lordmarcovan

Those shots are AMAZING! All calendar- or poster-worthy, especially the birds. PS- here’s a coin from Curaçao.

Here’s one to make you snowbirds envious.

Never mind those Norman coins- there is something WAY more valuable, according to this article! https://news.hillcountryweekly.com/rare-bicentennial-quarter-worth-nearly-80-million-3-more-worth-over-20-million-usd/#google_vignette Some scholar REALLY did their homework on that one! Wow! [/sarcasm]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-49487078

double post- forum froze on me

Amphipolis- Sasanian Empire

I’ve ordered three more ancients to add to the prize selection (see gallery link above). Yep, I bought these to give away. I do think they’re pretty handsome, if I say so myself…

Mallorca-Attica (or- Athens. Take your pick.)

Rome-Egypt

Saalfeld-Denver

That's the one for me! I just like the look of it. Also very handsome.

Menainon - New Orleans

Stunning! An Akragas crab is on my "to-do" list for the coming year.

PS- I've always liked Teos griffins, and that is the sharpest one I've seen.

I see we both bought octopus litrae this (oops- last) year. I wanted to do a side-by-side comparison. I'd say they're fairly close, though yours is a touch sharper. Yours (the face reminds me of the features of an old friend of mine, and several of his family members.) Mine (Arethusa has more kissable lips here, anyway. Or maybe she's pouting? LOL)

Admittedly, Byzantine is outside of my scope, though I will say I quite like the Christ portrait on #4 and #1 is just an overall cool looking coin. The Pisidia obol is cute. How can you not love a face like that, staring up at you from the mists of time? (In fact, you've got two faces to look at on that one!)

As did I. Those three seem to be in the majority. And yet it wasn't an easy choice, with such a scintillating selection to choose from.

The Internet was made for cat pictures and food pictures!

What this thread needs is a good cat picture to offset the doom & gloom. This is Lily (orange) and Elvis (B&W). They’re the two “Daddy’s cats”. Most of the other critters gravitate to Ladymarcovan, but these two have adopted me. Are you more of a dog person? Fine, here are Lucy (Australian shepherd) and Grace (dachshund). (We have four dogs and twelve cats.)

Enter on: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-108-pick-your-prize.409738/ Obviously, since the giveaway is hosted on another site, you'll need CoinTalk credentials to post an entry over there, but if you are unable to do so for whatever reason, you may post here and I will post an entry for you over there. Just let me know what your prize selection is (either by posting on CoinTalk or here). To pick your prize: Here is a direct link to the prize gallery. https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/21292/coins-giveaway-gallery If you would prefer a more valuable prize, you may opt instead for a $50 discount voucher towards anything in my For Sale gallery. (Free US shipping included.) Obviously, if you chose this option, you would owe me any remaining balance left after your $50 discount is applied. https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/10029/coins-for-sale

ArtDeco on Cointalk won the drawing and selected the Indian gold fanam. I will get another giveaway up soon. Happy New Year!

I have one from the Harptree Hoard myself. Mine is a bit darker than yours. I like the look of yours a little better, since it has hints of iridescence.

That's all the more amazing! 😲

A Judaea Capta! Wow! That one looks easily as nice if not slightly nicer than the one I had in my old Twelve Caesars collection, for which I paid somewhere in the mid-$200s, as I recall. That’s a sweet Saturnalia gift!

@LONGINUS - you consistently find the greatest old paintings to use in these presentations! I can only recall owning two coins of Commodus, neither of which was particularly impressive. The first was this denarius from my old 2007 novice collection. (The images, alas, were created with a flatbed scanner.) The second was this cheap sestertius: low grade, but appealing enough for a $10 coin.