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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2923475, member: 51347&quot;]I mainly collect coins for historical reasons, focused on critical junctures in Human History.&nbsp; My Top 10 for 2017 in no particular order...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Humanity&#039;s First major gold coin...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708304[/ATTACH]</p><p>PERSIA Achaemenid Daris I-Xerxes II 485-420 BC AV Daric 14mm 8.3g LydoMilesian Sardes king wearing kidaris kandys quiver spear bow Incuse Carr Type IIIb Group A-B pl XIII 27</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Last 2-weeks of Julius Caesar&#039;s reign...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708303[/ATTACH]</p><p>RImp Julius Caesar Lifetime P Sepullius Macer AR Den 1st 2 weeks-Mar 44 BCE 4.03g. CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled - Venus Victory sceptre star Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e Cr 480-14 Rare</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rare Roman Republic AR DRACHM...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708300[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR Anon Ca 240 BCE AR Drachm 16mm 3.0g Rome Helmet Hd Mars r - Horse’s hd sickle Cr 25-2 Syd 25 RSC 34a Rare</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Last coin minted by the Nemesis of Rome, CARTHAGE:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708305[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Third Punic War Serrate Double Shekel 149-146 BCE 12.8g 26mm Wreathd Tanit-Horse pellet raised leg SNG COP 404</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carthage Double Shekel from the First Punic War:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708306[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania First Punic War 264-241 BCE Double Shekel 26 mm 13.9 g Wreathed Tanit Horse stndng r star above SNG Cop 185 Rare</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I do not collect Greek coins, but this was just COOL: (A [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] inspiration...)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708307[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart&nbsp; winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I like this guy as he was a Gaul, named Julius Caesar Vindex, who started the Civil Wars to END the Julio Cladian Dynasty:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708309[/ATTACH]</p><p>RI Civil War VINDEX 68-69 CE AR Denarius 3.22g Gallic mint SALVS GENERIS HVMANI Victory l globe - SPQR in wreath RIC 72 BMCRE 34-36 RSC 420 RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Etruria is a mystery and a very influential people on Roman historical beginnings.&nbsp; Difficult to find Etruria AR Denomination:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708310[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia AR 1 As 0.60g 10.0mm after 211 BCE Male Head L - Plain Rev Vecchi 3 68-70 HN Italy 181 EXTREMELY RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Another Difficult to find AR Etruria - and I like Quinarii:</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708320[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria Populonia AR 5 Asses 3rd C BCE 2.0g Young Hd L V behind HN 173 Vecchi Rasna III 52 Vecchi Etruscan 91.6 ex NAC 29 No 9 RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Very Difficult to find Libyan War / Mercenary Uprising against Carthage (after 1st Punic War).&nbsp; Roughed up nose made it &quot;affordable&quot;...</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]708313[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Carthage LIBYAN UPRISING Mercenary War 241-238 BCE Heracles Head in Lion&#039;s Head L - Lion walking R SNG Cop 240f</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>And so many others...</i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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