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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3736330, member: 19463&quot;]This question has been asked often enough that no one here needs to see my favorite coins of all time (I have a page for that):</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Instead, I will show my favorite of the dozen coins that followed me home from the VNA coin show yesterday.&nbsp; It will not push aside any of my top list coins but it might hand on and make the top ten for this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have several coins of Caesarea in Cappadocia (I got two others yesterday).&nbsp; Many have the reverse type showing Mt. Argaeus. Some like this AE27 show it sitting on a table.&nbsp; The coins are year dated to the reign of the emperor.&nbsp; This is year three of Elagabalus.&nbsp; I consider this an extremely well executed portrait of the boy usually considered the weirdest of the Roman rulers.&nbsp; He looks positively pleasant.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1001910[/ATTACH]</p><p>A side feature I like is the reverse use of ligate MH at the start of MHTPOpi = Metropolis. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure it is altogether fickle to declare your favorite to be the coin you just added to your collection.&nbsp; Some hold a place in our hearts for longer than others.&nbsp; This is my favorite coin of today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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