AncientNumis

I think I’ll stop posting completely there too - although I might take a look at some older posts as they do contain some great information. Hopefully I’ll be able to be active here most of the time. 

19 hours ago, Ryro said:

Trays are tre bien:

 

 

But cabinets are classy:

They're easy and fun to make! I did a how to on another forum. 

I saw that post on CT! Wow your cabinet is awesome, personally it’s my favourite of all these storage methods in this thread and it’s wonderful that you made it yourself 😄 

16 hours ago, noname said:

I move my coins around a lot, storage wise, but currently, I have most of my better coins (about 300-350 ish) in my Zecchi coin cabinet, and my two Abafil cases.

I store another 150 ish in Saflips, which I keep in rectangular boxes, and I have a few hundred very low end ancients, mostly lrbs, that I keep in bags and boxes 

I store the core of my Roman imperial collection+coins i'm actively trying to sell (trays 8&9) in my cabinet, my better/more interesting ants in my Miidiplomat, and my better/more interesting Greeks&miscellanious ancients in my minibring

I do have a large amount of ancient and medieval Chinese cash coins (nothing rare/valuable) that I store in a box

For the rest of my collection I store mostly in saflips

Wow! Never knew you had so many coins - great to see all of them. Looks super nice in those trays too! 

2 hours ago, Roman Collector said:

I simply have too many coins for trays. I keep them in Saflips, pocket pages, and three-ring binders.

I’m beginning to find this too as I buy group lots and stuff - but sadly SAflips are much more expensive in the UK than the US unless you buy lots of them to make up for shipping costs. 

12 minutes ago, Mat said:

Same, I do like how much more modern the board looks wise.

And welcome Mat! Glad to see you were able to join as well 😄. This forum is looking amazing in terms of wonderful collector members! 

1 hour ago, Ancient Coin Hunter said:

Looks like an Exodus from elsewhere on the Web.

Well then, let me say "Hello World!"

 

 

Welcome! Hope you like it here 🙂 

18 hours ago, Troyden said:

One of my favorites from the period.

1792 "five sols" coin (?) or token minted by private company Freres Monneron using a steam mill. Entrepreneurial brothers exploited a loophole in French laws which briefly allowed private interests to mint coinage.

The Monnerons made these tokens in huge numbers and they were actually widely used as tender because of combination of coinage shortage, obvious artistic quality and political considerations (the king's effigy is notably tiny which made it more desirable in then-current political climate). The loophole was quickly fixed by the French legislature which forced the Monneron tokens out of circulation. Not that it changed much because the Monnerons were already out of business by then.

 

Really nice! I have a 1791 Monneron Freres token, but it's nowhere near as nice as yours 🙂

Hi all! So, I know there's a thread for posting your latest coin purchases, but how about one for coin books? Here you can post when you get a new coin book you like 🙂 

I'll start off. 

Firstly, I got this super nice big book (in French) about carved gems and Roman Republican coins featuring all sorts of animals. It has some wonderful close-ups and lots of info (plus I like to collect animal coins) so probably my favourite addition to my numismatic library so far. 

The second one is a reprint of an old catalogue from the late 19th Century. I got it as a gift from a family member because they know I collect ancients. It's not really related to what I collect or anything, and is just descriptions, but it's still cool! 

So yeah, share your most recent coin books you've bought 😄 

3 hours ago, robinjojo said:

I am really looking forward participating in this forum. 

Over the next day or two I'll photograph some new additions to the collection.

Welcome! Looking forward to seeing what you post 🙂

42 minutes ago, Spaniard said:

I changed my storage system (trays) into a display system a while back...

This is an old photo and the cabinet is pretty full now..

Really like this! Those look like some cool artefacts or something at the bottom too - what are they?

1 hour ago, Pantoffel said:

Im using Abafil trays. I have 3 of these now. Compact and of nice quality. 

 

Edit: With medium and small trays. For denarius and tetradrachms. 

Oooh lovely! Maybe one day if I have the chance to get some really nice tetradrachms - I might get some of these. They look sooooo nice, and I imagine they're super well made. 

2 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Trays for me too! I've posted plenty of photos of them over on CT. None of those fancy Abafil trays! I use Lindner and Lighthouse (= Leuchtturm), which come in transparent plastic sleeves that are interchangeably stackable, so one can mix trays from the two companies. So you can have a giant stack of trays like this one, in a relatively small amount of space at the bottom of a closet:

And then there are the trays I keep out on display where I can see them:

 

That's a big stack of trays for sure! I love that feature of them - and for my collection they're good enough quality. 

13 minutes ago, jdmKY said:

Imperatorial Toning

WOW! This thread is full of such beautiful toned coins. I looooooove your second last one - think the rainbow toning works very well - but I think all are great 🙂 

1 hour ago, Ryro said:

These soon to be ex Ryro coins will be flying off the shelf (or should I say, out of my coin cabinet) starting this Sunday at 6pm EST.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/rpslc11

I've got Roman Republic, Emperors galore, Greek archaic/Classical/Hellenistic, Celtic, Barbarian, world, weights and on and on. Check em out!

If you see anything you like but have questions please reach out. 

A few items currently up for sale:

You like ancient coins. Here's a coin showing us the implements used to make em!

An always popular anonymous with a cool old cabinet toning and wear so honest it'll show you its internet search history:

 

Excellent profile of the most famous woman throughout all of history (insert Oprah coin here), side piece and mother of children to BOTH Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, last Egyptian Pharoah and end of the Ptolemaic line, Cleopatra VII!

What a Croc... and a half!

Just give him back his damn legions, Varus!!!

Hadrian feeling sexy, might delete later:

You like Flavians? You like beautiful toning??

 

For more fans of saweet toning and maniacs like Commodus:

How about the toning on this Caracalla that's as dark as the psychos soul?!

Short lived legendary Emperor, Pertinax. Too bad he was cheaper to the Praetorian Guard then Capone was too the IRS:

Speaking of short, everyone loves Napoleon!

 

Say what???, an Macedonian shield coin straight outtathe greatest MSC collection this side is the British Museum and of the last great king of Macedon, Perseus great great grandson of Antigonos Monophthalmus:

 

And for the gore whores, out there😈

How about a severed head of an infidel:

Got Proto dough???

Plus, much more!

Thanks for looking😀

Looks interesting! Will check out 🙂 

5 hours ago, John060167 said:

Hey, I am John. Saw this is a new “alternative” to cointalk, and since I have been trying to join there forever but never could, well they can just suck it then!

 

Anyway, Id like to share a new pickup…I picked up an upgrade to my only coin of Claudius, which is a bronze as. The upgrade is a Claudius denarius!

 

Claudius in denarii is tough to get, alongside Caligula… so I was pretty stoked when I somehow managed to get a dealer selling this coin to discount about 40% of his ask! (Sometimes its just worth to ask for a discount lol)

 

Anyhow, here is some info on the coin:

 

Roman Imperial:

Claudius (r.41-54)

AR denarius, 17mm, 3.35g

struck 46-47, Rome mint.

RIC I 41

Obv:TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, laureate head of Claudius right.

Rev: SPQR PP OB CS, legend in three lines surrounded by oak wreath.

 

About the coin itself, it is not perfect but it is still in pretty nice shape overall! Well struck and centered, decent grade, good weight and solid silver (a lot of Claudius denarii from this era tend to be fourrees as they were made in high numbers in Britain during Claudius’ invasion, so keep that in mind. They tend to be too underweight compared to genuine silver examples, often under 3g, sometimes a bit over. You can also see base metal exposure often too. ) The main issue with this coin is it has some pitting and a flan flaw on the obv but besides that it is pretty nice!

For those wondering what the SPQR PP OBCS thing means; it stands for Senatus Populus Que Romanus Pater Patriae Ob Civis Servatos, meaning: From the senate and the roman people to the father of the nation, savior of the people. It is apparently thanking him for saving the lives of roman citizens, similarly to how Augustus was given the same thanks years before. This is because after Caligula’s assasination, the Roman Empire could have been embroiled in internal conflict figuring out what to do next, who should have been the next princeps, even what form of government should replace the princeps, etc. that is until the praetorians presented Claudius as their guy. 

Claudius had some physical disabilities and was never taken seriously by his family, hence why he survived the various persecutions of both Tiberius and Caligula. Nobody ever figured he would take the imperial purple for himself, so he was never seen as a threat. When the Praetorians were looking for a replacement for Caligula, they saw Claudius as the perfect man since they figured they could make him their puppet. However Claudius turned out to be much more competent than people imagined, he did a lot during his time as emperor participating in court cases and making various decrees often and even successfully invaded Britannia, something Caesar 100 years before did not even succcessfully do! Overall I have great respect for Claudius as he is like an underdog who everyone grossly underestimated due to his disabilities, but turned out to be pretty competent, arguably just behind Augustus himself!

 

Do you have any denarii of Claudius, or any julio claudians for that matter?

 

Cheers!

John!!! That's a lovely coin (think I saw it on the discord 🙂) So so glad to see you here, and really happy you could join. Wow there are more and more great new members here every day 😄 

So, I know there were a lot of threads like this back on CT. But I couldn't find any here yet and I thought it would be fun to start one as it might be fun. 

I'm a real tray guy - I love 'em. You can easily see coins, and it's super easy to handle them (that's the best bit of the hobby imo - especially ancients 😄) For my favourite modern coins, they go in cheap trays, and my ancients (plus medieval + gold) have some nicer stackable Lighthouse ones (plan to get more of these in the future). A lot of my 'bulk' coins like old pennies will just go in boxes, though. 

How do YOU store your coins? Also, feel free to ask questions about storing coins and related stuff here - let's make this a great thread for beginners too if they're looking for ideas! Look forward to seeing how you all take care of them! 🙂 

Ok - I don't have many toned coins but here's a Trajan close up with the beginning of some lovely red! As it's Trajan (very military emperor), I almost think of this as 'blood' like 😂 I'll check my collection, and see if I can come up with other fun toned pieces to contribute.

21 minutes ago, Leo said:

Hello everyone! New video up. This time we're taking a look at the silver Siliqua, an unusual silver denomination in a time where the two dominant forces on the roman economic system were low-grade billon and gold.

Remember to share your Siliquae!, like, comment and subscribe so the channel gets a boost 🙂

Link to Video, dont know how to Embbed it here yet

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Yay! Every day you post a new video is a great one 😄 

Watching it right now - and It seems great like every single one of your videos! Don't have even a Siliqua yet, as I don't have many late Roman coins but this is making it super appealing to me. 
 

Thank YOU Leo, don't know what I'd do without your informative and super high quality videos, can't stress enough how much I love 'em 🙂 

2 minutes ago, CPK said:

Nice coin! I was hoping it was a "D". 😉

Now THAT would be great for @Paddy54 🤣!

1 hour ago, Troyden said:

This is something distinctively WW1-related.

A 10-pfennig 1917 coin of "Kingdom of Poland" a German puppet state formed in latest 1916 after Germany and Austria-Hungary occupied the entirety of former Congress Poland. The state was intended as a source of manpower and part of the so-called "Mittle Europa" - a project of small Germany-aligned puppet states in Central and Eastern Europe. The state wasn't success to say the least. It was difficult to find Poles willing to cooperate for various reasons ranging from doubts in German victory, outrage at plunder by the occupying forces and up to obvious favoritism given to Lithuanians and Ukrainians regarding competing territorial claims.

The coin in question reflects the reality of the era. It's denomination in pfennig (substraction of "Polish mark") was alien to Polish tradition and betrays the foreign origin. It was minted in massive, inflationary quantities making even well preserved specimens affordable today. At the same time it was made from cheap base metals, which causes the coin to rust! I'm not kidding. My first specimen literally rusted after it spent brief time in damp air.

On the other hand, the coin stands out as part of the very first distinctively Polish coinage since mid 19th century, when Russia clamped down on the last remnants of Congress Poland's autonomy.

 

That is very interesting! If I happen to write another little article about WW1 coins, it might be fun for me to take a look at these coins.

1 minute ago, CPK said:

That is such a fascinating story! And the coin happens to be really nice too. With that history, no wonder it is special to you! 

I don't suppose you know what the other two coins were?

That was what I was thinking of asking too! Sure would be cool.

You seem to have a loooooooot of WW1 themed coins @Paddy54! Really nice

1 hour ago, Alegandron said:

I wonder if this would be considered a Half-Siglos.  I understand that Sigloi Fractionals are harder to get.

Here is my Quarter Sigloi:

Persia Achaemenid Type IV dagger quiver running Darius I to Xerxes II 455-420 BCE AR QUARTER-Siglos 1.35g 8mm Incuse rev

 

1/32nd Sigloi

Persia Achaemenid Empire Darius I 510-486 BC AR 0.11g 5mm 1/32nd Siglos Persian hero-king in running incuse Klein 758 Rare

Super fun coins! Love your fractional sigloi.
I think mine is the same diameter and shape as a regular siglos, just that it's super porous. I'm still not completely sure how it happens to that extent, but I've been told it's probably just something to do with a lower silver purity and the production of them?

@QcumborWoah - that has to be one of the greatest stories behind an ancient coin! Sooooooo cool that he managed to find them while in the war - and it is indeed a super fascinating type. 

2 minutes ago, ambr0zie said:

Your coin seems in exceptional condition and very well struck.

Here are 2 of mine (that cannot be compared) but the small one is very interesting - being a barbarous imitation.

Sadly I did overpay a lot for mine - it was one of my first ancients - but I still get enjoyment out of it! 
Yours are fun too - and I love your barbarous imitation. I quite like barbarous LRBs (because they can be so affordable) and so have a few of them, think I have the other Roma commem type but I'll check if I've got this one.