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Nice additions @David Atherton, I'm looking forward to your list 🙂 My end years list may include two or three Flavians, depending on the arrival of one Flavian that's been stuck in some german DHL export center since December 1st.... I hope it will arrive safe and soon, because it's a fantastic coin (if I may say so).

Welcome! Thats a nice AS, well done! Its good to see the coin of @lordmarcovan found a new home!

Going through that album would make me feel like a kid in a candy store (or a grown up collector of ancient coins going through a map full of fantastic coins 😂)

Those are very nice and interesting gifts @Roman Collector! I really like to temple reverse of provincial Faustina II issue (of course ;-))

Yes @panzerman, this is what I'm talking about! The Gallineus aureus is my favorite, great coin!

Fanastic issues, that's some amazing quality put together. I agree with David above; my absolute favorites are your Nero and Titus denarii, those portraits are simply amazing. Have a great 2024!

Fantastic list, great coins overall. And a nice mix between Roman and Greek. You had a great year. Difficult to pick favorites, but Ill go for no. 1 and 2. The Manlius Torquatus is Avery good coin, very well struck. And Ive always liked the design of your second coin, with the chimaera. Have a great 2024!

Here's another coin, I don't believe I've posted before. It's a well known issue struck under the rule of Pontius Pilate. To me personally, a very interesting issue and a must have for my collection. This issue shows the simpulum on the obverse and the grain ears on the reverse. The other type shows a wreath and a Lituus.

Here's one of my latest additions, and I'll show another next. This one probably wont end up in my 2023 list - provided two coins that have been stuck in DHL purgatory since December 2, ultimately will show up in my mailbox... Its a neatly toned denarius of Manlius Torquatus for Sulla, struck during one of the many, many, many military campaigns at that time. The flan is quite small, 16 mm, and on the reverse some of the devices are not on the flan. Nevertheless, the 'SVLLA' is legible, which is a 'must' for me. The devices that are present on the coin are well struck, with lots of detail remaining. In all: a perfect coin for my collection 🙂

Simply fantastic coins, all of them. Thanks for sharing the list. Have a great 2024.

Something very different from my collecting preferences, and I don't see these types posted here often. I never heard of gilded quadrantes! Hard to pick favorites, they are all very interesting coins and appealing, thanks for posting this list. By the way, the reverse of your no. 5 looks a bit corroded, is it active? (Hope not of course!)

Now those are some quality coins, congratulations! I really like the cistophorus, but also that Geta provincial is really impressive. Have a great 2024!

Impressive set up. I vote for Gecko no. 3!😁 And such a nice thing of @ominus1 sending you the coin. Wishing you a great 2024!

Great coins! Im going against popular opinion here, but I like your no. 3 the most. I got a coin this year, with the Milvian Bridge on the reverse. I like the history behind it, its a big turning point in Roman history perhaps. But I did not know your coin even exists, and is a direct reference to the battle, and even more specifically, the soldiers fighting in it. A good find, and it shows your knowledge about issues of Constantine. Well done! And an absolutely fantastic piece of history!

Great coins! Invited for the Vitellius, Trajan cistophorus and the Severus Restitutie Urbis. And the portrait on your other Severus is fantastic too. Have a great 2024!

Great list again @panzerman, all are fantastic coins. But that last one really stands out.

Great coins! I voted for the nice looking Decentius and Aurelian. But my favorite is your no 3. Good portrait and cool bust. Flan and toning appear similar to your no 9. Same source?

Just my two cents, and there s something the be said from all different perspectives. And in not picking sides here or whatever. First, agreed that Leu could have done better perhaps, just dont see how this could have increased the hammer price of your coins significantly. Second, leu offers thousands of coins in all their auctions. They have done this many times. So why conseign there? Third, how did the communication go.before consignment? I have asked questions to auction houses, on how they would offer a coin, in a group lot or not, and so on. Then made a decision. Or did they give you different information? Fourth, buying common coins at Leu does not make sense to me, as a buyer. Maybe as a bonus coin, added to another purchase, but not more the that. The fees are simply to high. So Id think, that if you want to attract buyers to more, sort of, common coins, a different auctioneer makes.more sense to me. I know a lot of sellers on e.g. MA shop get their coins on offer from auctions. You do too. Thats fine of course, and I also make use of it, if I missed something at an auction. But what I dont like, as @kirispupis mentions, is sellers buying coins only to offer them at a much higher price. Like your Nero sesterius, I can easy look up the price you got it at, and see for how much you now offer it. Its your choice, but as a buyer I avoid your offers because to me its not a fair market price. But thats my choice, and you will have hopefully a lot of customers of course. Edit: its the Nero with the arc reverse, portrait to the left by the way. And overall, no hard feelings!

All fantastic coins @Romancollector, congratulations. But for me, that Nero is my favorite. A mesmerizing coin. Fantastic portrait, although it's the reverse that really gets me going! Have a great 2024!

Wow, that's a good number of resolutionss @kirispupis! Quite ambitious and I wish you all the best with accomplihing them. I also like reading other members' resolutions, including the "I wish to spend less money on coins". Good resolutions, untill the next auction arrives, or the favorite sellers list: "oh thats a nice coin, I'll guess I'll buy it then..." I've been absolutely guilty about that too 🤣 But on a serious note, last years has been a difficult year health wise. Next year I will cut down on my working hours, and undergo additional healthcare. So less income, which makes spending less on coins a fact in stead of a resolution, I'm afraid. I have no idea how 2024 will look like in that sense, I'll see.

Digital high five, well done! A Galba is always a good score, and your spouse is the best! You've got some very, very interesting and cool issues by the way, even though they're not high grade they're really nice. Not only that Augustus denarius, but I also really like your Domitian Minerva victrix. Not something you see every day. This is my first Galba. Not best of grade, but the reverse is what attracted me to it. 2019 knew pre-corona prices for coins. Those were the better days...

Fantastic coins @DonnaML, congratulations! I lts difficult to pick favorites. The Hadrian Nilvs reverse is fantastic. I also really like the coin of Julia Domna, and the AE As of Antoninus Pius. Have a great 2024!

Read this is the paper. Very strange ruling, although I dont know all the inns and outs of the case, I cant see this happening here (hopefully, then again, one never knows...). A dealer is regarded to be a professional, acting with more information and knowledge about historical objects than private citizens. Hence he has an obligation to provide information, which private citizens dont have access to. But as I read it, the couple should have gained information about the value. How? Go to an antiques dealer, they did! Or do people in France all have expert knowledge about artefacts (or anything else) and extensive libraries? And knowing something about an object is not the same as knowing the value! My conclusion: that dealer is an ass, and offering merely 300.000 is just bad. Well, be honest, always. I dont want to live with money that I gained in a dishonest manner. Talk to the person about it, is step one. Hopefully so. Apparently its ok there, to play dumb and get rich from it.

Can someone tool my upper body too? I want a package like Tiber is carrying! 🤣 And that second indeed seems like the original coin, good find Martin. Its a shame someone ruined the coin like that.

I remember when this came in the news. Sad, and hilarious at the same time. The elderly women who did it had not bad intentions, and was "misguided". Would these words also apply to some of the people tooling ancient coins...? "Sorry, it got out of hand, but there was no bad intention..."