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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 5168416, member: 86498&quot;]The last year for me was very good for numismatics though really quite dreadful otherwise. I hardly managed to leave the city I live in at all and thus spent a lot of time working on the collection. As noted that at least was good. During 2020 I managed to purchase over 50 coins and thus I cannot reduce my new acquisitions to just 10 so I have created two top 10 one Greek the other Roman. As usual they are in no particular order.</p><p>Greek</p><p>1. Antigonos III Doson Ar Tetratrachm Obv. Head of Poseidon right. Rv Apollo seated left on galley. HGC 1051 227-221 BC 16.95 grms 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen. [ATTACH=full]1210695[/ATTACH] This is a coin I have been looking for since I started to collect Greek coins. The big problem associated with this coin is that both obverse and reverse are so very interesting&nbsp; that I had to locate a coin that was at least satisfactory on both sides.</p><p>2. Syracuse Ar Tetradrachm 466-460 BC Boehringer 438 Obv Slow quadriga right Rv Head of Arethusa right 17.40 grms 26 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1210696[/ATTACH] This coin was completely unplanned. When I was in New York I had actually planned to purchase another coin from the same mint. When |I saw this one I knew I had to make an attempt to purchase it and I did.</p><p>3. Larissa Ar Stater 356-342 BC Obv Head of Larissa 3/4 facing left. Rv Horse prancing right HGC 409 12.12 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1210697[/ATTACH] In my mind this has to be one of the most iconic Greek coins and one of the more successful attempts at creating a 3/4 facing head on a mass coinage. I have owned some of the drachms before but again in New York I had the opportunity to purchase the much larger image on the stater. I just had to do it.</p><p>4. Nagidos Ar Stater 333-323 BC Obv, Head of Dionysos right Rv Head of Aphrodite right SNG Levant 2 11.14 grms 18mm Photo by W. Hansen&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1210700[/ATTACH] This coin surprised me. I really was not aware of its existence until I saw it in the highly illustrated Leu catalogue last October. I just was so impressed with the obverse. The image of Dionysos is just so rich in detail especially with that rather tipsy looking eye. Looks like he had spent just a little too much time with the fermented grape juice. This coin is rather small but the relief if very high.</p><p>5. Ptolemy IV Ar Tetradrachm Alexandria CPE 892 Obv Jugate busts of Serapis and Isis right Rv Eagle standing left head right 219-217 BC 13.99 grms 25 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1210713[/ATTACH] This is quite an interesting coin as it shows a break with the standard Ptolemaic coinage that preceded it. I had seen this particular example for about a year before I had purchased it but it hung in there and I now got it.&nbsp; Very early depiction of Isis</p><p>6. Taras Ar Nomos 340-335 BC Obv. Nude youth on horseback right below youth crouching right removing stone from horse&#039;s hoof Rv Phalanthos riding dolphin left Fischer Bossert 696 e This coin illustrated 7.73 grms 21 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1210720[/ATTACH] The love affair of the Tarentines with their horse culture has created one of the most fascinating series of coins ever minted. What I like about this one is its spontaneity. You can almost believe that this actually happened. As the jockey came in victorious, one the handlers went out to clean the horse&#039;s hoof. I am having a minor issue so I will take a break. Issue was one of my coins is missing</p><p>7. Populonia Ar XX Asses Obv Diademed Head of Metus with protruding tongue Rv Blank Vecchi XII 58.11 This coin. 8.19 grms&nbsp; 18mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1210762[/ATTACH] These were never coins that I had much interest in but this one kind of spoke to me&nbsp; I like the style of this one it appears to be very bold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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