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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2595766, member: 76194&quot;]<b><span style="color: #0000b3">HONORARY MENTIONS</span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>These are coins that didn&#039;t make the top 10 but deserve to be mentioned</b> nevertheless. I limited myself to the 5 closest to making my list, though I wish I could have included more...but that would risk making a top 10 list meaningless.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">So without further adieu: <b>TOP 5 HONORARY MENTIONS</b></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">#5: </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">[ATTACH=full]565651[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>C. Vibius C.f. Pansa AR Denarius</b></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Attribution:</b> Crawford 342/5b; Vibia 1b; Syd 684b</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Date:</b> 90 BC</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Obverse:</b> PANSA behind laureate head of Apollo right, S before</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Reverse:</b> Minerva driving galloping quadriga right, C•VIBIVS•C•F in exergue</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Size:</b> 18.83 mm</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Weight:</b> 4.03 grams</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">When I first saw this coin, I thought it was really ugly, but the more I looked at it over the next two months in one of my dealers&#039; websites, the more and more I fell in live with it. She looks rough, but it&#039;s a good kind of rough, the type that makes an ancient coin look more properly ancient, and the toning is really nice. The depiction of Minerva in a quadriga is another thing that has grown on me.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">#4: </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">[ATTACH=full]565653[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><b>ENGLAND, Henry III </b>(1216-1272), Penny, 1.32g., Voided Long Cross Coinage, <b>Class 5g</b>, (1251-1272), <b>Walter - Canterbury</b>, crowned facing bust of Henry, HENRICVS REX III, <i>rev.,</i> voided long cross with trefoil of pellets in each angle, WALTER ON CANT, (N.997; S.1373), <i>very fine. </i></p><p><b>Ex York Coins</b></p><p><b>Ex Patrick Finn.</b></p><p><b>Ex W. J. Conte Collection</b></p><p><b>Ex J. J. North Collection</b> (ticket included).</p><p><b>Ex Glendinings Auction</b>, June 15th, 1954, part lot 266.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>LOOK AT THAT PROVENANCE!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ex York Coins</b>: This is a prominent dealer of medieval English pennies based out of New York. If you&#039;ve shopped for medieval English coins on v-coins, I&#039;m sure you are quite familiar with them.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ex Patrick Finn </b>- Patrick Finn was a former director of Spink Auction House in the UK, a member of the British Numismatic Society, author/researcher on the topic of medieval English coins, and one of the preeminent dealers of medieval English coins in the UK. Patrick passed away in the year 2000 after collapsing at a coin show.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ex Dr. William J. Conte </b>- William J. Conte was an American geneticist and one of the most preeminent world experts on Norman coinage. He amassed one of the largest and most complete collections of medieval English coinage, and when he passed away he donated a large portion of it to a museum for permanent display to the public.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ex J. J. North - </b>J. J. North wrote the entire set of reference books for English hammered coins. He was one of the most accomplished numismatist writers in British history. So much so that the British Numismatics Society created an award in his honor, given in the form of medal to numismatists whose work contributes greatly to numismatics publication.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ex Glendinings Auction: June 15, 1954, Part lot 266 </b>- I don&#039;t think this auction house is still in business as I have not been able to find anything recent, but it was a major auction house for things such as British coins, British service medals, British medallions, and other collectables of that nature.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#3[ATTACH=full]565654[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>M. Cipius M.f.</b> 115-114 B.C.</p><p>AR Denarius 16mm. 3.90g. Rome Mint</p><p>Helmeted head of Roma, r.; X behind.</p><p>M. CIPI. M. F.</p><p>Victory in biga, r.; rudder below horses; In ex.: ROMA</p><p>Crawford 289/1; RSC Cipia 1</p><p>Notes:&nbsp; Nicely toned with some lustre in fields. Typical slightly compact flan for the issue. Includes old collection envelope</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a coin that I feel is fairly representative of the style and themes of Roman Republic denarii. Other than that, I love the dark toning and the S shaped necks on the horses is very curious indeed, almost Celtic in style. Perhaps the celator was a slave of Celtic origin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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