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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr.MonkeySwag96, post: 24842836, member: 100951&quot;]My main collecting focuses are Roman Republic &amp; Imperial denarii. However, this year I&#039;ve also greatly expanded my Ancient Greek coin collection. I don&#039;t exactly have a favorite purchase, the coin&#039;s numbering below isn&#039;t indicative of a &quot;ranking.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/sPFKjfP7TUCsb68fzOWM_ZRSfJv4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#1)</p><p>Roman Republic, L. Sulla &amp; L. Manlius Torquatus, 82 BC Silver Denarius, Military Mint Moving with Sulla, 17mm, 4.01 grams Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right. Reverse: Sulla holding branch and reings driving triumphal quadriga right, Victory flying above crowning him with laurels. Crawford 367/5 // Manlia 4</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/simtBlduQhS7WG4N1pWL_XS0fTvs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>#2)</p><p>SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 330/20-280 BC. AR Triobol – Hemidrachm (15.5mm, 2.76 g, 5h). Chimaera standing left; ΣΙ below / Dove flying left. BCD Peloponnesos 283; HGC 5, 213. VF, iridescent tone. From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from “J.H.,” 27 November 1968.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/hzfVuPQRQpeWfGk0BSvt_7JnKloi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#3)</p><p>272-240 BC Calabria, Tarentum AR Nomos. 6.51g, 19mm Helmeted horseman right, holding a spear and shield. &quot;TI&quot; to left. Naked youth riding a dolphin left, holding a trident, Nike flying right above. Rudder below Vlasto 899-902.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/JYKgtqqSRheSLZshyexx_8623D1BF-DAF8-4E58-9BBD-7347A8CC5699.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#4)</p><p>L. Julius L.f. Caesar. 103 BC. AR Denarius (15.5mm, 3.87 g, 7h). Rome mint. Helmeted head of Mars left; •L (retrograde) above / Venus Genetrix driving biga of Cupids left, holding scepter and reins; •L (retrograde) above, lyre below. Crawford 320/1; Sydenham 593; Julia 4; RBW 1175 var. (control). Toned, a couple of bankers’ marks, faint hairlines. VF. From the Anthony Stewart Collection. Ex VAuctions 303 (31 January 2014), lot 240.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/g5APh24kSSu2MtIQOcYt_Rx6paYD3Hb52m7QA8KBtL2eHAcM4kP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#5)</p><p>Lucania, Metapontion, 340 - 330 BC Silver Stater, 19mm, 7.53 grams Obverse: Wreathed head of Demeter right. Reverse: Ear of barley with leaf on left, mouse above leaf, META upwards on right. BMC 123 // Johnston Class A, 8.16 // HN Italy 1570. Ex Economopoulos Numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/IrsENhspTvaG1gcaPsXc_C92352BD-B4F4-4B55-8B73-DBFBC8358F1B.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#6)</p><p>Roman Republic, A. Postumius A.f. Sp.n. Albinus, 81 BC Silver Denarius, Rome Mint, 19mm, 3.85 grams Obverse: Draped bust of Diana right with bow and quiver over shoulder, bucranium above. Reverse: Togate figure standing left on rock holding aespergilium over bull, flaming altar between them, A POST A F S N ALBIN around. Postumia 7 // Crawford 372/1 // RBW 1392</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/FxjD0HK4TnKA0k5EVfOz_FF848C74-5DD3-487A-A419-1F289C9F7849.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#7)</p><p>PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC. AR Stater (23.4mm, 10.78 g). Two wrestlers grappling; ΔΑ between them / Slinger in throwing stance right; triskeles to right; all within dotted square border. Tekin Series 4.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/xHCiuKRkQ9Sssj1HquUd_75KsYrC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#8)</p><p>Seleukid Kings of Syria, Antiochos VIII, 121-96 BC, AR Tetradrachm, no date, Obverse: his head R, Reverse: Zeus standing L, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ, IE A on left, P below, silver, 30mm, 16.5g, SG7143v.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/8IA6WUHGT0WU9goWw2KB_NScmb1y.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#9)</p><p>MYSIA, Pergamon. Circa 166-67 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.44 g). Cistophoric type. Struck circa 88-85 BC. Cista mystica within ivy wreath / Two serpents entwined around bow and bowcase; BA and prytaneis monogram above, civic monogram to left, serpent-entwined thyrsos to right. Kleiner, Hoard 30; SNG BN 1730-1.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/SwbMOKzgTt6Im6Sm3s2X_1B12E332-73A1-449F-9D5E-5BB58ED5AD4A.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>#10)</p><p>ROMAN REPUBLICAN. L. Farsuleius Mensor. 76 B.C. AR denarius. 3.8 gm. 19.5 mm. Rome mint. Diademed and draped bust of Libertas right; LIII (control number) and pileus behind, MENSOR S C before / Roma holding spear and reins in biga, assisting togate figure into chariot; scorpion below; L FARSVLEI in exergue. Crawford 392/1a. Sydenham 789a. RSC Farsuleia 1.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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