Show Us Your Top 10 Coins Of 2019

My three favorites (all I have time to post for now) for 2019. I'll try to add more later!

1. Britain, Henry VIII penny, ca. 1530, Durham mint



2. France, Charles VII blanc a la couronne





3. Parthia, Vologases IV, Ecbatana mint

What a wide variety of coins have already been posted, and all quite beautiful. Such amazing detail too.

I can't post ten, but here are a few of my recent acquisitions. I like the Hadrian coin a lot, mainly because of the portrait, but it feels really nice in the hand.

Hadrian Æ As. 119-122 AD. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III S-C, Genius standing right, foot on globe, holding sceptre & cornucopia.

Salonina, diademed draped bust right on crescent, SALONINA AVG (Salonina Augustus) Reverse: Venus standing left, holding helmet left and transverse spear, leaning on shield right. PXV in exergue. Legend: VENVS AVG (Venus Augustus) I like the simplicity and quirky hair style.

Licinius I, AE follis of Siscia. IMP LIC-INIVS AVG, laureate head right / VICT dot LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding a shield inscribed VOT PR on an altar decorated with the letter I (Helv. 6e). Mintmark dot ASIS dot.

Gordian III AR Antoninianus, second series, 242-244 AD. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Antioch mint.

Diocletian, 284 - 305 A.D. Bronze antoninianus, obverse IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian holding parazonium, standing left receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter who is holding a spear, I in centre, X X I in exergue. Antioch mint.

If I have made a mistake in any of this, please let me know.

Thank you Bob L, the Hadrian is definitely my favourite.

Thank you for the welcome Paul (Palouche).

I live just outside of Dundee.

You started the thread with some really interesting coins, many I hadn't seen before, and other members have posted a wide variety of beautiful coins too. It gives us newbies the opportunity to see coins that we would not have known about previously. It certainly is in my case, and I hope it continues in the sane vein.

I have a few coins of Licinius and he appears to be quite an imposing figure. I haven't settled on a collection theme yet, and tend to buy coins that appeal to me individually.

Here are a couple of similar Licinius coins that I have, but with different Siscia mint marks.

1. Licinius I AE Follis. IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing half left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left, Δ to right. Mintmark SIS.

2. Licinius AE Follis. IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CON-SERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding victory and sceptre, eagle at foot with wreath in its beak, A to right. Mintmark dot SIS dot.

Nipper was a playful little monkey, but a bit of a fiend as well. She terrified a couple of the base engineers. After being naughty she would come and sit close to my chest, as she seemed to think I was her protector. I spent a lot of time walking around with her sitting on my shoulder.

Best regards, Jim

Can I offer just one oddity for the year: a British silver stater from around 50BCE - 50CE, i.e. before the Roman invasion.
It doesn't look much, but the interesting bit is that it's not in any reference books / collections:
- the obverse is the usual hair, wreath, cloak & crescent/hairpin on many staters
- the reverse is very unusual. British silver stater horses are always heavily disjointed, but not in this case.

On this one the horse is in the style of the Wiltshire Dobunni tribe, so I think it's a new type of stater from the West Country.

I'll probably spend the next 10 years trying to work it out.


[Second image is the common disjointed version - courtesy of oldcurrencyexchange.com]

Hi Jim......My mother and her family are from Aberdeen.....Thats still Scotland yeh?!

Nice couple of Lic I Follis....His was my first ever ancient coin so I'll always have a soft spot for this emperor......Really nice patinas too!....

......Nice place to be and take your time....

@richtea....Wow! Thats a nice looking coin.....Hmm....I've seen something similar recently give me a bit of time and I'll see if I can find it.....

Thanks for sharing guys!.....Paul

So I bought this coin of Seleukos Nikator Greek ruler this year. How is it?

Wow, great pickup. Artemis/bow and quiver. I wonder if yours may be a best of type.




Apparently there was a wide weight range for these - at least 2.71gm to 4.25gm based on documented specimens, apparently from the British Museum collection.