happy_collector

Nice addition, @filolif. Your Owl tetradrachm has a nice Athena portrait. 
Here are some pre-Classical Owls I picked up. My priority is on the Athena portrait, instead of the owl. 🙂 

Archaic:

Starr Group II and V-A (Transitional):

My top 5 for 2022 are: ROMA, CNG, Savoca, Nomos and Naumann. 🙂

12 hours ago, Deinomenid said:

@happy_collector those leaves are  usually described as bay/laurel (occasionally olive too where they  are  assumed to be an association with victory  in a given race).  No-one really knows and  Apollo is often hauled up whenever laurel is mentioned too 🙂

 

 

Thanks for the additional info, @Deinomenid. 

Nice snake biga, @ambr0zie. I like your complete biga, and Ceres is not off-flan. Congrats to your first purchase, and thanks for sharing. 🙂 

I think non-horse bigas are fun. It is one of my collecting themes. Here are my two RR snake bigas. 

19 minutes ago, Deinomenid said:

Dead one here hare here.

Sicily, Akragas, c. 420-410 BC. AR Hemidrachm
Hemidrachm (15mm, 1.66g, 12h). Eagle r., clutching hare in talons. R/ Crab; below, fish r. Cf. Westermark, Coinage, 554; SNG ANS 1010; HGC 2, 103-4. Porous, near VF

Nice coin, @Deinomenid. I picked up a similar hemidrachm last year. I like the designs on both sides of the coin. 🙂

Sicily, Agrigentum. AR Hemidrachm circa 420-410,
Obv: Eagle left, clutching hare in talons.
Rev. Crab; below, fish r.
Westermark,Coinage, 545. SNG ANS 1010.
16.00 mm, 2.03 g.

A nice one with cool design, @robinjojo. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if there is any symbolic meaning for the leaf under the chariot. Or it is just a mintmark. 

Impressive additions, @panzerman. My favorites are #1, 6 and 15. The 8-brother (#15) design is so special.  

Happy New Year, David. These are wonderful pickups. My favorites are the Titus brockage, Domitilla Sestertius and the Domitian denarius. 

Great selections, @akeady. Congrats on a fruitful year. Your Siculo-Punic tet and Julius Ceasar denarius are my favorites. 

Nice 2022 additions, @Gavin Richardson. My favorites are the Tanit, Probus and Nero. Good designs. Thanks for sharing. 

Very cool-looking left-facing Faustina coin, RC. Thanks for sharing. 

I don't have a Faustina with Pietas. Only one on Lucilla instead. 

Lucilla AD 164-169. Rome
Sestertius Æ
LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust right
PIETAS, S - C, Pietas standing left, holding acerrum and extending hand over lighted altar at feet to left.
31mm., 23,06g.
RIC III 1755 (Marcus Aurelius).

Nice additions! Great to see coins forming a series. Your coins #1, 3 and 7 are my favorites. 

A sestertius of the emperor. 

Nice additions, @Octavius. I like your Nero bronze, and the Trajan with Danube bridge. 

Great pickups, @Shea19. My favorites are your coins #1, 2 and 3.
I agree that the Hadrian portrait on your #3 is very nice. 🙂

I recently picked up a Roman provincial diassarion with Faustina Junior and snake biga design. It looks very similar to  @Roman Collector's example. The coin was last auctioned at Leu during December 2021. 🙂

It is great to have two of my favorite themes on one single coin. 😊

Great pickups, @Jeremy. Your Glycon coins and Ptolemy I tetradrachm are my favorites. 🙂

Nice selections. My favorites are the Titus and rhino semis. 

Nice additions, @Ursus. I like your man-bull coin and RR denarius. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

Wow! All stunning coins. Great additions! The 3 sisters sestertius, Maximian aureus with hydra, and Carthage Trihemistater are my personal favorites. 

Very nice selection of RR coins, Donna. Your #1, 4 and 5 are my favorites. 

Thanks for your detailed footnotes. Got to know more about the coins' backgrounds. 🙂

Nice selections and especially the various owls, @robinjojo. I find the Liyhan imitation owl a very interesting design. 🙂

7 hours ago, panzerman said:

Both your Greek and Roman top fives are top notch!!!!

My three choices would be #9 #6 and #2

The Eagle clutching the hare is hard to beat/ Europa/ Eagle with Bull on reverse is close second. The Aureus is beautifull.

Wishing You a Happy Christmas Holiday!

John

7 hours ago, panzerman said:

Forgot to add....

I hope you get your Lucilla Aureus in 2023! I only have the AR Denarius....

Many thanks, John. Your Lucilla denarius is very nice. Wishing you a great Christmas!  🙂

On 12/16/2022 at 6:38 PM, Simon said:

Nice collection. I am glad you're year went very well. 

On 12/18/2022 at 2:18 AM, Pavlos said:

Great pickups! Ofcourse wonderful gold Roman coins, but being fond of Greek coins the Athens tetradrachm is absolutely stunning, even with the testcut. The Gortyn stater is a win win with such clear details, they are often in quite bad condition and still go for high prices. A good year 🙂 

On 12/18/2022 at 4:19 AM, Spaniard said:

@happy_collector...No wonder you're a "happy collector"!..Beautiful selection..

Greek #7 super man-headed bull detail..

Roman #1 A stunner!

But the whole line up are very impressive!

2 hours ago, Hughie Dwyer said:

@happy_collector A great year!

My favourite half were your Romans - especially your gold acquisitions.

 

Many thanks! Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas! 🙂

Great additions, @Kaleun96. My favorites are your Starr V Owl tetradrachm and Paphos stater. 

Nice lifetime Alexander tetradrachms also. 🙂