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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5181559, member: 110350&quot;]Thanks to all of you; I find this very helpful.&nbsp; And I note for the record that the Cretan goat has now pulled ahead of the elephant, with Ulysses and his dog coming up fast on the outside (no doubt with Mercury&#039;s assistance).</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if anyone has noticed that six of the 9 choices on this list date from 82-77 BCE; five just from 82-80.&nbsp; The same is true of three of the 7 other coins I&#039;ve already picked (provisionally) for my top 10 list, so nine of 16 overall. Perhaps it&#039;s a coincidence, but perhaps there really was a high point of interesting and appealing coins (especially reverses) during that period -- i.e., the period of Sulla&#039;s victories in his second civil war, his appointment as Dictator, etc. -- commemorating or anticipating his triumphs. The only other period substantially represented is the period from 57-42, with another five of the 16. The other two are both from before 110 BCE.&nbsp; Nothing at all from 110-83, or 76-58. Who knows; maybe it says something about my taste in Republican coins, or maybe it means nothing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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