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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pprp, post: 5234274, member: 94602&quot;]This year has been different in many aspects; numismatically it was not good for me. I unfortunately could not win my major targets due to the increased competition in auctions. This led me to reconsider the overall idea of coin collecting and I have significantly slowed down purchasing in the second half of the year with a goal to totally pause until the competition is gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you will enjoy my top 5 below (in no particular order). </p><p><br /></p><p>I wish 2021 is better for everybody!</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <b>CALABRIA, Tarentum.</b> 334-302 BC. AR Nomos (19.5mm, 7.94 g). Warrior, holding shield and two spears, preparing to cast a third, on horseback right; ΣΑ below / Phalanthos, holding dolphin and distaff, riding dolphin left; ΦI to left, waves below, ivy-leaf in exergue. Vlasto 588 variation.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex- Baron Friedrich von Schennis collection (J. Hirsch XXXIII, 17.11.1913), lot 61.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1217249[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>2.<b> LUCANIA, Herakleia</b>. 430-400 BC. AR Stater (7.56 g, 1h). Helmeted head of Athena right; Scylla on helmet / Herakles strangling lion; to left, bow and club. Eunice <b>Work</b>, The earlier staters of Heraclea Lucaniae, number 25.5 (<b>this coin</b>); <b>SNG</b> <b>Lockett</b> <b>344</b> (<b>this</b> <b>coin</b>).<i></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1217251[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i>&nbsp;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>3. <b>AKARNANIA, Palairos.</b> 330-280 BC. AR Drachm (1.59 g). Reduced standard. Pegasos flying right; trident below / Head of female left; civic monogram behind neck. <b>SNG Lockett 2314</b> (<b>this coin</b>); BCD Akarnania 420; HGC 4, 900.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217252[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>4. <b>ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. </b>480-457 BC. AR Stater (12.25 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, with ‘T-back’ design on shell / Large square incuse with skew pattern. J. <b>Ward</b>, Greek coins and their parent cities, <b>1902</b>, plate XII, no 512 (<b>this coin</b>).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217254[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. <b>ELIS, Olympia. </b>91st Olympiad. 416 BC. AR Stater (11.94 g). Hera mint. Head of Hera right, wearing ornamented stephanos inscribed H P A/ Flaming thunderbolt within wreath. <b>Seltman</b>, Temple Coins of Olympia 252 (dies EC/ηη/g <b>this coin</b>).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>ex- Egger, 10-11 December 1906, lot 396.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217255[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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