Famous ancient coin collectors

Too bad for the current President , that he is not into ancient coins. With his vast resources he could have a complete collection of aurei/ denari from every emperor/ empress/ usurper that end up on sixbid auction site. King Farouk of Egypt also had a fabled collection. When Nasser overthrew him, he made the a terrible mistake in selling it off in a rash fire sale. Who ever participated in that auction got some really rare coins at bargain basement prices.

 

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Yes, I have two that where formerly in Norweb collection
John
Here is Farouk in his Mercedes-Benz 540SSK given to him as wedding gift from Hitler in 1938

 

He's not a head of state or anything, but Buddy Ebsen is famous. Doesn't one of our members (@TIF ?) have a coin from his collection?

 

I know he had a Proof US $4 "Coiled Head" (Stella) in his collection. He was really big into rare US coins.

 

I reckon I do

From the same type of thread started earlier this year:

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/well-known-collectors.339907/#post-3549315



KINGS OF BOSPORUS, Sauromates II
Bosporan Era 495 (CE 198/9)
EL stater, 19 mm, 7.72 gm, 12h
Obv: BACIΛЄωC CAVPOMATOV; diademed and draped bust of Sauromates right
Rev: laureate head of Septimius Severus right; pellet to right; ЄЧV (date) below
Ref: Frolova p. 177 and pl. XXXIII, 9-10 (same dies as illustrations); Anokhin 576a; MacDonald 506/2
ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams collection
ex Buddy Ebsen Collection (Superior, 7 June 1987, lot 4114)
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/weeell-doggies-sauromates-ii-septimius-severus-stater.269821/


I tried to obtain a copy of the Superior auction catalog but accidentally bought the wrong catalog... it only had US coins . @Ed Snible, thanks so much for the link! Here's the coin listing from that digitized catalog:

 

An interesting thread for both coins once owned by famous collectors, and coins issued by famous collectors. Although it is not ancient, here's another coin from the latter category (definitely more accessible than the coins with provenance tied to great collections). @Bing - great John Q. Adams Vespasian! and @TIF great Buddy Ebsen!

Frederick II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg appointed Ernst Tentzel as “curator of the coin cabinet”. Tentzel published in 1705 “Saxonia Numismatica”. In 1712 Frederck II purchased the collection of Anton Gunther II von Schwartzburg-Arnstadt (1653-1716). (relevant Coinsweekly article). Here's a coin of Frederick II from 1706:
German States, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Frederick II, Copper, Heller
Obv: Helmet with tall ornament above oval Saxony arms
Rev: F.S / GOTHU / ALTENB / HELLER / 1706

 

..i thought i'd seen that posted here at some time or rather!..

..i reckon TIF will bea sendin' that there one to sum Missoura boy fer Christmas

 

..quite a ride...him & i have that in common, kinda like panzermans coins and mine.. for i had a Mercedes too...(240 D)

 

Here are 2 of mine from Baron Von Bruck collection.
German Rulers/ Sicily
AV 2 Tari d'oro ND Messina Mint 2.6g. 11mm.
Friedrich II Von Hohenstaufen 1198-1250
Spahr 66
IC-XC NI-KA
AV 3 Tari d'oro ND Messina Mint 13mm. 3.23g.
Konrad I Von Hohenstaufen 1250-58
Spahr 151
IC-XC NI-KA

 

Sounds a bit like my coin from King Farouk:

Egypt, 1938, 1 millieme
Obv: Farouk I King of Egypt ملك مصر فاروق الأوّل
Rev: Kingdom of Egypt 1 Millième 1938-1357 مليم ١٣٥٧ - ١١٩٣٨ المملكة المصرية

 

Here is one I got from Downies Auction/ formerly Norweb/ Farouk, went from a "king" to "American High Society" legend to a ordinary "blue collar" average working stiff.

 

Here is one from famed Lissner collection, not from actual CNG event, but quction where this
coins appeared again.....
Maison Palombo auction
AV 40 Francs 1811-A Paris Mint
Napoleon I Empereur
ex: Lissner

 

Sweden's Queen Christina (1632-1654) owned a large coin collection.

From the Classical Numismatics Group (CNG) website:
https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=231824

In 1654, Queen Christina abdicated and moved to Rome, taking with her an immense coin collection of more than 15,000 coins.

Her coins are easily identifiable by the crowned C stamped on them.

 

Queen Christina succeeded Gustafus Adolphus after he was KIA at Lutzen in 1632. She tried to get Sweden out of the "Thirty Years War" but failed. In the end she did the right thing, converted to Catholism and abdicated. Her coinage is spectacular, esp. the gold issues from Livonia/ Latvia. I have a AV Dukat from Latvia/Riga with her portrait. Riga was under Swedish Occupation at the time. I love the Baroque Era coinage/ as much as dare I say...Ancients. I wish I coild afford those magnificent AV 6/7/10 Dukaten

 

Larry Adams also was a famous collector, I ended up with 15 of his nice coins. My fav. one... Triton XIX
AV Pagoda 35mm. 3.79g.
Eastern Chaluykas
Kutolunga I 1035-65AD
ex: Adams
There 9 different types/ rulers of these punchmarked AV Pagodas known, So far maybe 50 examples in collections.
This ruler, 3 are known.
Images are suppose to depict "Tiger" and "Rhino"
John

 

Some notables with outstanding collections....
Louis Eliasberg (most complete US coll. all high quality)+ World gold coinage
Virgil Brand
Col. Greene
Eric Newman (collected coins for 100 years a record)
Enrico Caruso
Brent Pogue (formed in todays $ most valuable coll.) However, when taking in inflation, Farouk/ Eliasberg etc. would have surpassed that 68 Million, by far....

 

I agree. The list that starts with Augustus may now end with @panzerman