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Thank you Q. This is why I could not put up JUST 12. Now, if he asked for 12 ALBUMS of coins, ok, I could agree with that!

I love the RR Didrachm with Mars/Horse. First Roman Silver coin. And the Triens is a very heavy / meaty coin... True pond-skipper! Fun.

 

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I do recall one collector who decided to collect a year set by TRP number for a couple emperors who had plenty of dated coins. Most of his coin friends did not understand either.

 

LOL, well, like most of us, we DID start out in Moderns! Old habits...

 

I'm just gonna pretend I didn't see that Carthage gold 1/10th stater.

 

GIVE ME A BREAK! Mister Carthage-Stater-Man... even a Tanit silhouette as an Avatar! I want a 2nd Punic War Gold Fractional Issue! THAT is some cool stuff!

(BTW, thanks for pointing me in that little goldie's direction!)

 

So many wonderful collections here! Gosh, after looking at a couple of "trays" I wonder if I even collect!

This is a random assortment, not to scale, and in no particular order. These are my favorite 12 at this moment:

 

Who you kidding!? That is a GREAT collection! Great job... Everytime I see your Semis, it reminds me of a cool Celtic face... and is that a little 1/4 Calco from Hispania top middle? I have one and they are cool!

 

You are correct! Thanks!

 

How Smokes! @Jwt708 You should get the award for most improved photography skills. This is a great assortment with a wide variety of colors ans surfaces. Super appealing.

 

Not my photos

Oh but I have another 12...my first 12 and these are all my photos!

 

I'll talk to the committee, you might still be able to keep the award.

 

Thought I would toss in my SEUTONIUS TWELVE...oops my 3rd Twelve posted.

 

Just arrived overhere , and enjoyed this amazing thread with beautifull eye candy stuff.
Here's a pic of the latest coins I bought the last couple of months, bit of a mess and certainly not in scale, sorry.

 

Welcome Andres. Those are some very nice coins. I'd be hard pressed to pick out just one, but I suppose it would have to be the Siculo-Punic tetradrachm. No wait. Maybe the Side Tet. No, no. The Attica Athens. Oh heck. I'll take one of each.

 

Thanks Bing, my personal favourite of this bunch is the Larissa coin, on the plains of Larissa the warhorses were bred for the state cities in Greece and their neighbour Macedonia, Philip II was their main customer, Alexander III his horse Bucephalus came from there, and he took 2000 cavalry soldiers from Thessaly with him to defeat Darius in Persia.

 

I'll take the siculo-punic tet, thanks !
Nice bunch, and welcome here Andres

Q

 

Welcome @Andres2 ! Very nice set, and I agree with @Cucumbor , I definitely like your Siculo-Punic Tet! ...and the two nice Ptolemy I Tets...

 

Top 11 (for now; it would have been a very different picture a few years back...). Can anyone find the R4 in the bunch? RR collectors will note a serious lack of didrachms in here (I need to rectify that at some point!).

 

And here is a fantasy collage. If only!

FYI, this was inspired by my work / publication on the columna rostrata of C. Duilius, cos. 260, and the aes signatum coinage that emerged -- probably -- in the very same year with naval imagery. Here is a link to the article, "The Column and Coinage of C. Duilius: Innovations in Iconography in Large and Small Media in the Middle Republic," SCI 23, 2004.