My First Ancients of 2023 and My First Ancients of 2005.

[LONGINUS]

 

I’m happy to add four Domitian portrait coins to my Judaean collection.

 

 

Each time I purchase coins from Judaea, I have fun updating my collection poster.

 

 

In 2005 I purchased my first ancient coins after seeing an advertisement for them in the back of a history magazine.

Anyway, this boxed collection is what started it all. From there I started collecting prutot in bulk.

 

 

Here are some of my first collection posters.

 

 

Please feel free to share your favorite coins from the time you started collecting. And/or etcetera.

 

 

Edited January 25, 2023 by LONGINUS

[AETHER]

Fantastic presentation. Grats on a new one.

[Bailathacl]

An aspirational way to present one’s collection. Great work. 

Edited January 25, 2023 by Bailathacl
Stupid spellcheck correction

[Nerosmyfavorite68]

I echo the sentiments.

My first two ancients were junk boxers from a local coin shop. Some years later, I picked up a few from a decrepit flea market.  Soon after, my dad started purchasing some from a local coin shop (and the tags were very much like the ones in the Pickering thread - a mystery).  My early coins are pretty much all unphotographed.

Here's a lousy attempt from one of my coin photography tries:  This one was from May of '94 or 95, probably the latter.

[Octavius]

 The very first ancient coin I purchased was a fake. It was a "fantasy" sestertius with a bust of Vespasian on the obverse and the Colosseum on the reverse. It cost me $0.50 . I was 14 years old at the time (many, many years ago). I have since been told it is probably a 19th century tourist souvenir. I still have it and cherish it. 

[Orange Julius]

28 minutes ago, Octavius said:

 The very first ancient coin I purchased was a fake. It was a "fantasy" sestertius with a bust of Vespasian on the obverse and the Colosseum on the reverse. It cost me $0.50 . I was 14 years old at the time (many, many years ago). I have since been told it is probably a 19th century tourist souvenir. I still have it and cherish it. 

If you have it photographed, I’d love to see it!

[Spaniard]

@LONGINUS

Lovely presentation as always!

I started my passion/obsession around 12 years ago and it's still growing...

Here's the first I acquired, a Didda rani back in the days when you could pick them up for a buck each.

Diddarani 980-1003 AD
Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18mm (5.62gr)
Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Sri to left 'didda' to right
Reverse- Queen standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'Diva' bottom right

Still picking these up as and when the price is right..

And this is my humble digital group shot that I did around 5 years ago!..

It certainly needs upgrading with a lot of new purchases to add...

[Al Kowsky]

12 hours ago, LONGINUS said:

 

I’m happy to add four Domitian portrait coins to my Judaean collection.

 

 

Each time I purchase coins from Judaea, I have fun updating my collection poster.

 

 

In 2005 I purchased my first ancient coins after seeing an advertisement for them in the back of a history magazine.

Anyway, this boxed collection is what started it all. From there I started collecting prutot in bulk.

 

 

Here are some of my first collection posters.

 

 

Please feel free to share your favorite coins from the time you started collecting. And/or etcetera.

 

 

D. Ray, The depth & size of your collection has exploded in a short period of time, & your presentation is wonderful ☺️! Your 4 new acquisitions are a great fit; Hendin 6482 is my favorite 😍.

[Al Kowsky]

1 hour ago, Spaniard said:

@LONGINUS

Lovely presentation as always!

I started my passion/obsession around 12 years ago and it's still growing...

Here's the first I acquired, a Didda rani back in the days when you could pick them up for a buck each.

Diddarani 980-1003 AD
Copper Kaserah or Punchshi 18mm (5.62gr)
Obverse- Goddess Ardochsho/Lakshmi seated facing in half lotus position, with Nagari legend 'Sri to left 'didda' to right
Reverse- Queen standing facing and sacrificing at altar holding trident, with Nagari legend 'Diva' bottom right

Still picking these up as and when the price is right..

And this is my humble digital group shot that I did around 5 years ago!..

It certainly needs upgrading with a lot of new purchases to add...

Spaniard, That's a great presentation on this highly specialized area of collecting😊! I'm amazed you can attribute these coins accurately, what reference sources have you used 🤔?

[Al Kowsky]

The earliest ancient coins added to my collection were fakes that I've posted before, so I won't post them again. The coin posted below came from a group lot of 6 Republican denarii that I won from a Numismatic Fine Arts auction in the 1970s. I tripled my money by selling 5 of them & kept my favorite of the group & later had it slabbed 🙂.

[Limes]

Great additions @LONGINUS, and lovely digital presentation as always. My eye was drawn to your AE 25 Hendin 6482. I really like the portrait and the reverse is excellent! 

[Spaniard]

@Al Kowsky...Thanks.

I use the 3 main references for this type..

Coins of medieval India. Sir A.Cunnigham.

Non-Islamic states. Michael Mitchiner.

Mediaeval coinage of Kashmir. Kenneth W. West.

But I can now read Nagari script well...

 

Edited January 26, 2023 by Spaniard

[Boomer Simpson]

I only started collecting in middle school about four years ago. Back then I mostly just pulled random coins (mostly wheat cents) out of circulation. Now I buy most of my coins, because usually ancient coins aren't found in circulation anymore. Here's my newest coin:

Probus (276-282). Radiate - Serdica

Probus (276-282). Radiate (23mm, 4.11g, 12h). Serdica, 277-280. Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust l., holding spear over shoulder and shield on arm. R/ Emperor on horseback l., extending arm in salute and holding sceptre; to l., captive seated l., looking r.; A. Cf. RIC V 886.

Description copied from the dealer, as always. Image and description from London Ancient coins on Vcoins. I have since removed the sticker, but haven't got around to photographing.

 

Edited January 26, 2023 by Boomer Simpson

[GregH]

My first ancient was this Julius Caesar / Aeneas carrying Anchises denarius which i bought 15 years ago.

At the time I thought "Wow! An actual coin of Julius Caesar!"

Now all I see is how horribly mis-struck the obverse is, with Venus' shoulder off-flan. I will be selling it at some point. It's my only JC coin, and I really want to replace it with a portrait denarius or a posthumous JC/Octavian sestertius.

Coins of 2023? I haven't bought anything yet. Home renovations and the mortgage are taking priority for the next little while.

 

[seth77]

On 1/26/2023 at 6:27 PM, Boomer Simpson said:

I only started collecting in middle school about four years ago. Back then I mostly just pulled random coins (mostly wheat cents) out of circulation. Now I buy most of my coins, because usually ancient coins aren't found in circulation anymore. Here's my newest coin:

Probus (276-282). Radiate - Serdica

Probus (276-282). Radiate (23mm, 4.11g, 12h). Serdica, 277-280. Radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust l., holding spear over shoulder and shield on arm. R/ Emperor on horseback l., extending arm in salute and holding sceptre; to l., captive seated l., looking r.; A. Cf. RIC V 886.

Description copied from the dealer, as always. Image and description from London Ancient coins on Vcoins. I have since removed the sticker, but haven't got around to photographing.

 

I would've kept the sticker. It was well placed, did not distract from the design and by now it was already part of the coin's history.