"100+/- Greatest Ancient Coins" of Cointalk

I thought it would be fun to post our own "100 Greatest Ancient Coins." I know it's hard to pick one coin as your favorite from your collection, so maybe post the top 3?

 

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I was gona let someone else start

 

I narrowed it down to my top 16 ... I'll try harder to get to a handful of favourites (it is a very difficult task)

=> and kinda like picking my "favourite song", it will most likely vary depending upon what mood I'm in, ya know?

EDIT => After a bit of thought/sacrifice, I've narrowed it down to "9" finalists ... I think I'm gonna aim for half a dozen?

 

Okay, I forced myself to pick "5" of my "current" favourites:

1 - Constantius I (AE29 Follis)


2 - Caracalla (AR Antoninianus)


3 - Syracuse Heiron I (AR Tetradrachm)


4 - Otacilia Severa (AE Sestertius)


5 - PAN & Athena (AR Tetradrachm)

 

Beautiful cons! I'm down for making it top 5

 

Decided to take a break from posting my AEs It was tough picking 5. They are not posted n any order.



Octavian, Triumvir and Imperator, Augustus 16 January 27 B.C. - 19 August 14 A.D

Silver denarius, Fair, rough, Italian (Rome?) mint, weight 3.495g, maximum diameter 18.5mm, die axis 270o, c. 29 - 27 B.C.; obverse IMP CAESAR, Octavian, holding olive branch, driving triumphal quadriga right; reverse Victory standing right on prow, wreath in right, palm over shoulder in left
RIC 264, RSC 155 - RSC 115?, sear5 1555 ex Forvm

"This coin commemorates Octavian's victory at Actium and his triumph. The silver for this issue may have come from the Ptolemaic treasury"



Philip I AR Antoninianus. Antioch? mint, 244 AD. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG, radiate, draped & cuirassed bust right, PM below bust / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing right, holding spear & resting hand on shield. RIC 74, RSC 245
21mm, 3.9gms


Otacilia Severa, Augusta February or March 244 - September or October 249 A.D.
Silver antoninianus, SRCV III 9158, RIC IV 130, RSC IV 43, Choice gVF, 4.523g, 23.0mm, 180o, Rome mint, 247 A.D.; obverse OTACIL SEVERA AVG, draped bust right set on crescent; reverse PIETAS AVGVSTAE, Pietas, veiled, standing left, extending right, box of incense in left; full circles strike, bold portrait.


Caracalla AR Antoninianus.
216 AD. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, radiate draped bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P, Serapis, modius on head, standing left, raising right hand & holding sceptre.
Size: 22.5mm Weight: 5.3 grams
RSC 349b. RIC 280b BMC 165. Hill (1964) 1573.


Alexander III AR Tetradrachm. ‘Amphipolis’ mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; shield in left field, pellet-in-Π below throne.

Price 136; Troxell, Studies, issue L8.

 

i dream off having coins that look like this in my collection

 

hmmmmmmm...can't pick...here's the 3 coins i shelled out the most cash for....don't know if that makes 'em great or not...but they had the greatest impact on my wallet i suppose. ​

1. justinian i follis





2. sep serv denarius







3. sassanid drachm

 

Great lookin' coins, fellas!!

 

I would like to show my 3 favorites:

1. Siculo-Punic AE 17


2. Kushanshah Hormizd I


3. Nero Sestertius

 

Too many to pick from. I love all my coins. But, if I must, these are perhaps the top five according to my mood today:

1. Amisos, Pontos



2. JULIUS CAESAR



3. MARK ANTONIUS



4. CALIGULA



5. NERO (CLAUDIUS REVERSE)

 

One I wished I had bought when it very briefly appeared on VCoins.com:

 

Let me get back to you on this one.

 

This is completely unfair. To choose only 5 is harsh, cruel and unnecessary punishment.

As a Probus and Septimius Severus collector I needed at least one of each of these. I needed a Papius Gryphon. That only leaves me two spots for my Greeks!

Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 B.C., Tetradrachm, Svoronos 1489



Kyme, Aeolis, AR Tetradrachm, 165 - 140 B.C.



L Papius Denarius Serratus, Papia 1, Sym. var. RRC -



Septimius Severus denarius - RIC 494a corr. (very rare obverse legend variety)



Probus - RIC 064 - Bust Type G (Lugdunum) (IIII)

 

I have good-sized group of what I think of as my "favorites", but these are the ones that I really like:

Vespasian AR denarius (my first denarius):


Libius Severus, wih Ricimer's monogram on the reverse, AE4



Anastasius I AV tremissis:


City of Ravenna, Ostrogothic Kingdom, AE Decanummium


King Theodahad of the Ostrogoths, AE Decanummium


Visigothic nummus, mid 7th century AD



I tried to keep it at five, but it didn't work, apparently

 

Great picks all, very awesome coins!

 

A couple other members posted six, so I'll post six of mine here. These aren't my six most expensive, and it's difficult to say which coins of mine are my favorites, but I think they add some diversity to the ones posted already:

Antoninus Pius aureus


Agathokles tetradrachm (scottishmoney: this should cover your request from the coin you mentioned earlier in the thread):


Euainetos dekadrachm:


Alexander the Great Distater:


Mytilene hekte:


Circus Maximus denarius:

 

Wow => great coins, comrades!!



Hey Jango => I saw that ya snuck-in "6" coins, eh? (well played, brother ... sneaky, but very well played)

 

AncientJoe => once again, you've sent-in the nukes to clean-up and finish the fight!!




Outstanding coins, gang ... please keep 'em comin' (man, I never get enough of peekin' at other people's coins!!) ... great effort so far!!