SA's favourites 2017: top 15 overall, 4 never posted

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Thanks, all! @Cheech9712, I'll be sure to do another giveaway when my actual anniversary day comes up this weekend.

 

Awesome #1! If i'm ever lucky enough to score one, it'd certainly top my list as well.

 

A wonderful selection of coins, and a great write-up for your #1 pick.

I'm reading Michael Grant's 'Constantine the Great' at the moment, so very timely.

 

just. plain. freaking. WOW!!!

Well done @Severus Alexander ! I love your eclectic collection! Kinda how I like to collect!!! Just cool! I kept saying... I want that, and that, and cool - and that one...

I am just going to toss out a random cool coin, just cuz yours are all cool...



Carthage Third Punic War Serrate Double Shekel 149-146 BCE 12.8g 26mm Wreathd Tanit-Horse pellet raised leg SNG COP 404

 

Dang. That's the Holy Grail of Constantine coins. At least of his LRBs. A lot of these get faked and even end up as fakes in auction, but yours seems above reproach. The fakes have too round of a flan; yours looks genuinely ancient and the right style, at least to my eye. A very attractive specimen of a truly desirable and historic coin. Well done.

 

Thanks, @Alegandron... yes, I think we are birds of a feather in what appeals to us!!

Thanks @Gavin Richardson, and thanks for the evaluation of the coin, I can't get too many of those. @Valentinian also gave it the thumbs-up, so I'm very comfortable that it is authentic. (In hand there's nothing to raise eyebrows either.) You're right that with this type, one has to be careful!

IMPORTANT EDIT: THIS COIN HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE A FAKE! It was successfully returned to the seller and removed from the market. See: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/laziest-forgers-ever.319177/#post-3122374