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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;swish513, post: 2591346, member: 22068&quot;]Because my camera isn&#039;t working, and I only have pics of 5 of the 12 coins I bought this year, here&#039;s my Top 5. Not all are ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 1.</p><p>Because I have wanted a Pontious Pilate coin for several years, I finally found one that was within my budget. I even held a contest about it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swish513-contest.273614/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swish513-contest.273614/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/swish513-contest.273614/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564240[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pontius Pilate (26-36 AD)</p><p>Prefect over Judea under Tiberius</p><p>Bronze Prutah, 31 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>OBV: Lituus</p><p>[TIBEPIOY] KAIC[APOC]</p><p><br /></p><p>REV:Year within wreath (LIH = 31 AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2.</p><p>I collect Gordian III. In fact, I bought 6 this year (of my 12 purchased). Sadly, only this one pic was taken by me.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564242[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Godrian III (238-244 AD)</p><p>Antoninianus, Rome mint (241-243 AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>OBV: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG</p><p>REV: Hercules, naked, right hand on hip, left hand on club set on rock, lion skin beside</p><p>VIRTVTI AVGVSTI</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 3.</p><p>I am a huge collector of Edward I &quot;Longshanks.&quot; Here&#039;s 1 of the 2 pennies I got this year. While Edward I pennies aren&#039;t rare, and neither are London minted coins, class 5 IS rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564249[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edward I (1272-1307 AD)</p><p>Penny, London mint</p><p>Class 5a (1289-1291)</p><p><br /></p><p>OBV: facing bust, trifoliate crown, pellet on breast</p><p>+EDW R ANGL&#039; DNS HYB</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: CIVITAS LONDON</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 4.</p><p>I collect American Cents, large, small, Zincoln. I bought this 1801 Large Cent, 3 Errors Variety back in February. My photography skills are lacking, because it&#039;s way better in hand. It&#039;s also cracked out. ANACS 1299137. I bought it as it is now my oldest American coin, because I have always had a fantasy about it, it was affordable, and there are less than 1000 estimated to exist.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564251[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 5.</p><p>I don&#039;t collect Indian coins. I bought this one because I wanted a gold coin, and this one fit my budget-ish.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]564253[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tipu Sultan (1782-1799 AD)</p><p>AU Fanam, 7mm</p><p>Kingdom of Mysore, Patan mint (1787 AD)</p><p><br /></p><p>OBV: HA (initials of Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan&#039;s father) within inner linear and outed dotted borders</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: 1218 (=1789 AD)/Zarb Patan (Patan mint) within inner linear and outer dotted border</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: Tipu Sultan introduced his own Mauludi date system, replacking the Hijiri calendar, thus the dates on this coin are to be read differently than those of other Islamic coins (notes courtesy of JAZ Numismatics)</p><p><br /></p><p>The other coins purchased this year are a class 10cf3 Edward I penny minted at Bury St. Edmund&#039;s, a Hadrian AE20 minted in Antioch, and the following Gordian III:</p><p>RIC IV-2 2, RIC IV-3 88, RIC IV-3 131, RIC IV-3 143, RIC IV-3 333. The 131 and 333 are currently in the mail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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