Amarmur

I recently acquired a portrait coin of Julius Caesar. It's a posthumous type with young Octavian from Macedonia. It's a nice coin in great shape but still not a lifetime piece. Well it's still pretty cool and it has a great counter mark of a Capricorn.

Mercury is packing heat but as impressive as the other dongs shown

Elagabalus was also famously misbehaved

Here an AS from 192 AD. He dressed up as Hercules. He was a great archer and murdered many animals for no good reason

A few contenders that didn't make the top 10 1. Man headed bull coin of 3rd century Greece. Acarnanian confederecy. Very cool and unusual coin 2. Bar Kokhba revolt coin. Very historic and nice coin love the obverse detail. 3. Tryphon bronze. Fairly common but I like the condition and artistry is a tad pricier in this condition.

My top coins of 2023 1. Nero Dupondius 65 AD Roma reverse. Beautiful condition 2. Marcus Aurelius Victory in Parthia denarius 166 AD 3. Philip III Danube imitation very original look to it very unique 4. Juba I of Numidia denarius. Very rare and was very cheap on eBay 5. Tacitus 275-276 AD I just like the condition it's in superb in AU 6. Philip the Arab Stag Secular Games issue 247 AD nice piece in a high grade 7. Aksum coin 375-400 AD was bought in a group lot. Very rare and pretty coin with gilding leftover 8. Urbus Roma a nice higher grade one in XF a fairly common popular one 9. Kings of Lydia 1/24 Stater. One of the oldest coins in the world. Tiny and well detailed. 564-550 BC 10. Trajan Sestertius bridge over the Danube. Well worn but an expensive coin even in this grade. The most important and longest bridge in antiquity. These are the coins I got the most enjoyment out of this year. Some are not necessarily valuable but they are interesting and hold value to me.

Philip II AE Macedon horse Alexander the Great horse and my absolute favorite abstract Celtic horse on a unknown tribe Celtic coin

To console you. I didn't realize my Caligula had surface issues when buying it. It is still my favorite coin in my ancient coin collection because of the strong VF/XF details and portrait. A nice portrait of Caligula is hard to get so if the nick wasn't there on your coin it would be like a $600-$700 coin in that shape.

Wonderful. The portrait is great and it's gold. Can't go wrong with this example.

My last coin purchase of this year Bar Kokhba revolt middle bronze year 3 I believe. The coin of final Judaean revolt Very cool piece

Weight of the Flavian bronze 6.89 grams Weight of the Trajan AS 11.2 grams

Picked these up as unknown ancients quite low grade but the Vespasian or Domitian left facing quadrans coin intrigued me. The reverse of the Trajan AS is a seated godddess most likely Fortuna but I'm not sure. Any ideas on these?

Went to a coin show and picked up a few ancients and 1 medieval coin. 1. I think its an AE from Ionia i need to clean the verdigris off because it is quite the stunner. Any recommendations for cleaning it without destroying it? 2. 1st century AS most likely Augustus with Claudius countermark and another countermark I can't make out. 3. Medieval coin no clue appears Scandinavian 4. Byzantine Follis Romanos IV Diogenes overstruck? Thank you for your help!

Late to the party but I have a Judea Capta of Vespasian in tough shape I used the sellers pic (they are expensive). Probably the most iconic Vespasian coins are the Judea Capta themed ones.

Wonderful Nero's everyone. I think Roman art during the 1st century really peaked and the coins from this era are some of my favorites. Hopefully I can add to my growing Nero collection (Temple of Janus As, Denarius with Jupiter, the Dupondius with Roma, Alexandria tetradrachm with Tiberius, Syria Tetradrachm with Eagle, Phrygia AE with Athena) and get a nice imperial victory reverse and port of ostia one (are they even available under $500?) Happy Thanksgiving!

That port of Ostia coin is incredible how much does that type typically go for?

Gotta love those wings on victory

I saw this and I was awe struck on the level of detail this bronze Dupondius has. I bought it today for $50. I really didn't need another Nero but this totally was worth the price plus I enjoyed the Roma reverse. Post the nicest Nero in your collection. Denarii are nice but a quality bronze/brass is like gold

Very nice, I read somewhere that during the reign of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius the Roman Egypt coins peaked in artistry. Nero also famous for a great bunch of reverses.

I really started enjoying Roman Egypt coins for their style and unique take on Ancient Egyptian culture. Here are a few I like Nilus, Isis headdress, depiction of Messalina (Not Egyptian themed just she is only depicted on provincials). Share your Roman egypt coins or recommend some ones that are "significant" in your opinion.

Mercury please put some pants on

Mine has dark toning. It has vesta on the reverse. Not terrible, it resembles him so it works for me.

I just acquired an Otho for an amazing price. It isn't my dream coin but it is certainly the second most valuable coin in the 12 Caesars set. Now I need a Galba and a Julius to finish the 12 Caesars! The portrait is decent the reverse is kinda tough.

May Salus be with you. I wish you a speedy recovery.