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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2937445, member: 56859"]What a year… it has been challenging on many fronts and I haven’t had as much time for coining… and then hurricanes Irma and Maria came along. I’m just now getting back into a semblance of normal but I still have no internet and rare/weak cell signal at home.</p><p><br /></p><p>The year was heavy with Roman Provincials. Naville has been selling a huge selection of coins from the famous Dattari collection and since I’m an avid collector of Roman Egypt, that took most of my budget. Many of the Dattari coins are low grade and corroded but there are a large number of rarities and extremely interesting reverses. The interesting reverse coins brought exuberant bidding so acquiring the more exotic types was difficult. I managed to get a few over the course of the year <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] already mentioned our little <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-two-most-memorable-purchases-of-2017.307240/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-two-most-memorable-purchases-of-2017.307240/">Alexandrian joint venture and he summed it up pretty well</a>: a ton of fun, but ultimately both of us ended up with a bunch of coins that aren’t in our top tier. I’d probably do it again though because it was fun <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now that the hurricanes have taken away most of my coin budget for the foreseeable future, I’m using the time to organize and appreciate the coins I already have. My organization went out the window a year or two ago so that is long overdue. New boxes, new labels, everything tidy and organized… and easy to protect should another hurricane target this island! The first part of 2018 will be devoted to updating and adding to my website. Maybe I can get a coin or two in the first quarter of the year. [whimper] Triton’s Alexandrians are killing me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. What bad timing!</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins are wonderful but the sharing of the hobby with my CoinTalk friends is a huge part of the enjoyment, so living without daily CoinTalk (hourly? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) has been depressing. Hopefully in a few months I'll have internet again can rejoin the CoinTalk party!</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2017 stats:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>77 coins acquired (includes one group lot of 40 coins)</b></p><ul> <li>12 Greek (a lower percent than past years due to my increasing love of provincials)</li> <li>63 Roman Provincial (53 from Roman Egypt, 10 from other provinces)</li> <li>0 Roman Republican and Imperatorial! (wow, really??)</li> <li>2 Roman Imperial</li> <li>0 Byzantine, medieval, etc (no surprise there... not my thing)</li> </ul><p><b>Main sources:</b></p><ul> <li>Naville Numismatics</li> <li>John Anthony</li> <li>Leu Numismatik</li> <li>Numismatik Naumann</li> <li>Nomos/Obolos</li> <li>CNG (only four coins from them this year, a big drop; other companies have had a better selection of interesting Provincials lately)</li> </ul><p><b>Number of plate coins acquired: 14 (13 in Dattari-Savio, 1 in Lindgren)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Number of coins not found in existing references, to the best of my knowledge: 2</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Pedigrees include coins from:</b></p><ul> <li>Dattari</li> <li>Robert L. Grover</li> <li>Art Institute of Chicago (40 coins)</li> <li>Keith Emmett</li> <li>BCD</li> <li>E. E. Clain-Stefanelli</li> <li>Dr. P. Vogl</li> <li>Hopper Collection</li> <li>Hermanubis Collection</li> <li>Tom Cederlind</li> <li><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-ummm-who-stole-my-pants-and-a-flyin-pig.236486/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-ummm-who-stole-my-pants-and-a-flyin-pig.236486/">stevex6</a></li> <li>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]</li> <li>[USER=44227]@Eng[/USER]</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>Picking a top ten is of course difficult, except for the #1 slot which was a major find. Many of the rest of the coins will leave some of you cold, but that’s the beauty of collecting ancient coins— there’s something for every taste and budget! Many of the coins have only hastily taken images but it's all I can do for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>So many cool coins didn't make the list: a centaur biga (and Dattari plate coin), Agathodaemon serpent riding a horse! (also a Dattari plate coin), Isis-Sothis... and more.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-one-from-the-wish-list-siculo-punic-tetradrachm.297246/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-one-from-the-wish-list-siculo-punic-tetradrachm.297246/">Punic tetradrachm</a>. Finding this particular obverse die with great strike and superb condition, at a price I could live with, was thrilling <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/entellatetrt-ed-jpg.631584/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Entella. Punic issues</b></p><p>c. 300-289 BCE; AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.8 gm, 12h)</p><p>Obv: head of Melquart-Herakles right, wearing lion skin</p><p>Rev: head of horse left; astragalos (cut over poppy) to left, palm tree to right, Punic MHSBM (approximate meaning is "quaestors" or financial controllers) below</p><p>Ref: Jenkins, Punic 366 (O115/R298), series 5b</p><p><i>Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 33</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>2. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-depiction-of-apollo.290702/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-depiction-of-apollo.290702/">A magnificent Apollo on griffin</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm</p><p>Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding kithara, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left</p><p>Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403</p><p><i>Only three others found in ACsearch. Sure, T-Bone's portrait is messed up but who cares when glorious Apollo is riding on a griffin? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>3. This little piggy came flying home. In 2013, before Steve and I became such good coin friends, and before I could imagine spending more than a few hundred dollars on a coin, Steve and I privately arm wrestled about this coin and I conceded to him. I suspect he fibbed about his max bid but he probably would have topped me anyway. I'm delighted to have this coin, having failed to acquire the few which have appeared at auction in subsequent years <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714605[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MYSIA, Kisthene</b></p><p><i>Orontes</i>, satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE</p><p>AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm</p><p>Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready</p><p>Rev: Forepart of winged boar right</p><p>Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock</p><p>Very rare.</p><p><i>ex SteveX6 Collection</i></p><p><i>Hasty image... need to reshoot when I can do it properly.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pigasusanimation-gif.288571/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>4. Serapis & Dioscuri strutting on the runway. Another X6 Collection coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/apidrachm-serapisdioscuri-rt-jpg.705081/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Regnal year 8, CE 144/5</p><p>AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm</p><p>Obv: [legend]; laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing; flanked by the Dioscuri who are also standing facing, heads turned towards Serapis, and each holding a flagellum ; [L] H in exergue</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2864 (RY2); Dattari-Savio plate 148 coins 2864 and 8724; Emmett 1670.8; Not listed in Milne.</p><p><i>ex Stevex6 Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>(from the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-for-fun-totally-looks-like-thread.238718/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-for-fun-totally-looks-like-thread.238718/">Totally Looks Like thread</a>...)</i></p><p><i><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_422220e20cb24f31a77ebf2b8ee790a0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>5. Another great provincial reverse: Europa, bull, eros, Triton (with a crab headdress, although I can't appreciate that on my coin), dolphin... and Domna on the obverse? Score!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714628[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Julia Domna</b></p><p>AE 22 mm, 7.3 gm</p><p>Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOM CЄBACT; draped bust right</p><p>Rev: CЄΛЄVKЄΩN KΛAVKA; Europa, holding billowing veil, riding bull right being guided by a flying Eros; below, Triton with crab headdress, holding rudder and dolphin</p><p>Ref: SNG BN 984; SNG Levante 742</p><p><i>Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 18.09.1992, with dealer's ticket)</i></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coin-before-the-storm.304101/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coin-before-the-storm.304101/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coin-before-the-storm.304101/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>6. Elagabalus tetradrachm, marriage issue. But who is it? He had so many wives during that regnal year...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714611[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus</b></p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.27 gm</p><p>regnal year 4</p><p>Obv: laureate head right</p><p>Rev: Elagabalus standing right and empress (Aquilia Severa) standing left, each holding scepter, clasping right hands; L ∆ across field</p><p>Ref: Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4098; K&G 56.43; Emmett 2929.4 (R4)</p><p><i>ex Hermanubis Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>7. There were a few candidates for the top ten in the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co-dependent-collecting.296758/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co-dependent-collecting.296758/">A-Pi Extravaganza lot that Zumbly and I shared</a>. This is my favorite of my 40 coins from that lot. Agathodaemon ("the good snake")? Cool. Agathodaemon with the head of Serapis? *head exploding*. I love these Serapic syncretics!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-59-serapisagathodaemon-rt-jpg.627684/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Regnal year 17</p><p>AE drachm, 33mm</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Serapis-Agathodaemon standing erect right</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2829; Emmett 1678.17</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Instituteof Chicago (1982.1988, G.781)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>8. The ittiest bittiest Ptolemy bronze, and what a spectacular example! [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] found this little gem and the moment I saw it, I knew it would be mine <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> These pictures do not do it justice.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemychalkous-rt-jpg.611306/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy III Euergetes</b></p><p>246-221 BCE, Asia Minor (possibly Halicarnassus* in Caria)</p><p>AE chalkous; 14 mm, 1.7 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia.</p><p>Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt; trident to left.</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 840</p><p>*Modern Bodrum was, in ancient times, Halicarnassus in Caria so I've made the assumption that Halicarnassus was therefore the likely site of this coin's origin. I could be wrong <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>9. This drachm (if that is the correct term) is one of the largest of the Klazomenai winged boar/incuse coins struck during that period. The denomination gets pretty pricey and I didn't feel the need for a high-condition example (translation: it would cost way too much) yet I want to have a full denomination set. The price of this drachm was too good to pass up. Hmm... I can't find images and might not have time to shoot it before the end of the year. Instead, here's a group shot of my 12 Greek coins for 2017. The pigasus drachm is at 5:00 position:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]714634[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai </b></p><p>c. 500 BCE</p><p>AR drachm, 6.77 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar flying right</p><p>Rev: quadripartite incuse square</p><p>Ref: Rosen 563; Jameson 1492; Asyut 615; Traité II 487; SNG Copenhagen 1-2</p><p><i>ex Numismatic Fine Arts Mail Bid Sale, 18 October 1990, lot 310</i></p><p><br /></p><p>10. What a toss-up! Hover goats vs cow surfing on a dolphin vs nymph kissing a snake? I'm going to go with the cow surfer because the obverse is so nicely centered and struck. I remember when I first saw this type-- [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER] received one in trade (and I think he got the better end of that trade). The type immediately went on my wish list and soon thereafter I bought the larger version. This year I was happy to add the little brother.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]714640[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THRACE, Byzantion</b></p><p>Circa 340-320 BCE</p><p>AR; Half Siglos; 14 mm, 2.53 gm</p><p>Obv: ΠY Bull standing left on dolphin left</p><p>Rev: Quadripartite incuse square of mill sail pattern</p><p>Ref: Schönert-Geiss 291. SNG BM Black Sea 36–41</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Pictures of the my coin reorganization to follow <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2937445, member: 56859"]What a year… it has been challenging on many fronts and I haven’t had as much time for coining… and then hurricanes Irma and Maria came along. I’m just now getting back into a semblance of normal but I still have no internet and rare/weak cell signal at home. The year was heavy with Roman Provincials. Naville has been selling a huge selection of coins from the famous Dattari collection and since I’m an avid collector of Roman Egypt, that took most of my budget. Many of the Dattari coins are low grade and corroded but there are a large number of rarities and extremely interesting reverses. The interesting reverse coins brought exuberant bidding so acquiring the more exotic types was difficult. I managed to get a few over the course of the year :) [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] already mentioned our little [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-two-most-memorable-purchases-of-2017.307240/']Alexandrian joint venture and he summed it up pretty well[/URL]: a ton of fun, but ultimately both of us ended up with a bunch of coins that aren’t in our top tier. I’d probably do it again though because it was fun :D Now that the hurricanes have taken away most of my coin budget for the foreseeable future, I’m using the time to organize and appreciate the coins I already have. My organization went out the window a year or two ago so that is long overdue. New boxes, new labels, everything tidy and organized… and easy to protect should another hurricane target this island! The first part of 2018 will be devoted to updating and adding to my website. Maybe I can get a coin or two in the first quarter of the year. [whimper] Triton’s Alexandrians are killing me :(. What bad timing! Coins are wonderful but the sharing of the hobby with my CoinTalk friends is a huge part of the enjoyment, so living without daily CoinTalk (hourly? :oops:) has been depressing. Hopefully in a few months I'll have internet again can rejoin the CoinTalk party! The 2017 stats: [B]77 coins acquired (includes one group lot of 40 coins)[/B] [LIST] [*]12 Greek (a lower percent than past years due to my increasing love of provincials) [*]63 Roman Provincial (53 from Roman Egypt, 10 from other provinces) [*]0 Roman Republican and Imperatorial! (wow, really??) [*]2 Roman Imperial [*]0 Byzantine, medieval, etc (no surprise there... not my thing) [/LIST] [B]Main sources:[/B] [LIST] [*]Naville Numismatics [*]John Anthony [*]Leu Numismatik [*]Numismatik Naumann [*]Nomos/Obolos [*]CNG (only four coins from them this year, a big drop; other companies have had a better selection of interesting Provincials lately) [/LIST] [B]Number of plate coins acquired: 14 (13 in Dattari-Savio, 1 in Lindgren) Number of coins not found in existing references, to the best of my knowledge: 2 Pedigrees include coins from:[/B] [LIST] [*]Dattari [*]Robert L. Grover [*]Art Institute of Chicago (40 coins) [*]Keith Emmett [*]BCD [*]E. E. Clain-Stefanelli [*]Dr. P. Vogl [*]Hopper Collection [*]Hermanubis Collection [*]Tom Cederlind [*][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-ummm-who-stole-my-pants-and-a-flyin-pig.236486/']stevex6[/URL] [*][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] [*][USER=44227]@Eng[/USER] [/LIST] Picking a top ten is of course difficult, except for the #1 slot which was a major find. Many of the rest of the coins will leave some of you cold, but that’s the beauty of collecting ancient coins— there’s something for every taste and budget! Many of the coins have only hastily taken images but it's all I can do for now. So many cool coins didn't make the list: a centaur biga (and Dattari plate coin), Agathodaemon serpent riding a horse! (also a Dattari plate coin), Isis-Sothis... and more. 1. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-big-one-from-the-wish-list-siculo-punic-tetradrachm.297246/']Punic tetradrachm[/URL]. Finding this particular obverse die with great strike and superb condition, at a price I could live with, was thrilling :) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/entellatetrt-ed-jpg.631584/[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Entella. Punic issues[/B] c. 300-289 BCE; AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.8 gm, 12h) Obv: head of Melquart-Herakles right, wearing lion skin Rev: head of horse left; astragalos (cut over poppy) to left, palm tree to right, Punic MHSBM (approximate meaning is "quaestors" or financial controllers) below Ref: Jenkins, Punic 366 (O115/R298), series 5b [I]Ex Gorny & Mosch 138 (7 March 2005), lot 33 [/I] 2. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-interesting-depiction-of-apollo.290702/']A magnificent Apollo on griffin[/URL] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_f76e3a591954457d9da4c80c34eaeefa%7Emv2.jpg&hash=3cfcda10e1557d4a2dcd4f98000eecf4[/IMG] [B]TROAS, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus[/B] CE 251-253 AE 21 mm, 4.76 gm Obv: IMP VIB TREB GALVS AV; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: COL AV / TROA; Apollo, head right and holding kithara, seated facing on griffin springing right, head left Ref: RPC IX 407; Bellinger A403 [I]Only three others found in ACsearch. Sure, T-Bone's portrait is messed up but who cares when glorious Apollo is riding on a griffin? :D[/I] 3. This little piggy came flying home. In 2013, before Steve and I became such good coin friends, and before I could imagine spending more than a few hundred dollars on a coin, Steve and I privately arm wrestled about this coin and I conceded to him. I suspect he fibbed about his max bid but he probably would have topped me anyway. I'm delighted to have this coin, having failed to acquire the few which have appeared at auction in subsequent years :) [ATTACH=full]714605[/ATTACH] [B]MYSIA, Kisthene[/B] [I]Orontes[/I], satrap of Mysia, c. 357-352 BCE AR Half Siglos or Tetrobol; 13 mm, 2.75 gm Obv: Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready Rev: Forepart of winged boar right Ref: Troxell, Orontes 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); SNG von Aulock Very rare. [I]ex SteveX6 Collection Hasty image... need to reshoot when I can do it properly. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pigasusanimation-gif.288571/[/IMG] [/I] 4. Serapis & Dioscuri strutting on the runway. Another X6 Collection coin :) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/apidrachm-serapisdioscuri-rt-jpg.705081/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] Regnal year 8, CE 144/5 AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm Obv: [legend]; laureate draped bust right Rev: Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing; flanked by the Dioscuri who are also standing facing, heads turned towards Serapis, and each holding a flagellum ; [L] H in exergue Ref: Dattari 2864 (RY2); Dattari-Savio plate 148 coins 2864 and 8724; Emmett 1670.8; Not listed in Milne. [I]ex Stevex6 Collection (from the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/just-for-fun-totally-looks-like-thread.238718/']Totally Looks Like thread[/URL]...) [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_422220e20cb24f31a77ebf2b8ee790a0.jpg[/IMG] [/I] 5. Another great provincial reverse: Europa, bull, eros, Triton (with a crab headdress, although I can't appreciate that on my coin), dolphin... and Domna on the obverse? Score! [ATTACH=full]714628[/ATTACH] [B]CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Julia Domna[/B] AE 22 mm, 7.3 gm Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOM CЄBACT; draped bust right Rev: CЄΛЄVKЄΩN KΛAVKA; Europa, holding billowing veil, riding bull right being guided by a flying Eros; below, Triton with crab headdress, holding rudder and dolphin Ref: SNG BN 984; SNG Levante 742 [I]Ex Dr. P. Vogl collection; ex Bankhaus Aufhäuser (sold 18.09.1992, with dealer's ticket)[/I] [url]https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-coin-before-the-storm.304101/[/url] 6. Elagabalus tetradrachm, marriage issue. But who is it? He had so many wives during that regnal year... [ATTACH=full]714611[/ATTACH] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Elagabalus[/B] tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.27 gm regnal year 4 Obv: laureate head right Rev: Elagabalus standing right and empress (Aquilia Severa) standing left, each holding scepter, clasping right hands; L ∆ across field Ref: Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4098; K&G 56.43; Emmett 2929.4 (R4) [I]ex Hermanubis Collection[/I] 7. There were a few candidates for the top ten in the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/co-dependent-collecting.296758/']A-Pi Extravaganza lot that Zumbly and I shared[/URL]. This is my favorite of my 40 coins from that lot. Agathodaemon ("the good snake")? Cool. Agathodaemon with the head of Serapis? *head exploding*. I love these Serapic syncretics! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-59-serapisagathodaemon-rt-jpg.627684/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] Regnal year 17 AE drachm, 33mm Obv: laureate bust right Rev: Serapis-Agathodaemon standing erect right Ref: Dattari 2829; Emmett 1678.17 [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Instituteof Chicago (1982.1988, G.781) [/I] 8. The ittiest bittiest Ptolemy bronze, and what a spectacular example! [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] found this little gem and the moment I saw it, I knew it would be mine :D These pictures do not do it justice. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemychalkous-rt-jpg.611306/[/IMG] [B]PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT, Ptolemy III Euergetes[/B] 246-221 BCE, Asia Minor (possibly Halicarnassus* in Caria) AE chalkous; 14 mm, 1.7 gm Obv: head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia. Rev: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt; trident to left. Ref: Svoronos 840 *Modern Bodrum was, in ancient times, Halicarnassus in Caria so I've made the assumption that Halicarnassus was therefore the likely site of this coin's origin. I could be wrong :D 9. This drachm (if that is the correct term) is one of the largest of the Klazomenai winged boar/incuse coins struck during that period. The denomination gets pretty pricey and I didn't feel the need for a high-condition example (translation: it would cost way too much) yet I want to have a full denomination set. The price of this drachm was too good to pass up. Hmm... I can't find images and might not have time to shoot it before the end of the year. Instead, here's a group shot of my 12 Greek coins for 2017. The pigasus drachm is at 5:00 position: [ATTACH=full]714634[/ATTACH] [B]IONIA, Klazomenai [/B] c. 500 BCE AR drachm, 6.77 gm Obv: forepart of winged boar flying right Rev: quadripartite incuse square Ref: Rosen 563; Jameson 1492; Asyut 615; Traité II 487; SNG Copenhagen 1-2 [I]ex Numismatic Fine Arts Mail Bid Sale, 18 October 1990, lot 310[/I] 10. What a toss-up! Hover goats vs cow surfing on a dolphin vs nymph kissing a snake? I'm going to go with the cow surfer because the obverse is so nicely centered and struck. I remember when I first saw this type-- [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER] received one in trade (and I think he got the better end of that trade). The type immediately went on my wish list and soon thereafter I bought the larger version. This year I was happy to add the little brother. [ATTACH=full]714640[/ATTACH] [B]THRACE, Byzantion[/B] Circa 340-320 BCE AR; Half Siglos; 14 mm, 2.53 gm Obv: ΠY Bull standing left on dolphin left Rev: Quadripartite incuse square of mill sail pattern Ref: Schönert-Geiss 291. SNG BM Black Sea 36–41 ... Pictures of the my coin reorganization to follow :)[/QUOTE]
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