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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3741400, member: 98035&quot;]Don&#039;t think I could pick just one! I do have a few top coins from each of my areas of focus...</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Imperial:</p><p>Caracalla AR Denarius, LIBERALITAS XIIII</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003473[/ATTACH] </p><p>I have not yet ventured into the world of $1,000+ coins, but this inexpensive denarius has what I would consider a &quot;masterpiece&quot; portrait, the work of a true artist and unique in its embodiment of this emperor&#039;s trademark snarl</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003474[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Greek:</p><p>Alexander the Great lifetime Tetradrachm, Tarsus mint</p><p>Price 3027</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003475[/ATTACH] </p><p>This was the fulfillment of a childhood dream - this is a coin I had always drooled over, yet never thought I would actually own one day. I left it out on my desk to drool over it for at least four months before I finally put it up in my binder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indo Sassanian</p><p>My Avatar! Finn type 1.3.1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1003476[/ATTACH] </p><p>I started out collecting these with the goal of collecting just a handful, but this was my &quot;Aha!&quot; moment in which I began to understand the puzzle of these coins as a whole, and in my digging for more info, I came to realize how much there was left to discover. This type is still one of my favorite variety, mainly for the bizarre aesthetics at play here.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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