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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2121068, member: 19463&quot;]Someone mentioned liking to see coins and I know a lot of dealers have benefited from some of us deciding to buy type posted by others of our number.&nbsp; I suspect some of you have too much free cash and need to buy more coins so I&#039;ll show a few here (specifics or categories) that I don&#039;t recall us discussing for a while.&nbsp; I&#039;m away from home so do not have access to references other than online.&nbsp; I apologize for errors.&nbsp;&nbsp; We will not all find the same things interesting so I invite you to post coins similarly underrepresented in recent CT posts.&nbsp; If you have examples of these coins, feel free to show them also.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My first is a silver stater of Kroton but not the popular one with incuse reverse matching the obverse tripod that we associate with the city.&nbsp; We still have the tripod but now we have an eagle sitting on a deer head.&nbsp; Note the city name is still spelled with the qoppa instead of the later kappa.&nbsp; These are struck in good silver which makes them wear more quickly than we might like but I liked this enough to buy it as one of my first Greek silvers. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]402008[/ATTACH] </p><p>Another well worn Italian is this stater of Velia.&nbsp; Many of these have Athena and a lion but I like the ones that show the lion working on lunch.&nbsp; You will be able to find a nicer one of these.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]402009[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It is a bit unusual to find Roman Provincials honoring deceased rulers.&nbsp; The city of Odessus issued this Greek language coin of Septimius Severus reading DIVO SEVERO PIO (in Greek).&nbsp; This is not a common coin but I have seen others online.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]402010[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Caracalla of Anchialus represents coins honoring the games held in conjunction with his wedding.&nbsp; The basket with palm on top is their equivalent of our prize medals.&nbsp; Under the table is the inscription (in Greek) CEBHPI/NYMFH.&nbsp; There are many types of Provincials honoring the games with similar types.&nbsp; Some name the specific games.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]402011[/ATTACH] </p><p>I am surprised we do not have more interest here on Parthian coins.&nbsp; I believe part of the reason is most of the silver drachms have the same reverse of a seated archer. Bronzes are much more varied but most are small and crude or worn.&nbsp; My example bronze of Mithradates II is my best bronze.&nbsp; The silver drachm is of Phraates IV and shows the decline of style from the earlier high point of Mithradates.&nbsp; While the reverses are similar, drachms come from several mints and offer opportunities to collect by variety.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]402018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]402019[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A Roman I believe belongs in every collection is the 200th anniversary of the battle of Actium issued by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus using the types of the defeated Mark Antony.&nbsp; There are other restoration coins including a huge and rare series under Trajan but this is probably one of the more easily found.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]402021[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Clodius Albinus is not a terribly rare ruler but most of his coins were issued as Caesar under Septimius Severus.&nbsp; The ones to seek out are those as Augustus from his mint at Lugdunum after he broke with Severus.&nbsp; Things did not go well so these coins are not common.&nbsp; My example is a severe example of a clashed reverse die.&nbsp; I collect such oddities but you might prefer a high grade normal strike.&nbsp; This reverse shows the Genius of Lugdunum and is just one of his more original types.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]402020[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>What coins do you have that have not been discussed here recently?&nbsp; What coins are on your want list that I should have on mine?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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