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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 2947794, member: 83175&quot;]This started as a Top 10, but I see that I actually selected 11, so 11 it is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>To some extent, they&#039;re in reverse order of being added to Tantalus.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_MarcAntonyDenariu_2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/117817.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/117817.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/117817.php</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Mark Antony denarius - struck in the Autumn of 42 BC in Greece at a mint following Antony.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sear&#039;s excellent History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators suggests that the IMP means this coin was struck after the second battle of Philippi (23rd October 42 BC) and the fact that Antony is depicted bearded means that it was struck immediately after the battle, before Antony and Octavian shaved off their beards, having avenged Caesar&#039;s murder with the deaths of Brutus &amp; Cassius (or at least before the celator had modified the portrait).&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 496/1, HCRI 128, Sydenham 1168.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_RRDidrachm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/117816.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/117816.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/117816.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A fairly battered didrachm from ~265-242 BC, but I like it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 22/1, Sydenham 21.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_NeroTetradrachm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116967.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116967.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116967.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116967.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116967.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Nero tetradrachm of Antioch.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not a main collecting area, but I have a few of these and picked up the Prieur reference in a CNG sale during the summer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Prieur 79.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_CountermarkedCoin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116965.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116965.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116965.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116965.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116965.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>This is a bit different in that the coin is probably unidentifiable and I actually bought it back in 2012, but only finally added it to Tantalus in 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp; The side I&#039;m calling the reverse appears to have a large S C, meaning it&#039;s probably from Antioch, but I wouldn&#039;t say even that&#039;s 100% certain.&nbsp;&nbsp; The counterstamps are more clear though - Howgego catalogues them as numbers 130 &amp; 408 - a grain ear with 8 grains and a laureate head right.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are some other marks which may also be counterstamps, but I&#039;m sticking with 130 &amp; 408 for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Numonia2Denarius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116847.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116847.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116847.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116847.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116847.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Numonia 2 denarius (C. Numonius Vaala).&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 514/2, Sydenham 1087, HCRI 322.&nbsp;&nbsp; In 2016, there was one on Vcoins and I dithered too long and someone else bought it.&nbsp;&nbsp; A couple have appeared at auction since and I ended up with this - the worst and cheapest of the three, but at least it&#039;s fully identifiable.&nbsp;&nbsp; The reverse is of interest, showing a soldier attacking a rampart defended by two soldiers.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is normally interpreted as marking the heroic act of an ancestor, while the obverse may depict an ancestor.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, Kuenker believe that the obverse features Cassius, who&#039;s not known from any certain portraits and didn&#039;t depict himself on his own coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kuenker.de/en/information/presseinformationen/aktuelle-mitteilungen/86" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kuenker.de/en/information/presseinformationen/aktuelle-mitteilungen/86" rel="nofollow">https://www.kuenker.de/en/information/presseinformationen/aktuelle-mitteilungen/86</a></p><p><a href="https://www.kuenker.de/en/information/presseinformationen/aktuelle-mitteilungen/86" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kuenker.de/en/information/presseinformationen/aktuelle-mitteilungen/86" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p>This coin comes from the Clain-Stefanelli Collection, great collectors and numismatists and there must surely be a book in their life stories:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.money.org/uploads/pdfs/press-releases/2001/ANAPR.10.05.01-Elvira-Clain-Stefanelli-Dies.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.money.org/uploads/pdfs/press-releases/2001/ANAPR.10.05.01-Elvira-Clain-Stefanelli-Dies.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.money.org/uploads/pdfs/press-releases/2001/ANAPR.10.05.01-Elvira-Clain-Stefanelli-Dies.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>6.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Memmia10Denarius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116400.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116400.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116400.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116400.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116400.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>C. Memmius denarius.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 427/1, Sydenham 920.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like this - it&#039;s a bit flatly struck and deserves a better photo&#039; than wedged between my fingers and snapped with my &#039;phone, but this is the best I have of it for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>7.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Egnatia1b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Egnatia1bDenarius.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116397.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116397.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116397.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116397.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116397.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>C. Egnatius denarius.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 391/1b, Sydenham 786a.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is a rare coin that had been listed for a while, then had its price reduced, so I bought it.&nbsp;&nbsp; My own photos are on the bottom, the seller&#039;s on top.&nbsp;&nbsp; Venus looks a bit sulky in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>8.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Acilia8Denarius_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/115278.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/115278.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/115278.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/115278.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/115278.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Man. Acilius Glabrio denarius.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 442/1a, Sydenham 922.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had one of these already, but this from a Triskeles/Vauctions sale was an upgrade.&nbsp;&nbsp; From the Big Sky Collection, whatever that was!</p><p><br /></p><p>9.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_OctavianDenariusR.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114179.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114179.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114179.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Octavian denarius.&nbsp;&nbsp; RIC 253, HCRI 400.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like Octavian&#039;s denarii and this is the only one I bought in 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p>10.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Syracuse_TetObv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_SyracuseTetRev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_SyracuseTetradrac_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114112.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114112.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114112.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114112.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/114112.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Syracuse tetradrachm (upper pics mine; bottom pics, seller&#039;s).&nbsp;&nbsp; SNG ANS 664, HGC 2, 1536.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have a side-collection in Greek coins, especially Sicilian ones, and this was my first addition to Tantalus in 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s corroded, but quite stylish.&nbsp;&nbsp; I spent a nice week between jobs driving around Sicily in 2015 to see where the coins came from - Palermo/Panormus, Segesta, Agrigento/Akragas, Selinunte/Selinus, Gela, Leontini, Syracuse, Catania.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I played and won the lottery, I could afford to collect them properly!</p><p><br /></p><p>11.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Victoriatus_M.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_VictoriatusRBW300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116913.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116913.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116913.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116913.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/116913.php" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Anonymous/M victoriatus.&nbsp;&nbsp; Crawford 71/1a, Sydenham 112, RBW 300.&nbsp;&nbsp; I picked up a few victoriati in 2017, this is probably the nicest-looking one.&nbsp;&nbsp; My pics on the bottom - it&#039;s not really so yellow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roll on 2018 - a visit to NYINC in January, BANS weekend in Gillingham in April, about three coin fairs here in Dublin and maybe hope to London for a day sometime and who knows what treasures will be added <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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