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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2050093, member: 57495&quot;]I posted my Top 10 of 2014 earlier, but it seems there&#039;s time enough left in the year for just one more coin post.&nbsp; Yesterday, the postman delivered my last purchases of 2014, and I took the opportunity to photograph them along with a bunch of other random little buys from December.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a selection, none of them Top 10 material, but all welcome additions to the collection.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376364[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b>, <i>Antoninianus </i></p><p>A blind purchase from Frank Robinson&#039;s bargain list turned out to be a pleasant surprise.&nbsp; The Hercules you find on Gallienus ants tends to be the Farnese Hercules.&nbsp; This one on the other hand has Hercules in a pose that you see on Postumus&#039;s HERC PACIFERO issue.&nbsp; It&#039;s rated common in RIC, but I couldn&#039;t even find one example of the type when I searched online.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376363[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>ELAGABALUS</b>, <i>Laodicea ad Mare, AE19</i></p><p>From my recent lot of mixed provincials.&nbsp; The reverse shows Herakles and Dionysos grappling, a club behind Herakles and a thyrsus behind Dionysos.&nbsp; How cool is that!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376368[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>TETRICUS II</b>, <i>Antoninianus</i></p><p>A Tetricus II has been on the want list all year.&nbsp; This one isn&#039;t as nice as they can get, but I think it&#039;s much nicer than many.&nbsp; That Spes is far out!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376366[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>LEO V ARMENIUS</b> <i>with co-ruler Constantine, Syracuse mint follis&nbsp; </i></p><p>I&#039;m not a Byzantine collector, but for $7.50 shipped I had to give this cute little 9th century piece a home.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376367[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SPAIN, Philip II</b>, <i>AE Maravedis </i></p><p>Also not an ancient, but even cheaper than the Byzantine follis, and I&#039;ve always had a bit of a thing for these castle/rampant lions from Spain. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]376365[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>GALLIENUS</b>, <i>Antoninianus, Liber&#039;s panther </i></p><p>Most of you here have prettier ones, but at least now I can also say I&#039;m part of the Gallienus Panther Club. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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