What'a next on your shopping list?

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by GregH, Jun 15, 2017.

  1. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    I don't have a list per say but I do want to flesh out a set of coins from the Numidian kingdom.
     
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  3. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I want a Maxentius with the architecture on the reverse, plus Severus II. Trying to fill out the tetrarchy.
     
  4. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

     
  5. red_spork

    red_spork Triumvir monetalis

    I would really like to find a nice early Republican cast piece with either a stamp or signs that it was broken off from a larger ingot or other piece (because I can't afford the whole thing). Otherwise I'm just hunting for any RR types I don't have that that I can get at a price I like.
     
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  6. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Whatever comes along that strikes my fancy!!!!!!
     
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  7. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    There are several variation on those. I like the temple pediment with wolf:
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  8. Svarog

    Svarog Well-Known Member

    Like this one Max.JPG
     
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  9. Johndoe2000$

    Johndoe2000$ Well-Known Member

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  10. Svarog

    Svarog Well-Known Member

    Thanks I recently acquired both, here is another one: max2.JPG
     
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  11. Svarog

    Svarog Well-Known Member

    btw, you avatar, coin I always wanted to have: half a Kilo or Kilo silver from , I believe Burkina Faso:) you have one?
     
  12. Johndoe2000$

    Johndoe2000$ Well-Known Member

    Another beauty.
    Unfortunately I don't have either half or full kilo. Maybe someday.
     
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  13. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    I'm with @TIF on this one. I will keep my list to myself. I do not need the competition. Anyone who has been following my posts already has a good idea of what coins I am likely to go after.
     
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  14. Svarog

    Svarog Well-Known Member

    100%
     
  15. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    No wish list here, at least about ancient. I follow my nose and opportunities.
    As for the Dombes coinage I'm tracking a rare Anne Marie Louise de Bourbon half ecu minted in 1669, to pursue my quest of putting together a set of them, which is a real challenge : 1673 is quite common and easy to get (every serious Dombes collector has one to display). 1665 is unique to date, 1669 less than ten I think, 1672 less than five or six, 1674 two or three. No other date is known to exist at the moment : Wait and see !!

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  16. GregH

    GregH Well-Known Member

    I'm a planner. If I don't have a focus, i'll lust after too many things and spend too much money. I limit my scope to the portrait series. This project has held my interest for quite a few years, i see no need to change.
     
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  17. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    maxentius001.jpg
    Maxentius out my collection
     
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  18. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Super nice examples of Maxentius! I'd probably be lucky to find one in such excellent condition.
     
  19. Smojo

    Smojo dreamliner

    I not long ago in a quick conversation with I think TIF said my want list was almost as long as my grocery list.
    But I'm in with Mikey Zee I get what I find that's around my budget at the time. I like to much of everything and that's a problem for me.
    I'm currently working on an Empress sub so maybe there.
    Also on the hunt for a certain Trajan within budget of course. Other than that I play my cards as I get them.
     
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  20. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Well, speaking of buying things you didn't know you collected, and speaking of Maxentius and his temple coins, I picked up this somewhat mis-matched pair on eBay a while back. I was going for the Roman Republic denarius of Cn. Baebius Tamphilus - I am always on the hunt for RR - and got the Maxentius as part of the deal. In hand, to my surprise, I liked the Max about as much as the RR. I paid $45 for the pair (a "best offer" deal), which struck me as a tad high, but at least on eBay, Maxentius material doesn't come up much so I guess it worked out okay.
    Baebia - Cn. Baebius Tamphilus den w. Maxentius follis $45 Feb 2017.jpg Baebia - Cn. Baebius Tamphilus den w. Maxentius follis $45 Feb 2017a.jpg
     
  21. Aunduril

    Aunduril Well-Known Member

    Looking for a half eagle somewhere between 1909 and 1914. I have always liked the design.
     
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