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59 minutes ago, Limes said:

Hi everyone,

I was wondering what was happening at CT. Little activity going on there, although I admit I have not been active very much either, lately. Thanks to Ryro, who sent me the link to this place, the first mystery is solved! This place is absolutely buzzing with activity, I like it! Kudo's to Restitutor who, if I'm correct, started this forum? I just finished registration, and will update my profile later. 

About the inactivity from my part; well, the last couple of months have been very busy. On February 1st, our daughter was born (child no. 3)! I thought that the birth of child no. 3 was less special so to say, but I was wrong. I can't describe (especially not in english) how special she is, and how much we love her. And to see the interaction between her older sister and brother, who are very happy with her, is really heaven on earth. Oh, and did I mention I started a education last November? What was i thinking..... busy times, less time for the hobby. But every now and then, when the kids are sleeping, and I have a moment to spare, I browse some auctions, or CT or the facebook group, and try to make a post or a reply. And now this forum too...!

The real reason for this thread, is this. To celebrate the birth of our daughter, I caught my first aureus. The reason I got this one, is because of the reverse. (And I could not afford other appropriate reverses or higher grades ones). Despite the scratches, wear, and so on, it's a coin I will cherish the rest of my life.

Coin-cidentally (haha, I used this word deliberately, thank you google translate!) my wife and I took a day off a few weeks ago, and visited a museum here in Holland with the baby. The ladies did not enjoy it that much, but there was a display going on that I just had to see. It was about Domitian, and according to the brochure the question was whether or not he really was a 'bad' emperor. I added some photo's of the display. The story goes that his relationship with the Senate was horrible, which led to his downfall. His policies however paved the road for the new line of emperors to emerge and usher in the most prosperous era of the roman empire: the time of the adoptive emperors. Not quite sure if this is new info, I don't think so, but the display was really well put up and the stuff on display was amazing, including a lot of coins. 

We were welcomed by the man himself, with a appropriate dagger... I dont think this was the dagger 😉

Busted head of Galba, with some coins on display next to the statue. The show started with the youth of Domitian, which included a 3d short clip of the house he grew up in. Next was the rise of Flavian dynasty (and the civil war in 68/69 AD) and Domitian eventually came to power. 

As emperor, he loved poetry, arts and building stuff. On this rather vague fresco, you can see building projects going on in Rome. Charts are driving, you can see cranes, workers, and so on. According to the description, people actually complained about sleep shortage, because a lot of building material was driven around at night. During the day, the streets were  too crowed. I really enjoyed looking at it. It makes the city really come alive. 

But it wasn't all poetry and building things and so, there was some fighting going on as well. This mask of a roman cavalry man (or some other officer, I forgot...) was found in Germany. Below you can see the sestertius of the heroic emperor on a horse, thrusting his spear into a barbarian. On one the reverses of two aureii, you can see a mourning Germania.

In the end he was killed, the Senate truly hated him. This was really interesting, a damnatio memoriae in effect, on a coin. They showed another complete specimen, next to it: 

So, that concludes the coin and the short museum tour. I will enjoy reading the posts on this forum, and I hope in the near future, I will have more time to post. 

All the best! 
Limes (Martijn) 

 

Great write up and congrats on the coin! 

Was it the exhibition at Museum van Oudheden you went to? Believe i saw some advertising on it. 

This is the one i have from Diadumenian en Macrinus from Markianopolis (seller pic).

2 hours ago, Qcumbor said:

Abafil trays all the way for the main collections

 

Q

Those are some beautiful coins! 

Those are some nice portraits! From the both of you. 

Ive recently bought these two. Still waiting on one to arrive. Been a joy reading. 
Bought them because i have two of the coins coming in from the books 🙂. 

Great write up as usual @TheTrachyEnjoyer 🙂 

15 minutes ago, AncientNumis said:

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. 

They are really nicely made! And you have many options on their site. Small, big, medium, color. Bit pricey but imo worth it. 

On 5/27/2022 at 12:53 AM, JeandAcre said:

Thanks for starting this thread, @Spaniard, and tha's a Terrific Khusro I!  And may I second you on @Alegandron's Ardashir II?  That kicks something or other all over the block.  

You said, 'pile 'em on,' so here are all the ones I have pics of, with nothing but names and regnal dates.  Profound thanks are owed to Darius590 from CT for his sage advice on getting these.  ...As a really solid introduction to the history, I can recommend Daryaee's Sasanian Persia: The RIse and Fall of an Empire.  For my own convenience (why lie?), I'm using his orthography for the emperors.

Hormizd II, 302-309 CE.

Yazdgird I, 399-420.

Wahram V, 420-438.

Peroz, 459-484.

Hormizd IV, 579-590.

...And I need this one for the way the crudeness of the engraving evokes the fact that he was a usurper:

Wahram VI, 590-591.

 

What a nice collection! 😄

3 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

Abafil is nice…be warned, scyphate coins may not fit 😟

Deff true..they are pretyy snug fit. Cant buy scyphate coins 😞

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. 

Obverse: Bust left of Minerva wearing crested helmet, RVLLI behind
Reverse: Victory in biga right; in right field, "P", P SERVILI M F in exergue
21,50 mm, 3,94 g, Crawford 328/1

Since i am kind of a Caracalla nerd. Here is an old groupshot (+ 2 Geta's). Ive added a second tetradrachm in the meanwhile. 

43 minutes ago, TheTrachyEnjoyer said:

Mine comes from a meme format.

 

 

 

I took the man on the right and cut out his image lol

I then surrounded him with coins from my collection 

It has been updated along with more recent wins

We have a winner. Cant beat this hehe.,

Great drawing! 🙂

Mine is one from the Alexander period. Im really into the Alexander/Macedon coinage. Plus this was also one of my bigger purchases. 

 

My latest one. Still waiting on its arrival. 

Tetradrachme First Meris, 158/150 v. Chr. 16.68 g. Prokopov 422.

One of my shields 🙂 

I have a small collection of these coins. Not the best photo. Old one in some old trays. 

Nice coins being posted here! 😄

Great to be here! 🙂 

Bunch of nice coins being posted in this thread, great! 

My most recent one! Not my own photo but from the auction house. Has a nice toning in hand.