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For me, Wikipedia is very helpful, for coins, ancient topics, and almost everything else in this universe. Often, I'll start typing something in the "Search Wikipedia" text box, and I'll be prompted with a list of helpful, relevant items. List of Roman emperors and Byzantine emperors : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_emperors Roman provincial coins : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_provincial_currency Byzantine coins : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_coinage Tetradrachm : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetradrachm Also, Youtube has some interesting videos, with people showing their ancient coins.

P.S. : I just re-read your post, and I noticed, that you sold "over 500 of" your ancient coins. Did you keep some of your ancient coins? How many did you keep? Do you have other categories of coins (medieval, world, US)?

Congratulations on still being alive. Are you doing better now? Well, you can always start again. For me, it seems like, half of the fun of coin collecting, is shopping for coins. However, it can be addicting, so I can understand, if you don't want to get started again.

Did you sell it?

This is a sad thread, but I like it. It makes me wonder, what happened to these coins. Are the coins lost forever? Perhaps we'll never know. Still, it's nice to see the coins, that otherwise, perhaps no one would ever see. This Antoninus Pius sestertius (145 AD to 161 AD, 29 mm diameter, 20.57 grams, RIC III 780, Cohen 753) never arrived. This loss still bothers me, sometimes. This John II tetarteron (1118 AD to 1143 AD, 17 mm diameter) never arrived. I received a sealed, undamaged envelope, with an invoice, but there was no coin in the envelope, as far as I know. There is a remote possibility, that I somehow lost the coin, when I opened the envelope, but that seems very unlikely. This Chinese Ban Liang (180 BC to 157 BC, 24 mm diameter, 2.41 grams) never arrived. I received the wrong coin instead. This loss bothered me, for a long time. It still bothers me, whenever I look at the seller photos, which is not very often. I'm a little bothered, right now. This Chinese Tang Dynasty coin (732 AD to 907 AD, 25 mm diameter, 3.64 grams) never arrived. I received the wrong coin instead. This Elagabalus antoninianus (219 AD to 220 AD, 22 mm diameter, 5.0 grams, RIC IV 129, BMCRE 155, RSC 243) never arrived. I received the wrong coin instead.

You're most welcome. All of my deep Abafil trays fit inside my standard "Diplomat 2" cases, and they fit inside my standard "Diplomat 7" cases. For example, a "Diplomat 2" case can hold 1 deep tray. Or, a "Diplomat 2" case can hold 2 regular depth trays stacked on top of each other. Do you order your Abafil products directly from the Italian web site Abafil.com? Or do you order from the US supplier at https://www.coin.com/cases/ ? I order from the US supplier, so I'm not as familiar with the Italian terminology for the cases. On the Italian web site, I think the "Diplomat 2" case is called the "Standard Minidiplomat" case, and the "Diplomat 7" case is called the "Standard Diplomat" case, but I'm not certain of that. It looks like your brown Abafil case with green velvet trays, probably is a "Diplomat 2" case, which Abafil.com calls a "Standard Minidiplomat" case, I think, but I'm not certain of that. The deep Abafil trays seem to have approximately the same thickness as 2 of the regular depth trays, but I'm not sure if that is exact. On Abafil.com, it looks like the deep trays are called "Dip Trays". I'm not very familiar with how snug the Abafil trays fit in the Diplomat 2 case, in the vertical direction. That is, I don't know, if you would need a piece of fabric laid on top of the trays, to ensure that the coins would stay in their compartments, if you were to carry the case around, holding the case vertically. I've been using the 1 compartment trays mostly, and I'm always careful to carry a case horizontally. Therefore, I don't know what happens, if one carries a case vertically, with a deep 24 compartment tray inside the case, or with 2 regular depth 24 compartment trays inside the case. By the way, the "Diplomat 7" case, seems to be a misnomer. The "Diplomat 7" case doesn't always seem to be able to hold 7 regular depth trays. At least, my "Diplomat 7" cases don't, not with my regular depth trays. Each of my "Diplomat 7" cases only seems to hold up to 6 regular depth trays. However, that doesn't bother me. Perhaps there is some variation, in the thickness of the regular depth trays. I don't know.

Hello @TheTrachyEnjoyer It's nice to see you again. I was rather unhappy, when you were banned from CT. No one seemed to know why. I figured, that it was probably something silly, and that's what it turned out to be, it sounds like. Are you aware of the Abafil deep trays? They come with 24 compartments, 15 compartments, 6 compartments, and 1 compartment. They are items 132, 133, 134, and 150 on the following web page, and they are lined with red velvet (not felt). https://www.coin.com/cases/ I have a 24 compartment deep tray, a 15 compartment deep tray, and a 6 compartment deep tray. I measured the depth of the 24 compartment deep tray, and it was approximately 14 millimeters deep. That was the height of the vertical dividers. The horizontal dividers are slightly taller. I'm using the 24 compartment deep tray, to store my "2nd string" thick coins and "2nd string" trachy coins. I'm storing all of my "1st string" coins, in 1-compartment regular depth (not deep) Abafil trays, with each tray in an Abafil Diplomat 2 case, with only 1 tray per case. But, I have a lot of regular depth 24 compartment trays, in case I ever decide that I prefer the 24 compartment trays. I use 1 tray for my ancient Greek coins, ancient Africa coins, ancient Middle East coins, and other ancient coins. I use 1 tray for my ancient Roman coins. I use 1 tray for my Byzantine coins. I use 1 tray for my ancient and medieval Chinese and Vietnamese coins. And, I use 1 tray for my Celtic, medieval, English, Spanish colonial, and US coins. Except for my Lincoln cent collection, which is in coin albums. So, at the moment, all of my "1st string" coins, except for my Lincoln cents, fit into 5 Abafil 1 compartment trays. Here are photos of my 24 compartment deep tray, with my "2nd string" Isaac II bronze trachy coin in it. The Isaac II bronze trachy has a maximum diameter of 27 millimeters (and a weight of 2.89 grams). And, here is a photo, of my "1st string" Byzantine coins, in a 1 compartment Abafil tray. And, here is a photo, of my Diplomat 2 cases, and my Diplomat 7 cases. I keep all of my extra Abafil trays, in the Diplomat 7 cases. And, here are photos of my "black cabinet", which is a Lighthouse case, with a single non-removable tray, of black felt and 12 large compartments. I probably have more than 1 fake, especially among my "2nd string" coins. But, I'm 99% sure that the Justinian I follis is a fake, and that's the only coin, that I'm so sure is a fake. The fake Justinian I follis has a maximum diameter of 45 mm (and a weight of 17.67 grams), so you can see how large the compartments are.