;hash=db09833fef82b2c97cd622644df7dddd" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs27.postimg.org%2F61foqcltv%2FIMG1.jpg&amp;hash=0235c3a3502616be42a808197870bdb6" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Tiberius (14 - 34 A.D.)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria</p><p>O: [TI]BERIOS KAISAR SEBASTOS, laureate head of Tiberius right; LID (date) in right field.</p><p>R: QEOS SEBASTOS, radiate head of Augustus left.</p><p>EGYPT, Alexandria Mint, year 14=27/28 A.D.</p><p>13.43g</p><p>23mm</p><p>RPC I 5090; Milne 54; Emmett 61</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I didn’t get to add much Greek silver this year but the few I did get I was happy with and this one is the top buy. Nice condition, beautiful toning and the Pentagram to boot. It too was stupid cheap.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs24.postimg.org%2Fdkv14nvtx%2Flion.jpg&amp;hash=a329b7e08f9b75a6fd99d848e2623e2a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Thrace, Chersonesos (386 - 338 B.C.)</p><p>AR Hemidrachm</p><p>O:Forepart of lion right, head reverted.</p><p>R: Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet to left of VE monogram and pentagram above pellet in opposite sunken quarters.</p><p>13mm</p><p>2.4g</p><p>BMC 43; McClean –; Weber 2422; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Dreer 115.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I have transitioned to focusing more on tetradrachms lately &amp; own very little empress tetradrachms so I was very happy to get this &amp; hope to add more in 2016.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs13.postimg.org%2Fes1hc4w6v%2Fhertet.jpg&amp;hash=cd145d4c7669065a5f0c1c2f13d7e098" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Herennia Etruscilla (249 - 251 A.D.)</p><p>AR Tetradrachm</p><p>SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch</p><p>O: EPENNIA ETPOYCKIΛΛA CEB, Diademed and draped bust right, resting on a crescent.</p><p>R: ΔHMAPX EΞOYCIAC, Eagle standing right on palm branch, holding wreath in beak.</p><p>11.61g</p><p>25mm</p><p>Prieur: 610</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I had a Vitellius I was very happy with but this came up and for me it was a no brainer, my older one had a smaller bust portrait and this has a much larger bust filling up the fields more, &amp; since Vitellius is my favorite of the 12 caesars *<i>he ate too much apparently, so do I!</i>”, I parted with my older one and got this at equal cost just to have the much larger bust.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fs28.postimg.org%2Fnqurh3opp%2Fvitel.jpg&amp;hash=f7c0cefd5abebfc71c75d2d8bd840c5a" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Vitellius (69 A.D.)</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>O: Laureate head right.</p><p>R: S P Q R / OB / C S in three lines within wreath.</p><p>Rome Mint, 69 A.D.</p><p>3g</p><p>18.5mm</p><p>RIC I 83; RSC 86.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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