Cool things you can do with ancients

All your ancient coins are Gordian III? You sound like me... I love Antoninus Pius because his coins are generally available, but there are some real rarities in there as well. I've recently acquired two denarii that have 2 and 3 examples in the Reka Devnia Hoard.

 

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No, not all of them. I have a few Crispus, a Hadrian, a Trajan, some Chinese that are BC, some others. Gordian III is my focus from Rome.

 

The one on the left with the janiform head is awesome. I wish those big aes grave weren't so expensive. I'll probably have to just get a Ptolemy III octobol or something to satisfy my "big coin" craving.

 

I own 27 Roman coins, 12 are Gordian III, 5 Constantius II, 2 Crispus, and singles of various others. I would like to increase my Crispus collection in the future. His story intrigues me as well.

 

The shot before the tetartemorion gets popped under the tongue for a trip to the market . I wonder what this bought.

 

See, I like this picture because it's funny, and I like the magnified shots of these tiny coins, but I like to actually be able to see my coins without magnification. My smallest diameter coin is a 10mm Panama Pill. Anything much smaller, I'd be afraid I'd sneeze while I was holding it in my hand one day, and it'd be lost to history forever. (Yeah, I know, it probably lives in some kind of capsule most of the time, for just such a reason, but, still.)

It stinks, too, because I kind of want one of those early electrum coins from Ionia or Lydia, but the only ones that seem like they're realistically within reach are the tiny ones. :/

 

Yeah, I have a Tiberius, a few Greeks, and a smaller aes grave, but Antoninus Pius is really my main man. I'll probably do the entire 12 Caesars in imperial silver someday, and I have a few other collecting goals, but I think AP will keep me busy for some time.

 

I probably won't do that. Gordian III catches my attention, so does Crispus, and Trajan, but I'm much more of a medieval Europe kind of person. Longshanks, to be specific, as well as German states and Scottish monarchs.

 

If you take photo while standing over a cobblestone street it could be an image from the Appian Way of 2000 years ago.