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Message:: [QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8118182, member: 118780"]Hello everyone! This year has been a huge success for me. While it wasn't until well into it that I began my "Philip II, Alexander III, and the Era of the Diadochi" collection, I'm very happy with my start. Initially I calculated that after "exhausting research" the collection should be no more than 18 coins. As of now, I've identified 109 coins, not including 21 city coins that I've pushed to a "phase 2." Of those, I either have or have on the way 91. While I still may add one or two to this year's haul, it's now time to look forward to 2022. I've always been a stickler for making my resolutions public in order to encourage me to actually follow through on them. Here's my numismatic goals for the new year. (obligatory coin - recently added)[ATTACH=full]1413157[/ATTACH] Phoenicia, Arados AR StaterKing Gerashtart (Gerostratos)Dated RY 6(?) = 335/334 BCE 10.35g, 18mm, 10h.Laureate head of Ba'al-Arwad to right / Galley to right with [Pataikos on prow], above waves; MA G and date (all in Phoenician) above.Betlyon 29, note 106; DCA 753; HGC 10, 36Ex collection of Z.P., AustriaEx Roma AcquisitionsI anticipate buying far fewer coins next year than last. I took advantage of my wife's good will this year, so I'm definitely not going to push it. Luckily, most of the coins remaining on my list are difficult to come by, so I expect most auctions to be uninteresting. So, other than a couple of coins, I really just hope that at the end of next year I have fewer than 18 coins remaining. Just from the first 50 pages of Diodorus Siculus I added six coins. ReadingI read quite a few numismatic books last year, including the daunting History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The following are books I plan to finish next year. Monumental Coins by Marvin TameankoThe Library (Books 16-20) by Diodorus SiculusThe Landmark Arrian by ArrianThe History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius RufusWomen and Monarchy in Macedonia by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney I'll probably read more history/numismatic books, most likely Plutarch, but I'll start with these. Coin SiteI've already purchased the domain name for a new coin site to cover my collection, including photos of my coins and write-ups on each one. My goal next year is to complete it. New NovelThis year I published my second novel (Allen, King of Seattle for those curious), and my goal next year is to complete my third. I've already begun outlining it, and it should be my longest and most challenging project yet. Like my current books, it will blend the real with fantasy, and this one will feature post-Alexander Macedonian history heavily along with a time travelling plot. It will combine massive battles, multiple love stories, loss, anguish, and rebirth in a plot reinforced with ancient numismatics and including (to whet the appetite) a cataclysmic showdown, with dinosaurs, between the united forces of Italy under Rome and the remains of Alexander's armies. The working title for this novel is Adea. Here's another recently acquired coin if you've read this far.[ATTACH=full]1413159[/ATTACH] Sophytes, 'Athenian Series' AR TetradrachmUncertain mint, circa 323-240 BCE16.48g, 21mm, 1h.Attic standard. Head of Athena to right, wearing earring, necklace, and crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette and grape bunch on the bowl / Owl standing to right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind, AΘE before; all within incuse squareCf. Bopearachchi, Sophytes Series 1A; cf. Roma XIV, 341 corr. (grape bunch on rev.)Ex 1960s Andragoras-Sophytes GroupEx Roma Let's see your 2022 resolutions![/QUOTE]

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