lordmarcovan

@John Conduitt- cool hoard pedigrees! @Salomons Cat- great looking stuff! Your Claudius and Nero (tet) particularly leapt off the page at me, and honorable mention to the Judaea Capta.

Show your own virtual trays of the 12 Caesars, if you've got 'em!

This is my second time doing the Twelve Caesars. I'm up to eight of the twelve as of this posting, so 2/3 of the way done. My main criteria are a nice portrait and decent eye appeal. The last time I did the Twelve, a decade ago, I was on a much smaller budget. Here we go... Julius Caesar: needed; want a lifetime portrait coin. Augustus: AR cistophorus of Ephesus. Tiberius: AR denarius ("Tribute Penny"). Caligula: needed; will probably go with a VESTA As. Claudius: AE sestertius. Going back to NGC for reimaging and reholdering (for pix without those pesky prongs). Nero: AV aureus. Galba: needed; not sure what type I'll go for yet. Otho: AR denarius; recent CNG win, off to NGC soon. Vitellius: needed; will likely go with a denarius. Vespasian: AR denarius; yes, it's a posthumous issue struck under Titus, but I love this coin (I have a thing for capricorns). Titus: AV aureus; recent purchase from Palmyra Heritage Galleries. Will go back to NGC for reimaging and reholdering. Domitian: AR denarius; as Caesar under Titus. A recent purchase from Apollo Numismatics. Will go off to NGC soon.

@thenickelguy - your Geta mailed yesterday, September 5th.

Handsome piece!

You’re entered!

Did you need me to post an entry for you? If so, I'll need to hear that. Most folks will enter for themselves over there, but if I remember correctly, you didn't have working CoinTalk credentials, right?

Pretty one, too.

Free hammered gold, anyone? 😉 Enter on: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-100-two-small-gold-coins.407426/ If you cannot or do not wish to enter for yourself on CoinTalk, just let me know here, and I will post an entry for you over there. Don't forget that for this contest you must declare whether or not you have ever owned a gold coin before. If you're a "have", you get one entry in the drawings. If you're a "have not", you get two entries. Good luck! 🙂

Looks like a fun lot!

I thoroughly enjoyed The Coin Atlas when it first came out.

That Gordy 3 just above is sharp! Mount Argaeus coins are cool.

This as from my 2007 novice collection is the only Germanicus I've ever owned.

You’re in! 🙂

PS- I know there are some of you who won't want to go back over to CoinTalk, and that's fine- simply post a contest entry here, if you want. Just tell me which prize you like and a word or two about why you like it, and I'll post the entry for you over there on CT.

Random drawing on or shortly after September 1, 2023. Enter on: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-97-pick-your-prize.406925/ Obviously, since the giveaway is hosted on another site, you'll need CoinTalk credentials to post an entry over there, but if you are unable to do so for whatever reason, you may post here and I will post an entry for you over there. Don't forget to include your prize choice.

I love it when people pick favorites. That Draped Bust dollar is not coincidentally the most expensive coin in the collection. I had to pay a stiff premium for it.

It's fun the second time around! I know a bit more than I did ten years ago when I did it the first time (though I'd still call myself semi-novice), and I've got a rather larger budget than before. I did it the first time around with a budgetary ceiling of $500/coin. That made Otho and Caligula challenging, but I even got a Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius within that budget. Wouldn't be so easy to do that now.

Well, if you'll forgive an eight-month belated reply, here are bigger pictures of it.

Thanks for looking, and I welcome commentary and questions. 🙂 https://www.colleconline.com/en/collection-items/20286/coins-the-eclectic-hundred I posted this mixed collection in World Coins, since that seems the best overall category and there isn't a general uncategorized "Coin Chat" forum like there is on CoinTalk. But as you will see, the collection consists of Ancient, Medieval, World, and United States material.

Here's my J the A... I liked the 1887 hoard pedigree.

Looks nicely silvered, too?

Thanks, y’all. I like the type, and could see myself having picked the elephant even if it was on a silver denarius. Having it on a gold aureus is all the better, though much more expensive, of course.

Just added my Titus, too, so that's eight of the twelve. Need JC, Caligula, Galba, and Vitellius now. (They won't be aureii.)

So here's the latest addition to my new Twelve Caesars pursuit (eight down, four to go- and now two of the twelve in gold!) Who can tell me how this issue related to the opening of the Colosseum? I found that note on the slab label of interest. Truth be told, they had me at "elephant".