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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2597481, member: 76194&quot;]Might be too late for my 2016 list, but I&#039;ll go ahead and add it as a special mention:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000b3">SPECIAL MENTION</span></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]566434[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Thessaly, Larissa. Ca. 356-342 B.C. </b></p><p><b>AR hemidrachm. Ex BCD, Ex C.C., May 1993.</b></p><p>(15.58 mm, 2.32 g, 10 h).</p><p>Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly left</p><p>ΛAPIΣ-AIΩN, Horse standing right, preparing to roll.</p><p>BCD Thessaly II 333; SNG Copenhagen 132. VF.</p><p><b>Ex</b> BCD,</p><p><b>Ex</b> C.C., May 1993.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>And now, for #6 on my list, another lady.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>#6</p><p>[ATTACH=full]566437[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Plautilla</b></p><p>AR Denarius 19mm. 2.70g. Rome Mint 202-205 A.D.</p><p>Draped bust, r., with hair in horizontal waves and drawn into large bun at back.</p><p>PLAUTILLAE AVGVSTAE</p><p>Caracalla and Plautilla standing hand in hand, the former holds a roll.</p><p>PROPAGO IMPERI</p><p>RIC IV 362; RSC III 21</p><p>Note: Faint cleaning scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin holds a special place in my heart. Plautilla looks so young and innocent and I find it easy to relate to this unfortunate young woman. I look at this coin and it breaks my heart, knowing that the monster on the reverse whom she married treated her so badly and murdered her. She was just a young girl who got caught in the middle of Imperial affairs and paid for it with her life. That&#039;s why this coin has to be on my top 10 list, because it stirs so many emotions within me in a way few other coins do. I can just imagine Plautilla and her daughter on the day Caracalla sent his centurions to murder them, and I can feel the sadness in her face on the obverse of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tune in tomorrow for #5, and maybe #4 too. It will be worth it.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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