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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3290438, member: 74834&quot;]Thank you all! The coin I like most, in the end, is the Celtic tetradrachm. As for focusing one&#039;s collection, I certainly do that, in about 25 areas. More often than not, I say <i>You have to draw a line somewhere</i>, so I don&#039;t collect Spanish coins, no East Asian coins, and I draw the line at 1350 AD. </p><p>(All the same, this year I bought 1 coin from what&#039;s now Spain, one East Asian coin and one beautiful Baroque medal of the Papal States, 1670. I love them dearly).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869923[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>(Bought it because it is an islamic coin with a human head). </b></p><p>Umayyad Governors, anonymous fals, Spain, or possibly North-Africa, 720-750 AD. Obv. Kalima in wreath. Rev. Crude helmeted head to the right. Text around head (not on my coin): ﷴﺭﺳﻮﻞﺍﻟﻠﻪ <i>Mohammed is the Messenger of Allah</i>. 12 mm, 1.42 gr. <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=166048" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=166048" rel="nofollow">Zeno #166048</a>. Frochoso XIV-a. Walker p. 222, Th. 12 (= Thorburn, see Zeno). SICA-2, 1354-1355 (“al-Andalus, or possibly North Africa”); Album 145A (‘North Africa, RR’).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869924[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>(Bought it at the ONS auction because it&#039;s so large, attractive and not expensive).</b></p><p>China, Northern Song Dynasty. Emperor Huizong (1101-1126), AE 10 wen, 1102-1106. Cash type with square hole. Obv. <i>Chong Ning zhong bao</i> in Li script (= Coinage of Greater Reverence). Rev. Plain. 34 mm, <b>8.53 gr.</b> Hartill 16.407. Schjoth 622, Fisher 1050.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869929[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>(Bought it on a whim as an epitome of Baroque art, realistic and sharp). </b></p><p>Papal States. Pope Clement X, 1670-1676. Year 1 = 1670. AE medal. Obv. Tiaraed bust right. Rev. Christ washing a simple Fisherman&#039;s feet. Sculpted by Alberto Hamerani (1620-1677). 40 mm, 29.80 gr. BMP-1287.92.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also try to build a general view. So in 2018 I bought my first silver Late Roman and I hope to buy a gold Late Roman in 2019.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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