CPK Posted July 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2022 For the past while I've been storing my collection in a 2x2 flip album, but recently I thought it would be fun to have the coins displayed more openly. This afternoon I took a sampling and created a small Roman coin exhibit, starting with the Republic and continuing by emperor up to Antoninus Pius (as far as I can go). I also did a similar one with some of my Persian/Greek/Jewish coins too. It's fun to have the coins displayed right out in the open where I can easily handle and examine them. I am considering getting some trays for future storage options. Especially after I noticed a very tiny bit of wear in the patina on some of the thicker, high-relief coins from sliding in and out of the flips too many times. 😬 Post up your group photos, displays, coin arrangements, or anything else relevant! 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted July 10, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 10, 2022 I have this of my George III collection. What you might've had in your pocket at Waterloo... 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 I think I've got only one group shot of Philip I, his wife Otacilia, & their son Philip II; & it has probably been posted on this website already but I'll post again for this thread 😊. This group shot combines the obverse & reverse of the coins. The three coins make an appropriate group shot since all three are plate coins & were once in the collection of Michel Prieur. Two of them are pictured in McAlee's book & the other is pictured in Prieur's book. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_collector Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) Here is a "group photo" of Antoninus Pius and family. 🙂 Edited July 11, 2022 by happy_collector 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 More of stack photo! 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helvius Pertinax Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 I find it hard to do group pictures with my phone, so theres not a lot I can offer 😅 This is the only one I have of my whole collection, started at 8 years old and continued until now, 7 years later. The german coins are from my earlier collecting times. For the storage, I have 7 red velvet trays another collector kindly gifted me. They are much better than the previous (blue) one I had. They are also quite decent for pictures! 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted July 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) A while ago, I took a group shot of my collection of Greek silver coins, which in my eyes turned out rather well. It shrunk a bit since then: one of the Persian sigloi on the top left went to @Furryfrog02: Edited July 11, 2022 by Ursus 17 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 11, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 8 hours ago, JayAg47 said: More of stack photo! That is a cool photo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCCR Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 16 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor LONGINUS Posted July 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) Great post @CPK — I love looking at group shots showing varieties of colors, shapes, and sizes. Here’s a montage of my Judaean collection. I also call it my David Hendin Collection because each one has a different Hendin number. Edited July 11, 2022 by LONGINUS 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) I'm a big fan of group photos - love all the above - they are so much more organic than individual coins, and great for comparison purposes. My whole collection is essentially assembled with an eye towards presentation in groups, but that's for the future. In the meantime I have oddly very few group photos! Here's a few focusing on different denominations (all Constantine, of course) : Here's what you might have had in your purse in Rome 312 after Constantine's victory over Maxentius: a victory nummus, plus 2/3 and 1/2 fractions likely distributed during some celebration. Strictly speaking the fractions are (per markings) 16 DC and 12 DC respectively, so with a 25 DC nummus these are 16/25 and 12/25 fractions. Here's the Trier bronze denomination line-up of 307 AD - nummus plus 1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 fractions. And here's a comparison of the nummus, 1/2 and 1/4 fractions from 307 AD vs post 310 AD reform reduction: Finally, still from Trier, here's the same "Memoria Felix" reverse type in three different denominations: nummus, 1/2 and 1/4 fractions. Edited July 11, 2022 by Heliodromus 15 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted July 11, 2022 · Member Share Posted July 11, 2022 A few of my favorite group shots Took this one of my Nerva-Antonine collection of every member and every title that I had at the time - have since added lifetime Matidia and Divus Nerva And the current state of my 12 Caesars set The "Augustus Posse" And this one got me a warning over at CT. It was the largest group lot I ever sold, and I just wanted to show off the pic 10 2 2 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted July 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) A virtual group shot of my Greeks Edited July 11, 2022 by Etcherdude 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor KenDorney Posted July 11, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) I'm going to simply title this one 'reverses that I like'. Its a terrible picture. I promise they look far nicer in hand! Edited July 11, 2022 by KenDorney 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severus Alexander Posted July 11, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 11, 2022 Here's a virtual pile I made a few years ago: 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 11, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, Severus Alexander said: Here's a virtual pile I made a few years ago: Oooh! I see some nice ones in there. 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted July 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2022 14 hours ago, Ursus said: A while ago, I took a group shot of my collection of Greek silver coins, which in my eyes turned out rather well. It shrunk a bit since then: one of the Persian sigloi on the top left went to @Furryfrog02: And he still has a happy home with us 🙂 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dafydd Posted July 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2022 This is my group of legate denarius I photographed last year. They are supplemented by a Marc Antony Cistophorus and Denarius. I dropped into a Barnes and Noble on the weekend and found this new publication on the shelf. I'm reading it at the moment. This will be of interest to @Bing and others. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted July 12, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted July 12, 2022 A little group of billon drachm from the Paramaras of Malwa showing five different eye symbols. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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