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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2343633, member: 32619&quot;][USER=69760]@iPen[/USER] the U.S. coin market turned me to the dark side. Slabs, crack out games, stars, pluses, stickers...ugh. It&#039;s like the coin doesn&#039;t even matter. And they all look the same! </p><p><br /></p><p>This thread needs some coins in it. Maybe [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] will post some pics of him freeing his Republicans.</p><p><br /></p><p>My oldest (I think...)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-94-kyzikos-lion.3910/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Kyzikos, Mysia </b></p><p>AR Tritatemorion, 9X12mm, 0.58g; 480-450 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish facing upward.</p><p>Rev.: Roaring lion.</p><p><i>From the collection of Dr. Sidney Mygind.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>My largest:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-20-ptolemy-iv-sv-1125.3821/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Ptolemy IV, BC 246-222</p><p>AE41, 38.6mm; 12h</p><p>Obv.: Bust of Zeus-Ammon right</p><p>Rev.: ΠΤΟΛΣΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ; eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopia tied with fillet before, ΔI between legs</p><p>Ref.: Svoronos 1125</p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus Caesar:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-30-augustus-sc.3460/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Augustus Caesar, BC 27 - 14 AD</p><p>AE, As, 9.5g, 27mm; 2h; Rome mint, BC 6</p><p>Obv.:CAESAR AVGVSTVS PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT; bare head right</p><p>Rev.: A LICIN NERVA SILIAN IIIVIR AAAFF around large SC with dot between</p><p><br /></p><p>The most I ever spent:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-79-antiochus-vii-euergetes-athena.3803/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Antiochus VII Euergetes, Seleucid Kingdom, BC 138-129</p><p>AR, tetradrachm, 16.59g, 30mm; 12h; Antioch</p><p>Obv.: Diademed head of Antiochus VII right</p><p>Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY EVEPΓETOY; Athena Nikephoros standing left; to outer left, monogram above A; all within wreath.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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