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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7467840, member: 19463&quot;]Another current thread on a Gallienus ten unit piece caused me to post my Salonina but it is more at place here.&nbsp; Apologies to those who saw it twice.&nbsp; They are not die matched.&nbsp; While I agree that the type is called Apollo in the literature, I would be interested in hearing how this ID came to be.&nbsp; I do not claim to have a proper ID but the attire and winged feet do not make me think of Apollo. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293395[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is why I have stopped buying coins (and even started selling a few).&nbsp; I have always preferred seeing the coins I buy at coin shows where I can be blamed for the mistakes I made rather than holding it against a far away seller.&nbsp; I have not bought a coin yet this year but, in truth, I have enough old ones that I should stop buying unless the new addition is a &#039;white whale&#039; or what the pro-sports people call a &#039;franchise player&#039;.&nbsp; Some of us collect as an obsession with the chase as important as the catch.&nbsp; Those can sell coins after a short time since the &#039;new coin smell&#039; has worn off.&nbsp; Others of us make familial relationships with the coins we buy that may be a bit beyond &#039;rational&#039; and feel separation pain until we decide that we have too many coins that are too similar and can let go of the ones that just do not thrill us as much on the long term as we once thought they would.&nbsp; That does not mean there is something wrong with those coins but just that the don&#039;t speak our language quite like the coin we keep.&nbsp; That explains how I am driven to sell off even a few coins that I know I will never replace.&nbsp; If you stay in the hobby long enough you will probably experience a few cycles where you sell things and later buy others.&nbsp; Usually there is a percentage of regrets in both directions - Why did I buy THAT? - Why did I let that one go?&nbsp; Concerns over poor delivery makes the hobby less fun for those of us who are into the coins rather than into the chase and capture aspect.&nbsp; At the moment I am awaiting Spring flowers for me to photograph rather than new coins unless the Covid trends causes shows to resume in my area.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Side coins are from the Greek period.&nbsp; The c.300 BC tetradrachm has added appeal (to me) with the Seleucid anchor countermark. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293396[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I have always been of the opinion that bronzes are collectable, too, even when the marketplace favors the big silver.&nbsp; This AE15 dates from the same era as my tet and has the added bonus of spelling out the city name</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293398[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The earlier obol (375-333 BC) offers a very personable lion.&nbsp; I like lions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293397[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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