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<p>[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 8137181, member: 99531"]I always intend to post a top 10 list and for one reason or another do not get around to it.. so sure it is 2021 now but 2019 was a big year so it deserves the treatment..</p><p>I purchased a lot of coins so a lot of keepers were left off the list</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are posted in no particular order..</p><p>Enjoy and of course comments are welcome =)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#1) Roman Republican, Quadrigatus</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/quadrigatus-jpg.884425/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Material: Silver</p><p>Weight: 6.65 g</p><p>Diameter: 24.50 mm</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head of Janus,</p><p>Reverse: Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory ROMA</p><p>Crawford 28/3</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#2) Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Zweigarm Type</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16196.1.293_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Description</p><p>Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Zweigarm Type. Circa 3rd century BC.</p><p>Unknown tribe.</p><p>Celticised, bearded head of Zeus to right, with two 'horns of Ammon'; the neck truncation and dotted border forming volutes / Stylised rider wearing crested helmet on horseback to left, right arm outstretched; wheel and pellets before. Göbl, OTA pl. 25, 291/5 (same dies); Lanz 585 (this coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>13.30g, 24mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Very Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997);</p><p>This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #104[reverse]).</p><p><br /></p><p>#3) Sicily, Syracuse, Agathokles (317-289 BC), AR Tetradrachm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418101[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418100[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/agothokles-jpg.884426/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>17.29g</p><p>25mm (approx)</p><p>Head of Arethusa facing left wearing earring, hair wreathed in grain, three dolphins around, rev. quadriga galloping left, triskeles above, ypaoin in exergue (SNG ANS, no. 633; SNG {Copenhagen}, no. 753), very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#4) Attica, Athens, New Style Tetradrachm</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=vimeo]344655407[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418105[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418104[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Attica, Athens, New Style; Magistrates Mened- and Epigeno-, Asklepios, c. 135/4 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.90g. Thompson-353, rev. like a which equals 352b, but neither of these coins is illustrated. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: Owl standing r. on amphora, head front; ethnic and magistrates' names l. and r., in l. field Asklepios standing l., leaning on serpent staff; third magistrate EΠIΓO in r. field (final O impinges on wreath), Z on amphora (written like sideways H), ME below; all within olive wreath. Right obverse field and cheek of Athena strongly cleaned. EF</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#5) Alexander III Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint</b></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://img.ma-shops.com/cdma/pic/combined512138.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://img.ma-shops.com/cdma/pic/combined512138.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://img.ma-shops.com/cdma/pic/combined512138.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Weight: 17.11 g</p><p>Diameter: 27.00 mm</p><p>Alexander III, Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, struck by Antipater under Philip III, circa 322-320 BC</p><p>Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin,</p><p>Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, bow in bowcase,BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPO</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#6) AV Histamenon of Basilius II 976-1025</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/471edfd0-db5e-489c-adff-3c40f7b9f70f-jpeg.1025410/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/6582cb25-64c1-4851-a9a5-1b465b1f4cb3-jpeg.1025411/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christ facing</p><p>Basil and Constantine facing, with cross</p><p>4.42g</p><p>25mm</p><p>Sear 1800, Ratto 1945</p><p>Ex Sternberg VI, 1976 lot 1032</p><p><br /></p><p><b>#7) Seleucid, Laodikeia Ad Mare</b></p><p><b>Tetradrachm 65/64 BC</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/99220bf6-2cea-4ee4-9e58-a7227b4ccdbd-jpeg.1025412/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ea0343f8-3466-4f40-9056-ca17326849a1-jpeg.1025413/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tyche right with turreted headdress</p><p>Zeus seated left with Nike and sceptre</p><p>15.26g</p><p>28mm</p><p>ANSMN 28, 1983. Dca-s 314</p><p>Extremely rare date</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#8) Egypt, Ptolemy I Tetradrachm 323-283 BC</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/7953ea6f-499e-434f-b44f-677fd2ff9138-jpeg.1025417/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/61ed494d-54fc-400d-b37e-64661cdbada9-jpeg.1025418/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Herakles right with elephant headdress</p><p>Athena Alkidemos right with spear and shield</p><p>15.56g</p><p>28mm</p><p>Sear 7750</p><p>Ex Nick Economopolous, ex Frank Robinson</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#9) Black Sea Region, uncertain mint AR Tetradrachm.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1418103[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1418102[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanumismatics.com%2Fcatalogue_images%2Fauction%2Fxlarge%2F16027.14.7_1.jpg&hash=6faefa304930b7fa01a669051b2280a8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Description</p><p>Black Sea Region, uncertain mint AR Tetradrachm.</p><p>In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 250-200 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, ΟΠ monogram under throne. Price 1322. 16.99g, 30mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Very Fine;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>#10) Septimius Severus Æ29 of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 193-211.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanumismatics.com%2Fcatalogue_images%2Fauction%2Fxlarge%2F9123.43.25_1.jpg&hash=aaf380ea418c209cb211cca6e23cf18f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>AY K Λ CЄΠTI CЄVHPOC ΠЄP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right /</p><p>Asclepius seated right on back of winged serpent, holding serpent-entwined staff; serpent-entwined staff; OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC in two lines below. Varbanov 4681-9 var. (obv. legend).</p><p>29mm</p><p>14.65g,</p><p>7h</p><p>Very Fine. Extremely Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Honorable Mention) Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Doppelkopf Type</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanumismatics.com%2Fcatalogue_images%2Fauction%2Fxlarge%2F16196.1.660_1.jpg&hash=091e1d948c9e9c10cfdd35b5c30fc8e8" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Description</p><p>13.47g</p><p>24mm</p><p>6h</p><p><br /></p><p>Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Doppelkopf Type. Circa 3rd century BC. Janiform bearded head of Zeus / Rider on horseback to right, wearing helmet with long crest; rosette before. Göbl, OTA pl. 19, 223/1 (same dies); Kent/Mays, BMC I pl. 7, 111 (same dies); Lanz 540 (this coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Very Fine. Scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Honorable mention) Denarius, Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.numisbids.com%2Fsales%2Fhosted%2Fcng%2Fe%2F458%2Fimage00317.jpg&hash=c4c3ab9638ed35d487037550336f064c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>20.5mm, 3.90 g, 7h</p><p>Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; coiled serpents flanking / Aurora flying right, conducting four horses of the sun and holding palm frond. Cf. Crawford 453/1a-b, d-e; CRI 29; cf. Sydenham 959, 959a; cf. Plautia 15, 15a-c;cf. RBW 1583-4. Lustrous, marks and scratches, large flan/metal flaw on reverse, weakly struck in areas. Good VF</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Honorable Mention) Artuquids of Mardin AE Dirhem</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ef0dc280-27e5-4e85-8268-48b38391efa8-jpeg.1398728/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://[URL][URL]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ef0dc280-27e5-4e85-8268-48b38391efa8-jpeg.1398728/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ruler: Nur al-Din Muhammad.</p><p>Obv: Angel facing with right wing raised - holding serpent.</p><p>Rev: Name and titles of Nur al-Din in 5 lines.</p><p>Mint: Hisn Kayfa or Amid.</p><p>Very Scarce in this condition. Ref: S&S type 9.</p><p>28mm, 11.72gm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nvb, post: 8137181, member: 99531"]I always intend to post a top 10 list and for one reason or another do not get around to it.. so sure it is 2021 now but 2019 was a big year so it deserves the treatment.. I purchased a lot of coins so a lot of keepers were left off the list These coins are posted in no particular order.. Enjoy and of course comments are welcome =) [B]#1) Roman Republican, Quadrigatus[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/quadrigatus-jpg.884425/[/IMG] Material: Silver Weight: 6.65 g Diameter: 24.50 mm Obverse: Laureate head of Janus, Reverse: Jupiter, hurling thunderbolt and holding scepter, in galloping quadriga right driven by Victory ROMA Crawford 28/3 [B]#2) Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Zweigarm Type[/B]. [IMG]https://www.romanumismatics.com/catalogue_images/auction/xlarge/16196.1.293_1.jpg[/IMG] Description Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Zweigarm Type. Circa 3rd century BC. Unknown tribe. Celticised, bearded head of Zeus to right, with two 'horns of Ammon'; the neck truncation and dotted border forming volutes / Stylised rider wearing crested helmet on horseback to left, right arm outstretched; wheel and pellets before. Göbl, OTA pl. 25, 291/5 (same dies); Lanz 585 (this coin). 13.30g, 24mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; beautiful old cabinet tone. Rare. From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997); This coin exhibited by the Staatlichen Münzsammlung München at the 1997 International Numismatic Congress in Berlin; at the Berliner Bank also in 1997; also exhibited at the Luitpoldblock Palmengarten, Munich in 2003 (exhibition #104[reverse]). #3) Sicily, Syracuse, Agathokles (317-289 BC), AR Tetradrachm [ATTACH=full]1418101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418100[/ATTACH] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/agothokles-jpg.884426/[/IMG] 17.29g 25mm (approx) Head of Arethusa facing left wearing earring, hair wreathed in grain, three dolphins around, rev. quadriga galloping left, triskeles above, ypaoin in exergue (SNG ANS, no. 633; SNG {Copenhagen}, no. 753), very fine. [B]#4) Attica, Athens, New Style Tetradrachm[/B] [MEDIA=vimeo]344655407[/MEDIA] [ATTACH=full]1418105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1418104[/ATTACH] Attica, Athens, New Style; Magistrates Mened- and Epigeno-, Asklepios, c. 135/4 BC, Tetradrachm, 16.90g. Thompson-353, rev. like a which equals 352b, but neither of these coins is illustrated. Obv: Helmeted head of Athena r. Rx: Owl standing r. on amphora, head front; ethnic and magistrates' names l. and r., in l. field Asklepios standing l., leaning on serpent staff; third magistrate EΠIΓO in r. field (final O impinges on wreath), Z on amphora (written like sideways H), ME below; all within olive wreath. Right obverse field and cheek of Athena strongly cleaned. EF [B]#5) Alexander III Tetradrachm, Amphipolis mint[/B] [URL='https://img.ma-shops.com/cdma/pic/combined512138.jpg'][IMG]https://img.ma-shops.com/cdma/pic/combined512138.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Weight: 17.11 g Diameter: 27.00 mm Alexander III, Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, struck by Antipater under Philip III, circa 322-320 BC Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, bow in bowcase,BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPO [B]#6) AV Histamenon of Basilius II 976-1025[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/471edfd0-db5e-489c-adff-3c40f7b9f70f-jpeg.1025410/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/6582cb25-64c1-4851-a9a5-1b465b1f4cb3-jpeg.1025411/[/IMG] Christ facing Basil and Constantine facing, with cross 4.42g 25mm Sear 1800, Ratto 1945 Ex Sternberg VI, 1976 lot 1032 [B]#7) Seleucid, Laodikeia Ad Mare Tetradrachm 65/64 BC[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/99220bf6-2cea-4ee4-9e58-a7227b4ccdbd-jpeg.1025412/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ea0343f8-3466-4f40-9056-ca17326849a1-jpeg.1025413/[/IMG] Tyche right with turreted headdress Zeus seated left with Nike and sceptre 15.26g 28mm ANSMN 28, 1983. Dca-s 314 Extremely rare date [B]#8) Egypt, Ptolemy I Tetradrachm 323-283 BC[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/7953ea6f-499e-434f-b44f-677fd2ff9138-jpeg.1025417/[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/61ed494d-54fc-400d-b37e-64661cdbada9-jpeg.1025418/[/IMG] Herakles right with elephant headdress Athena Alkidemos right with spear and shield 15.56g 28mm Sear 7750 Ex Nick Economopolous, ex Frank Robinson [B]#9) Black Sea Region, uncertain mint AR Tetradrachm. [ATTACH=full]1418103[/ATTACH][/B] [ATTACH=full]1418102[/ATTACH] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanumismatics.com%2Fcatalogue_images%2Fauction%2Fxlarge%2F16027.14.7_1.jpg&hash=6faefa304930b7fa01a669051b2280a8[/IMG] Description Black Sea Region, uncertain mint AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 250-200 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, holding sceptre; AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, BAΣIΛEΩΣ to left, ΟΠ monogram under throne. Price 1322. 16.99g, 30mm, 12h. Good Very Fine; [B]#10) Septimius Severus Æ29 of Pautalia, Thrace. AD 193-211.[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanumismatics.com%2Fcatalogue_images%2Fauction%2Fxlarge%2F9123.43.25_1.jpg&hash=aaf380ea418c209cb211cca6e23cf18f[/IMG] AY K Λ CЄΠTI CЄVHPOC ΠЄP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Asclepius seated right on back of winged serpent, holding serpent-entwined staff; serpent-entwined staff; OVΛΠIAC ΠAVTAΛIAC in two lines below. Varbanov 4681-9 var. (obv. legend). 29mm 14.65g, 7h Very Fine. Extremely Rare. [B]Honorable Mention) Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Doppelkopf Type[/B]. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.romanumismatics.com%2Fcatalogue_images%2Fauction%2Fxlarge%2F16196.1.660_1.jpg&hash=091e1d948c9e9c10cfdd35b5c30fc8e8[/IMG] Description 13.47g 24mm 6h Celts in Eastern Europe AR Tetradrachm. Doppelkopf Type. Circa 3rd century BC. Janiform bearded head of Zeus / Rider on horseback to right, wearing helmet with long crest; rosette before. Göbl, OTA pl. 19, 223/1 (same dies); Kent/Mays, BMC I pl. 7, 111 (same dies); Lanz 540 (this coin). Very Fine. Scarce. From the Hermann Lanz Collection; this coin published in M. Kostial, Kelten im Osten - Gold und Silber der Kelten in Mittel- und Osteuropa - Sammlung Lanz (Staatlichen Münzsammlung München, 1997) [B]Honorable mention) Denarius, Imperatorial Rome. L. Plautius Plancus[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.numisbids.com%2Fsales%2Fhosted%2Fcng%2Fe%2F458%2Fimage00317.jpg&hash=c4c3ab9638ed35d487037550336f064c[/IMG] AR Denarius 20.5mm, 3.90 g, 7h Rome mint. Facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair; coiled serpents flanking / Aurora flying right, conducting four horses of the sun and holding palm frond. Cf. Crawford 453/1a-b, d-e; CRI 29; cf. Sydenham 959, 959a; cf. Plautia 15, 15a-c;cf. RBW 1583-4. Lustrous, marks and scratches, large flan/metal flaw on reverse, weakly struck in areas. Good VF [B]Honorable Mention) Artuquids of Mardin AE Dirhem[/B] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ef0dc280-27e5-4e85-8268-48b38391efa8-jpeg.1398728/[/IMG] [IMG]http://[URL][URL]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ef0dc280-27e5-4e85-8268-48b38391efa8-jpeg.1398728/[/IMG] Ruler: Nur al-Din Muhammad. Obv: Angel facing with right wing raised - holding serpent. Rev: Name and titles of Nur al-Din in 5 lines. Mint: Hisn Kayfa or Amid. Very Scarce in this condition. Ref: S&S type 9. 28mm, 11.72gm[/QUOTE]
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