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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2543863, member: 51347&quot;]I do not have a &quot;favorite&quot;.&nbsp; Most of my coins represent cool historical periods for me.&nbsp; It is hard for me to even have favorite categories of coins, as they represent some cool times in history.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is like when someone asks me what is my favorite city or country that I have traveled:&nbsp; None are my favorite, as virtually all of them have really nice memories for me... as they ALL are a favorite to me in some way!</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have to put up several hundred coins as favorites, but I would have to give a narrative for each one as to why it was my &quot;favorite&quot;... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few <b>random ones </b>that I pulled from my database that I have picked up in the last year...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545512[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Marsic Confederation - </b>The Social War</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>3.60g, 20mm</p><p>Corfinium mint, 89 BC.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Italia right, wearing pearl necklace; ITALIA behind, X (mark of value) below chin</p><p>Rev: Italia, seated left on shields, holding sceptre in right hand and sword in left, being crowned with wreath by Victory who stands behind; retrograde B in exergue. Ref: Campana 105, Series 7a (same obverse die); Sear 228 w/ control mark inverted B; HN Italy 412a</p><p>Comments: Cleaning marks to rev.</p><p>18 known Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545513[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>Anonymous, 280-275 BCE </b></p><p>Didrachm (Silver, 20mm, 7.28 g 11)</p><p>Uncertain mint (Neapolis?)</p><p>OBV: Helmeted head of bearded Mars to left; oak spray to right</p><p><i>REV: </i>Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain.</p><p>REF: Sear 22; Crawford 13/1; HN III 266. Sydenham 1</p><p>COMMENTS: Minor reverse corrosion. <b>FIRST Silver coin struck by the Romans.</b></p><p><i>From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990s</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]545515[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><b>Carthage Zeugitana</b></p><p>AR Shekel / Didrachm</p><p>300-264 BCE, 7.42g, 21.0mm</p><p>Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain, earrings and necklace; dotted border</p><p>Rev: Horse standing right on exergual line with head turned left, palm tree in background, star in right field</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545516[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]545517[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Etruria, Populonia </b></p><p><b>The Rasna people.</b></p><p>3rd Century BC</p><p>Silver 20-Asses</p><p>8.1g, ovoid 16.6mm x 20mm</p><p>Obv: Facing head of Metus, hair bound with a diadem, X:X below</p><p>Rev blank</p><p>Sambon 47; HN Italy 152</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]545518[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]545519[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p>Anonymous issue</p><p>Aes Grave <b>Triens</b> , Libral Standard</p><p><b>46mm, 90.3g, 9.3mm THICK</b></p><p>280-276 BCE</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>Obv: Thunderbolt; •• •• across field.</p><p>Rev. Dolphin right; •••• below.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 14/3; Haeberlin pl. 39, 7-10. Thurlow &amp; Vecchi 3; Sear 538[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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