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<p>[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 5260673, member: 99554"]Finally here it is: My first "<b>TOP</b> OF 2020" thread. I didn't do it in 2018 or 2019, thinking my coins were too ordinary or uninteresting for the majority of CT's members. But after consulting the list of other participants, I thought it was worth it since I took great pleasure in admiring the choices of other collectors even in fields that did not appeal to me at first. It was a tough year for collecting this year: I have the feeling that prices have significantly increased since the beginning of the pandemic...but maybe I'm wrong and I may get stingier as I get older. My <b>TOP</b> event of the year in CoinTalk is certainly the arrival of new members who are regular posters like [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] , [USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER] , [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] , [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] , [USER=114838]@Cicero12[/USER] , [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] , [USER=114961]@FrizzyAntoine[/USER] , [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER] ( sorry but I'm surely missing a few...) ; you are ENRICHING the discussions here my friends ! The <b>TOP</b> worse moment of 2020 happened July 4th : do you remember that we had a "pinned" thread in our "Ancient Coins Section" ?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/listen-up.362805/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/listen-up.362805/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/listen-up.362805/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And also the almost 3rd World War that resulted from it :</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/re-listen-up.362825/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/re-listen-up.362825/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/re-listen-up.362825/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>At least, this sad episode made disappear some TROLLS which reeked the atmosphere of this discussion's forum. Now my <b>TOP</b> "I miss you" members : [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] , [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] , [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] and [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] . Hoping we'll see more of you in 2021. And finally my <b>TOP</b> wishes for the next year : you all stay healthy, you continue to share your wonderful coins here and if you're not a <b><span style="color: #ff0000">SUPPORTER</span></b>, please do it cause it's the only way this place will stay alive ! Oups.. I almost forgot I have some coins to show-off . Here they are :</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Emperors I didn't own</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>AEMILIAN </b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Rome 253 AD 4.03g 21mm</p><p>IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG / VICTORIA AVG</p><p>RIC 21</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219753[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SALONINUS</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Antioch or Samosata 3.74g 21mm</p><p>SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES / SPES PUBLICA</p><p>RIC 36</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219752[/ATTACH]</p><p>This one was misattributed by the Auction House as a Valerian. Didn't they notice the SALON in the legend? Anyway a bargain at 12 euros.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-saloninus.356737/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-saloninus.356737/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-saloninus.356737/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>QUIETUS </b></p><p>Billion Antoninianus</p><p>Antioch (?) 3.87g 22mm</p><p>IMP C FVL QVIETVS PF AVG / AEQVTAS AVGG</p><p>RIC 2</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219751[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-brothers-reunited.368920/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-brothers-reunited.368920/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-brothers-reunited.368920/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>FLORIAN </b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Kyzikos 3.69g 22mm</p><p>IMP FLORIANVS AVG / CONCORDIA MILITVM</p><p>RIC 116</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219744[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PROBUS IMITATION </b></p><p>Aureus(!) Fourrée (and holed)</p><p>Germanic Tribes 3.51g 21mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219747[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mine is the bottom one... but a pretty cool coin anyway.</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-aureus-a-fourrée-and-its-holed.369931/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-aureus-a-fourrée-and-its-holed.369931/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-aureus-a-fourrée-and-its-holed.369931/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>MY UPGRADES</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>DECENTIUS </b></p><p>Arles 3.45g 24mm</p><p>AE Centenionalis</p><p>MAG DECENTI-VS NOB CAES / ViCT DD NN AVG ET CAES</p><p>RIC 215</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219745[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>VALENS</b></p><p>AE 3 Nicomedia</p><p>DN VALENS PF AVG / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE</p><p>RIC 12c</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219749[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MAXIMIANUS II DAIA</b></p><p>AE Follis</p><p>Cyzicus 6.77g 26mm</p><p>GAL VAL MAXIMINVS OB C / GENIO CAESARIS</p><p>RIC 55</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219748[/ATTACH]</p><p>This is my "chocolate" patina of the years. I can't help but lick it every time I see it. Sorry.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>THE ONE I HAD TO BUY</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>FLORIAN (again)</b></p><p>Antoninianus</p><p>Lugdunum 3.15g. 22mm</p><p>IMP CM AN FLORIANVS PF AVG / PACATOR ORBIS</p><p>RIC 9 var</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219746[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I could't resist because I own its twin brother...a Tacitus...and I like to believe the same engraver worked on these two dies...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>MY SURPRISE OF THE YEAR</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>HONORIUS</b></p><p>AE 2 395 AD</p><p>Constantinople 4.30g. 22mm</p><p>DN HONORI-VS PF AVG / GLORIA ROMANORVM</p><p>RIC 88d</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1219750[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ordinary coin, part of an uncleaned lot which soak in Pennzoil 5w40 for months. I had problems finding the exact attribution until [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] helped me :</p><p>"<i>Your coin is minted in the first half of 395, after the demise of Theodosius and the form of the obverse legend shows that. The break in legend is usually reserved for senior emperors, which is mostly why the first part of issues for Honorius ca. 393-395 have an unbroken legend DN HONORIVS PF AVG. This AE2 type was discontinued soon after the death of Theodosius, but by that time Honorius was already a senior emperor in the West and the mint at Constantinople had just enough time to strike some coins with this new obverse legend form. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Your coin is not just scarce or rare, it's very rare and historically important.</i>"</p><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/flavius-honorius-395-423-ad.364383/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/flavius-honorius-395-423-ad.364383/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/flavius-honorius-395-423-ad.364383/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 5260673, member: 99554"]Finally here it is: My first "[B]TOP[/B] OF 2020" thread. I didn't do it in 2018 or 2019, thinking my coins were too ordinary or uninteresting for the majority of CT's members. But after consulting the list of other participants, I thought it was worth it since I took great pleasure in admiring the choices of other collectors even in fields that did not appeal to me at first. It was a tough year for collecting this year: I have the feeling that prices have significantly increased since the beginning of the pandemic...but maybe I'm wrong and I may get stingier as I get older. My [B]TOP[/B] event of the year in CoinTalk is certainly the arrival of new members who are regular posters like [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] , [USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER] , [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] , [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] , [USER=114838]@Cicero12[/USER] , [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER] , [USER=114961]@FrizzyAntoine[/USER] , [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER] ( sorry but I'm surely missing a few...) ; you are ENRICHING the discussions here my friends ! The [B]TOP[/B] worse moment of 2020 happened July 4th : do you remember that we had a "pinned" thread in our "Ancient Coins Section" ? [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/listen-up.362805/[/URL] And also the almost 3rd World War that resulted from it : [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/re-listen-up.362825/[/URL] At least, this sad episode made disappear some TROLLS which reeked the atmosphere of this discussion's forum. Now my [B]TOP[/B] "I miss you" members : [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] , [USER=76194]@Sallent[/USER] , [USER=81896]@Deacon Ray[/USER] and [USER=42634]@chrsmat71[/USER] . Hoping we'll see more of you in 2021. And finally my [B]TOP[/B] wishes for the next year : you all stay healthy, you continue to share your wonderful coins here and if you're not a [B][COLOR=#ff0000]SUPPORTER[/COLOR][/B], please do it cause it's the only way this place will stay alive ! Oups.. I almost forgot I have some coins to show-off . Here they are : [B]Emperors I didn't own AEMILIAN [/B] Antoninianus Rome 253 AD 4.03g 21mm IMP CAES AEMILIANVS PF AVG / VICTORIA AVG RIC 21 [ATTACH=full]1219753[/ATTACH] [B]SALONINUS[/B] Antoninianus Antioch or Samosata 3.74g 21mm SALON VALERIANVS NOB CAES / SPES PUBLICA RIC 36 [ATTACH=full]1219752[/ATTACH] This one was misattributed by the Auction House as a Valerian. Didn't they notice the SALON in the legend? Anyway a bargain at 12 euros. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-saloninus.356737/[/URL] [B]QUIETUS [/B] Billion Antoninianus Antioch (?) 3.87g 22mm IMP C FVL QVIETVS PF AVG / AEQVTAS AVGG RIC 2 [ATTACH=full]1219751[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/two-brothers-reunited.368920/[/URL] [B]FLORIAN [/B] Antoninianus Kyzikos 3.69g 22mm IMP FLORIANVS AVG / CONCORDIA MILITVM RIC 116 [ATTACH=full]1219744[/ATTACH] [B]PROBUS IMITATION [/B] Aureus(!) Fourrée (and holed) Germanic Tribes 3.51g 21mm [ATTACH=full]1219747[/ATTACH] Mine is the bottom one... but a pretty cool coin anyway. [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-aureus-a-fourrée-and-its-holed.369931/[/URL] [B]MY UPGRADES DECENTIUS [/B] Arles 3.45g 24mm AE Centenionalis MAG DECENTI-VS NOB CAES / ViCT DD NN AVG ET CAES RIC 215 [ATTACH=full]1219745[/ATTACH] [B]VALENS[/B] AE 3 Nicomedia DN VALENS PF AVG / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE RIC 12c [ATTACH=full]1219749[/ATTACH] [B]MAXIMIANUS II DAIA[/B] AE Follis Cyzicus 6.77g 26mm GAL VAL MAXIMINVS OB C / GENIO CAESARIS RIC 55 [ATTACH=full]1219748[/ATTACH] This is my "chocolate" patina of the years. I can't help but lick it every time I see it. Sorry. [B]THE ONE I HAD TO BUY FLORIAN (again)[/B] Antoninianus Lugdunum 3.15g. 22mm IMP CM AN FLORIANVS PF AVG / PACATOR ORBIS RIC 9 var [ATTACH=full]1219746[/ATTACH] I could't resist because I own its twin brother...a Tacitus...and I like to believe the same engraver worked on these two dies... [B]MY SURPRISE OF THE YEAR HONORIUS[/B] AE 2 395 AD Constantinople 4.30g. 22mm DN HONORI-VS PF AVG / GLORIA ROMANORVM RIC 88d [ATTACH=full]1219750[/ATTACH] Ordinary coin, part of an uncleaned lot which soak in Pennzoil 5w40 for months. I had problems finding the exact attribution until [USER=56653]@seth77[/USER] helped me : "[I]Your coin is minted in the first half of 395, after the demise of Theodosius and the form of the obverse legend shows that. The break in legend is usually reserved for senior emperors, which is mostly why the first part of issues for Honorius ca. 393-395 have an unbroken legend DN HONORIVS PF AVG. This AE2 type was discontinued soon after the death of Theodosius, but by that time Honorius was already a senior emperor in the West and the mint at Constantinople had just enough time to strike some coins with this new obverse legend form. Your coin is not just scarce or rare, it's very rare and historically important.[/I]" [URL]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/flavius-honorius-395-423-ad.364383/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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