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Hey @panzerman, My brother has a very similar coin to yours. If I remember correctly, it was described as a geometric pattern. It’s the earliest coin my brother has. My brother won’t let me hold it because it’s so small. Lol I think it came from Marc Breitsprecher. The geometric coins seem to be one of the earlier electrums, 625-600 BC. I hope this helps! Erin

Thanks @Al Kowsky! I didn’t notice the four legs until now. lol! 😂 Im so happy that our excitement for ancients spreads! We become like kids at Christmas every time we get one. Our minds never cease to be amazed. I think our collections compliment each other. My brother has more money to play with, so, he gets the bigger coins, while I get the smaller ones. I’m not jealous - we kind of share them in a way. He has bought some coins from me when I needed money, so, they stay in the family. 😃 Erin

My only 2024 purchase, but, it’s sparked a new fascination! The Headless Praying Mantis imitation. Erin

Thanks! 😃 Elephants do look good on ancients! I have a really exciting purchase planned for the end of the month. I really want to share it now, but, I dont want to risk anything going awry with shipping by putting the cart before the horse. 🥳🥳 Happy New Year Everyone! Erin

Thanks so much for your kind words!! I just got back from my parents and my sister dropped off a late Christmas present. I can proudly say that my Biblical collection just exploded with awesomeness. I now have a Daric and Shekel of Tyre. 😎 🥸😃 Or as close as I’ll ever get. lol I really do appreciate it. It’s a nice addition to my books on Biblical coins. Cheers! 🥳 Erin

Hi Everyone, Im loving the 2024 Year in Reviews, as always, our collective collections are absolutely amazing! My brother and I had a really quiet start to the year and it lasted until the fall. I was focusing on my reptiles and my brother has so many different collections that he goes between, he spent time focusing on those. What ignited the coin fire was a contest that @Ryro ran and @Qcumbor had won. Qcumbor generously passed the winning coin onto me and sent another coin himself. Ryro kindly sent me three coins which I love! First is the Antoninus Pius Elephant 🐘 Next up is my first Gallienus! And last, but, certainly not least - a coin with an owl countermark! I apologize for the horrible pictures, they do no justice to the awesomeness of the coins. 😞 The coin that Qcumbor sent me has a fabulous provenance from our coin community! Theodosius, Antioch Mint This coin first belonged to @Alwin when he purchased it in 1984 and then Qcumbor purchased it years later. This was the year after I was born and also is my coin with the oldest provenance - very exciting! 😃 This lead me to make my one and only purchase of the year. I have been getting really interested in imitations lately, they can be absolutely wild! When Marc Breitsprecher posted this coin, I knew I had to have it! He refers to the reverse as the Headless Praying Mantis Monster. 😱. So, I now have three areas that I focus my collection on - Biblical and reptile related coins and ancient imitations. I’m very excited to dive more into the imitations in 2025! My brother also caught the imitation bug and got himself a Danube imitation of the Thasos tetradrachms. It came slabbed and he proudly cracked it out of its cage! This was his birthday present to himself. 😃 He also took inspiration from @TIF and purchased a Tanzendes Männlein quinarius. This thing is no joke - a fantastic coin! He is now going down a Celtic path - their coins are really cool! He just bought a Celtic electrum stater yesterday that will be his first coin of 2025. As for my 2025, Santa @ominus1 every year sends me a fabulous Christmas coin. Because of the mail strike in Canada, he sent it out later and will be here soon - I’m so excited to open it! He gives amazing gifts! My first purchase of 2025 will be made, hopefully, at the end of January and it is a crazy coin and I can’t wait to get it! Im glad my brother and I got to refocus on coins - it’s a much needed break from the year we’ve had. Thank you all for the incredible support - it means so much more than you will ever know! Here’s hoping for a most awesome 2025 coin season! 🥳🥳 Erin

I’m so sorry to hear about Randy. 😢 His fallen horseman collection and knowledge was incredible. The level of compassion he had to do the work he did was even more incredible. This has been a profound year of loss for our community. I really, really hope that 2025 is kinder to us. My deepest condolences to Randy’s family and friends. 😞 Erin

From @Qcumbor 😃 Erin

Thank you so much, @expat! 😃 Erin

I’d like to enter, @JAZ Numismatics. Thanks so much for this awesome giveaway! Erin

I had been thinking about @Severus Alexander quite a bit lately. What a loss for our community - I’m so sorry. 😞 The only coin auctions I’ve participated in outside of eBay were the AMCC auctions. I won my fouree Tribute Penny and Severus was so generous to sneak in a few coins from his collection in the package. I need to take pictures of them again because they somehow got deleted. But, they hold a special place in my collection. I remember how thrilling it was to watch the auction and the bidding wars. I was so proud that we had an ancient coin auction from Canada. He did such an amazing job! I can only hope to someday be as generous as our good friend Severus. What an incredible fighter - my deepest condolences to his family and friends. Thank you, @TIF, for letting us know. It’s been a difficult year of loss for us. But, I know that Steve’s and Severus’s legacies will impact us for years to come. Erin

Thank you so much, everyone. It’s comforting seeing and remembering your furry family. Angelica had a peaceful end to her journey. I was talking to someone earlier about how some people will only know true unconditional love, loyalty and acceptance through the heart and mind of a pet. It’s so sad. 😞. The impact a pet has lasts so much longer than their lives. It’s hard to accept, sometimes, that they don’t live as long as we do. I’ll miss Angelica so much. But, I’m glad that she’s not suffering or in pain anymore. I’ll take grief over prolonging her pain any day. We still have Bear. He’s my cat that my parents took in when I moved and couldn’t bring him with me. He’s grieving too. He’s been sleeping on the pillow Angelica claimed as her bed in her last days. Thanks again, friends. It means a lot. 🥲 Erin

Hi Everyone, I just got home from saying goodbye to our cat, Angelica. She’s being out down tomorrow. 😞 Shes been sick for a little bit and just couldn’t get better. We, unfortunately, don’t have money to go through extensive treatment. So, we made the hard decision to let her go. She’s a funny cat. She would steal chairs from people and wouldn’t budge when you tried to move her. My dad is having knee replacement surgery in January and they brought in a comfortable chair for him to sit in during his recovery. It took probably 10 minutes or so for Angelica to claim the chair as her own. I guess Dad will have his chair back for his surgery. 😢 She was a big girl. She’s never say no to a treat. Now, she’ll get all the treats she could ever want. Before my parents moved, my dad put this box of stuff together to bring to the recycling centre. He didn’t get a chance because Angelica claimed it and it sat on the kitchen floor for months as her ‘spot.’ Please post pictures of cats - big, ancient cats on coins, funny pictures, your pet cats, anything. Thanks so much. Erin

Thank you so much, @seth77 and thank you @lordmarcovan for your incredible generosity! I’m excited to research the coin, even if I don’t win. I was going to pick the denarius for my entry too. But, you did it for me! Thanks again, you guys rock! 😎 Erin

Thanks @LONGINUS! I hope the same for you! 😃 Erin