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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2682044, member: 32619&quot;]In my database there is a report called &quot;Price&quot; that I don&#039;t like opening. It sorts from the most to least expensive with a total at the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, I&#039;ll toss my top five up...</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 - I like the green coloring this coin has and even though it&#039;s a common type, it is still a nice Caligula.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-150-caligula-vesta.4789/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gaius Caligula, AD 37-41</p><p>Æ As, 29mm, 11.5g, 6h; Rome mint, AD 37-8</p><p>Obv.: C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left.</p><p>Rev.: VESTA above, S C across field, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera and long transverse scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4 I like the facing portraits and this one filled that bill nicely. </p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-154-rhodes-helios-rose.4944/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Islands off Caria, Rhodes.</p><p>AR Didrachm, 21mm, 6.6 g, 12h; c. 305-275 BC</p><p>Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right.</p><p>Rev.: Rose with bud to right; E and grape bunch to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two tied for #3 so here they both are:</p><p><br /></p><p>#3 - I collect the Gallic empire coins and Mars/Virtus reverses so this ticked too boxes nicely. I also love large bronze coins so that made me happy too.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-139-postumus-mars.4658/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Postumus, AD 260-269</p><p>Ӕ Sestertius, 31x29mm, 19.2g, 12h; Lugdunum mint, AD 261</p><p>Obv.: IMP C POSTVMVS PF AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev.: VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing right holding spear and leaning on shield.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also after the Seleucids. This was my first expensive coin. I think the style is great with everything on the coin and clear. </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.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 I haven&#039;t posted this one yet - it&#039;s thick and AWESOME!!!</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-166-aspendos-olympic-sportsmen.5657/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos.</p><p>AR Stater, 22mm, 10.78g, 12h; c. 380/75-330/25 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Two wrestlers grappling; ΦK between, below</p><p>Rev.: Slinger in throwing stance right; EΣTFEΔIIYΣ to left, counterclockwise triskeles of legs to right; lion countermark in lower right field.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 My most expensive to date. I had to have a lifetime tet from Alexander the Great and this coin was that one. I got it for a very good price, I think. Other sellers had the same coin in lesser quality for a couple hundred more than I paid.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/jwt-153-alexander-iii-zeus.4824/full" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Macedonian Kingdom, Alexander III</p><p>AR tetradrachm, 17.18g; Amphipolis mint, lifetime issue, struck under Antipater, c. 325-323 BC.</p><p>Obv.: Head of Herakles right, clad in Nemean Lion scalp headdress tied at neck.</p><p>Rev.: AΛEΞANΔΡOY Zeus enshrined left, throne without back and two leg struts,bright leg forward (archaic lifetime style), eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, TE monogram lower left, concave field[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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