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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3979746, member: 74834&quot;]My top ten is not unambiguous. Some of these coins are interchangeable. From number 6 I have a completely equivalent variant, as well as one or two of those 11th-century pennies, struck about a thousand years ago in the country where I live.</p><p>Number 8, of the Chinese coins, is also just one of four or five examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I also want to indicate what it will turn out to be in Twenty Twenty. I always hoped that I would become more selective and perhaps reject some second choices. Well, nothing happened in 2019. This year will be better, I hope. The year started with a purchase that was actually too expensive, which still has to come in. (I&#039;m going to show it!).</p><p><br /></p><p>On the one hand I want to expand - no longer be afraid of more attractive types (17th, 18th century), on the other hand I prefer 500 to 600 coins. I prefer better to normal. But how can you pleasantly disperse the surplus?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway. As for trends, I&#039;m widening my views. Here are the numbers 10 to 1 from Mr. Pellinore.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>10. India, Gurjara Pratiharas, (c.730-836), AR debased drachm. Obv.: Indo-Sasanian bust to r. Brahmi ‘Mi’ in front. Rev.: Stylized fire altar. 22 mm, 3.91 gr. Ref.: Mitchiner 329-332. <a href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=228636" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=228636" rel="nofollow">Zeno 228636</a>. And, I must say, in excellent condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047555[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Nero (54-68) with Agrippina junior, AE20. Orthosia, Caria. Obv. Jugate draped busts of Nero and Agrippina Junior right. Rev. Laureate head of Zeus right. 17 mm, 6.73 gr.</p><p>I bought this coin for its remarkable style.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047562[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>8. <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-avenue-of-collecting-china.348902/#post-3791293" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-new-avenue-of-collecting-china.348902/#post-3791293">China</a>, Northern Qi, Chang Ping Wu Zhu (AD 553). Obv. 4 characters. Rev. Rims only. 24.5 mm, 4.15 gr. Hartill 13.27.</p><p>This year, I expanded my view and acquired some Chinese coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>7. AE fals Samanids. Abd al-Malik I b. Nuh. Mint Quba 349H = 962 AD. Obv. Three concentric circles, in the second the Kalima, in the centre, a cruciform monogram. Rev. 6 lines in circle, surrounded with text. 26.5 mm, 3.16 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the Islamic coins of the 7th-13th century that&#039;s also a part of my collection. What I liked about this one is the beautiful calligraphy and the cross formed centre of the obverse of this coin. People were just changing their coats from Nestorian (Christian), animistic and other religions into the islamic. As always, I&#039;m interested in the borders and the intermingling.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>6. AR 2 dirhams Ilkhanids, Ghazan Mahmud AH 694-703 (AD 1295-1304). Baghdad&nbsp; AH 699 (AD 1299/1300). Trilingual type with inscription in Mongolian (Uighur script), Chinese (Phags-Pa script), and Arabic (Kufic). 25 mm, 4.37 gr. Album 2172.</p><p><br /></p><p>Borders bridged again.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047590[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. AR <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-more-coins-from-the-michel-prieur-collection.345711/#post-3694604" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/three-more-coins-from-the-michel-prieur-collection.345711/#post-3694604">tetradrachm Philippus I</a>, Seleucis &amp; Pieria, Antioch, 247. Obv. Radiated, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev. Eagle standing right, wings spread, holding wreath in beak. 26.5 mm, 11.61 gr. Prieur 375. <i>From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Rauch 41 (6 June 1988), lot 979.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047609[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>4. AR denarius, Rome. M. Volteius M. f. 75 BC. Obv. Head of young Hercules right, wearing lion’s skin headdress. Rev. Erymanthian Boar charging right, VOLTEI·M·F in exergue. 17mm, 3.64 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin from the forefathers of the Roman Empire: I didn&#039;t have any Republican coins, this was the first, bought because of its irresistible boar.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047610[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>3. AE <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/beasts-from-the-valerian-gallienus-dynasty-2.339261/#post-3530719" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/beasts-from-the-valerian-gallienus-dynasty-2.339261/#post-3530719">trial strike</a> for an unofficial antoninianus. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / F[E]LCITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left, holding uncertain attributes. 23 x 38 x 2.7 mm, 14.35 gr. <i>Bought from Paul-Francis Jacquier, 2000. Ex Jacquier FPL 25 (Autumn 2000), no. 560. CNG N.M.McQ. Holmes auction 442 lot 529.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047613[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Papal States. Pope Alexander VIII, 1689-1691. Silvered <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/baroque-medal-of-pope-alexander-viii-1690.347260/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/baroque-medal-of-pope-alexander-viii-1690.347260/">AE medal</a>, 1690. Obv. Tiaraed bust with ornate pluviale, to the right. On the pluviale, there is a picture of Saint Bruno. Rev. Censer puffing out frankincense. Sculpted by Giovanni Martino Hamerani (1646-1705). 12h, 31 mm,&nbsp; 16.54 gr. <i>Ex-Kerry Wetterstrom</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my new avenues: the Baroque style, finest quality, a portrait of a pope and a most delicate depiction of something hard to picture: a billowing cloud.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047615[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Holy Roman Empire, The Netherlands. Deventer, emperor Conrad II (1027-1039). Obv. Portrait of a bearded saint. Rev. Small cross with four corner dots in a stipple circle, surrounded by a word starting with D(aventriae). 18 mm, 1.4 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a town like this, with maybe 1 000 inhabitants, mine but also your forefathers lived a thousand years ago. Part of the immensely large Holy Roman Empire, with emperors from Germany, reigning over half of Europe.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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