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I like the Postumus portrait , #4 campgate , #5 and #6 , excelent list ! This coin had the best price/quality ratio for me , was 1$ but uncleaned.

Many lovely portraits ! , my preferred are : #9 Septimius Severus , #6 Philip I and #4 Caracalla . Congratulations !

Thank you all for your kind words ! Before buying the coin I did some researchs on acsearch , two of the most expensive specimens of this type are sharing the same dies with my coin , their experts opinions are similar with yours: Roma: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1370184 ....The singular attention to detail that has been paid to the engraving of this coin demonstrates an advanced understanding of anatomy and behavioural motion that necessarily indicates a keen student of natural observation. The resulting dies convey at once a superb elegance and startling level of realism that set this apart as a masterwork of high classical art. '' CNG: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2835541 ''.....struck from artistic dies.'' It has stick a little bit 😊 , I have five owls now... and three Tarentum didrachmas , but the Roman coins are my preferred I will never neglect them 😀. I'm very happy that someone voted for Trajan , even if i'ts a very comon type.

Difficult to choose the best ones , I will vote for : #6 Sabina , #1 Faustina II and #10 Otacilla , in this order. Congratulations !

Caligula & Divus Augustus , Æ Dupondius , 37-41 AD. , RIC 56 [Caligula], Cohen 87 [Augustus], BMC 88 DIVVS AVGVSTVS S-C, radiate head of Divus Augustus left./ CONSENSV SENAT ET EQ ORDIN P Q R, laureate & togate statue of Gaius Caligula seated left on curule chair, holding branch 30 mm / 16.4 g

You are right , Is the only(OCRE screenshot) dupondius of Augustus minted under Caligula. Will be interesting to see a picture of it , one in decent grade should be around 200-350$

sadly mine is in two pieces and glued :) now glued :)

My preferred coin is #9 L. Fabius , followed close by #2 C. Hosidius. Brutus is a great type to have !, I also have one that I accidentally broke 😞 . Congratulations !

Hello everyone , this year was a little special regarding my coin collecting habits , in the past I was more oriented to collect roman coins but this year I couldn't resist the temptation to buy some of the well-known Greek types , they took a large part of my coins budget and also seven places in my Top 10. I also manage to buy a lot of roman coins , but unfortunately nothing to dethrone the Greek ones from the top , the best three of them are included in my selection. The coins are arranged only in chronological order , I hope you will like them ! I would like to take this opportunity to wish all the members and readers a joyous holiday season !! #1 ATTICA. Athens. Circa 420s-404 BC. Tetradrachm Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves and palmette./ AΘE Owl standing right, head facing; to left, olive sprig and crescent; all within incuse square. Kroll 8. Svoronos pls. 12-13 passim. 25 mm / 17.20 g #2 IONIA. Phokaia , Circa 387-326 BC. Hekte (Electrum). Head of Athena to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent; below, small seal to left. / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 111. SNG Copenhagen 1030. SNG von Aulock . 10 mm / 2.5 g #3 CILICIA, Tarsos. time of Datames , satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia. 384-362 BC. AR Obol , Struck 378-372 BC. Female bust right, wearing loop earring and necklace / 'TRDMW' in Aramaic right, bearded and helmeted male head (Ares?) right, wearing crested Athenian helmet. SNG Levante 81; SNG France 278; 10 mm / 0.8 g #4 CORINTHIA. Corinth. Circa 375-300 BC. Stater Ϙ Pegasos flying left. / Head of Athena to left, wearing Corinthian helmet; below chin, Δ; behind neck guard, I and Artemis running right, holding torch. BCD Corinth -. Calciati 451. Ravel 1076. 22 mm / 8.56 g #5 PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter, As satrap, 323-305 BC. Tetradrachm , Alexandria, circa 306-300. Diademed head of the deified Alexander III to right, with horn of Zeus Ammon above his ear, wearing elephant skin headdress and aegis around his neck; small Δ on aegis. / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Athena Alkidemos advancing right, brandishing spear with her right hand and holding shield in her left; to right, Corinthian helmet to right over monogram of ΗΡ and eagle with closed wings standing right on thunderbolt. CPE 70. SNG Copenhagen 27. Svoronos 164 30 mm / 15.19 g #6 CALABRIA. Tarentum. Circa 315-302 BC. Didrachm or Nomos , Sa..., magistrate. Nude rider on horse galloping to right, stabbing with spear held in his right hand and holding two other spears and shield with his left; below, ΣΑ. / ΤΑΡΑΣ Youthful oikist, nude, riding dolphin to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and trident in his left; to left below arm, monogram of AP; below, dolphin to left. Fischer-Bossert 843 (V335/R654). HN Italy 937. Vlasto 603. 21 mm / 7.41 g #7 PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT , Ptolemy VI Philometor , Second sole reign 163-145 BC. Æ-29 , Alexandreia mint. Series 7. Svoronos 1384 , Weiser 147, SNG Copenhagen 279-87 Head of Isis right, wearing wreath of grain ears, and her hair in long curls / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ (PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS) Eagle with open wings standing left on thunderbolt; ΠΑ monogram to left. 29 mm / 16.9 g #8 Trajan , AE As. Struck 101-102 AD. RIC 435 IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM, Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / TR POT COS IIII PP, Victory walking left, carrying shield inscribed SPQR. 28 mm / 12.1 g #9 Antoninus Pius , AR Denarius. AD 143 -144 , RIC 111c ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS III, laureate draped bust right / IMPERATOR II, Victory standing front, head left, holding wreath and palm. 18 mm / 3.4 g #10 Caracalla , AR Antoninianus. Struck 215 AD. RIC 264c ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Sol standing left, raising hand and holding globe. 23.5 mm / 4.3 g

I like the republican denarii , all have superb reverses , my preferred is the one with Apollo and Jupiter.

I will chose three sestertii of Faustina II , all with a dark green patina : #2 Diana , #4 Fecunditas and #8 Juno , in this order. Congratulations !

I voted for the Bosporus Stater. I have been impressed by all the new coins you have posted in ''Post your latest ancient!'' thread , waiting to see your real Top 10.

My prefered coin is the Eumenes tetradrahm. Congratulations !

I will vote for the didrachm and the Brutus denarius , also all the French coins are simply beautiful. Congratulations !

I will vote for Augustus and Nero denarii , but I like many from the trays , Nerva , Hadrian bare head , Lucius Verus.......excellent year , Congratulations !

According to the study(Fig 3- provenance trails) there are six known Sponsian specimens , I have summarized them below: specimen #1 Vienna Münzkabinett (Austria) specimen #2 Vienna Münzkabinett (Austria) specimen #3 The Hunterian, University of Glasgow (UK) specimen #4 Paris ? lose track 1830 specimen #5 Brukenthal National Museum (Romania) specimen #6 Herzogenburg Monastery ? (Austria) lose track 1923 Vienna Münzkabinett has a excellent online catalog , but unfortunately I was unable to find photos with them , using Forgeries tag or Gold tag https://www.ikmk.at/tag_search?lang=en You can find below an old image with specimens #1 , #2 and #6 , the image was posted by the user Nefarius Purpus in a similar thread on CoinTalk: https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2021-4-18_11-41-12-png.1290273/

I like the Antoninus Pius obverse(I'm sure that the reverse is just as nice) and the Louis XV , superb toning. Congratulations !

I voted for six coins , my prefered is the Ptolemy I tetradrachm. Congratulations !

I followed the discussion here and the one on CoinTalk , I also read a good part of the study , my personal opinion as a simple collector is that the coins of Sponsian are products of the antiquity , the style is barbarous for sure , but in that tumultuous period(Carpi invasions) even the official mint of Dacia(probable location at Apulum) has produced coins in the same amazing 😊 style (examples below). Of course the proof that the coins are ancient does not certify the existence of this so called emperor Sponsian , he can be a real character ..... as he can be even a fantasy of the engraver. I have found on internet photos with a second specimen of Sponsian , is the one from Brukenthal National Museum , Baron Samuel von Brukenthal was the governor of Transylvania at that time , also he was a passionate art collector. This specimen is in better grade that the one from Glasgow museum , from the comparison below we can see similarities between the two coins , both obverses were cast from the same mould , and if the explanation from the study is right the reverses should be made from different moulds , this is the explanation: '' ‘hub slips’ such as on the reverse of GLAHM:40333 where the hub seems to have moved during soft impression, causing smearing of the outline and repeated impression of parts of the design...''. When I first saw the Glasgow specimen, my impression was that the reverse is double-struck. Photos from acsearch.info , provincial coins of Valerian I and Gallienus , reverse legend PROVINCIA DACIA

I will also choose the Sula denarius.

My preferred coins are the Jerusalem tetradrahm and the large Ptolemaic. Congratulations !

Very interesting website, I looked at all the coins from the gallery. My preferred coin from your Top10 is the cistophoric tetradrachm of Claudius. Congratulations !

O also like the Julius Caesar denarius , the Justinian solidus and the hemidrachm , in this order. Congratulations !

Another article and some of the coins photos I found on internet : https://www.cnn.com/style/article/san-casciano-dei-bagni-thermal-baths-relics-scn/index.html ......The number of coins of bronze, silver and orichalcum -- a precious metal believed by the Romans to have mystical powers -- found in the big bath is also extraordinary, said Tabolli. It is the largest collection of ancient currency associated with hot springs in the Mediterranean, and unique also for their perfect state of preservation. The coins have retained their original coloring both thanks to the water's chemical properties and due to being blanketed by mud, which prevented oxidation. "They're still shiny brown and shiny yellow -- such bright colors have never been found in any excavation site," said Tabolli. "It's a miracle." ..................................Rare items believed to have been used as votive offerings to the gods -- including so-called fertility statuettes shaped like a phallus, a womb and a pair of breasts -- have been dug out from the site's mud. So have 3,000 ancient coins, 700 of which are freshly minted -- and still shiny. In the second century AD, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Carus had the coins thrown into the baths to honor gods watching over his health, as well as that of all Romans traveling to San Casciano for thermal treatment.

I bought this coin recently , the reason that made me buy it is the style of Aurelian's portrait , is also very hard to find it. Aurelian AE Antoninianus, Cyzicus mint, RIC 335(a) IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust left , one dot beneath bust / PROVIDENT AVG, Venus standing left, holding helmet, spear and shield. Two coins I found on acsearch from the same obverse die :