My Resolution to Keep up with Research and Write-ups: Q3 Progress

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  1. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    As I posted at the end of March, one of my collecting goals for the year was to be better about photographing and posting write ups for my coins that I buy this year. I must say that I feel pretty good about my progress at keeping up with that goal so far. I still have some coins I haven’t photographed and posted but I’ve been doing better about researching coins as I get them.

    Since we are closing in on the end of Q3 2021, I thought this would be a good time to make this thread showing my progress on write ups in Q2 and Q3 (see my Q1 thread here).

    This will probably be my last progress update for the year since I will most likely rely on my year end “Top 10” lists to link to any write ups from Q4. Big thanks to the community for being part of a fun collecting year so far.

    Greek Stater of Gortyna: Europa and Bull
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    Excited to Have Scored a Beautiful LIFETIME Faustina I
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    A Group of Interesting Coins: Greek Edition
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    Aspendos Wrestlers: Just in Time for the Olympics!
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    Is Elagabalus Really Wearing a Desiccated Bull Phallus on his Head?
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    A Group of Interesting Coins: Roman Edition
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    BRVTVS Denarius: Libertas for the Republic
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    Please post coins and links to your write ups from Q2 and Q3 of 2021. I will make a guarantee that for everyone who takes the time to post a link to your write up I will take the time to thoroughly read the thread beginning to end! I often miss good threads because they drop off the front page sooner than I see them. Let’s fix that!
     
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  3. JayAg47

    JayAg47 Well-Known Member

  4. hotwheelsearl

    hotwheelsearl Well-Known Member

    I have a couple that I spent time on, that you may be interested in.

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/parlais-vous-le-latin.379952/
    Thread on Parlais, a new city I found from a Sept Sev coin.
    Septimius Severus Parlais Imhoof MG 118.JPG

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roma-win-3-micky-ds-temple-of-fortune.379821/
    Thread on a temple to Fortuna. I did a temple reconstruction I feel is pretty cool.
    Macrinus AE27 Marcianopolis Varbanov 1218.JPG

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roma-win-2-dinosaurians.379752/
    Thread on a uniquely Eastern column style.
    Caracalla AE26 SNG Von Aulock 5412.JPG


    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/asklepios-and-telesphoros-recovery-tag-team.378595/
    I spent a rather long time researching and writing my tour de fource.
    Septimius Severus Asklepios Diassarion.JPG

    If you read these, I hope you like them. One of my resolutions was to post less in numbers and more in quality. I hope I did well.
     
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  5. Black Friar

    Black Friar Well-Known Member

    Congrats and thanks for your dedication to sharing your passion. Cheers!
     
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  6. Al Kowsky

    Al Kowsky Well-Known Member

  7. Parthicus

    Parthicus Well-Known Member

    Unfortunately I've been very tardy in posting my wins this year. Here's what I did post in Q2 and Q3.

    A scarce Parthian tetradrachm of Vonones I, with under type clearly visible on reverse:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-scarce-parthian-tetradrachm-of-vonones-i.386697/
    Vonones I tetradrachm.jpg
    A Hunnic drachm imitative of Sasanian prototype:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-sasanian-imitative-drachm.385823/
    Huns Kobadian.jpg
    A tiny Parthian bronze of Pakoros:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-cute-parthian-bronze-of-pakoros.382626/
    Pakoros AE amphora.jpg
    An Arab-Sasanian bronze with interesting reverse type:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/arab-sasanian-bronze-talk-to-the-hand-and-pray.382016/
    Arab-Sasanian AE orans.jpg
    Parthian bronze with a camel reverse:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/bactrian-camel-on-a-parthian-coin.381741/
    Orodes II AE camel.jpg
    A Parthian tetradrachm of Phraates IV, or maybe Tiridates:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pa...aates-iv-or-maybe-his-enemy-tiridates.381696/

    A Crusader imitation of an Ayyubid dirham:
    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-crusader-imitative-coin.381444/
    Ayyubid Crusader imitation.jpg
     
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  8. Deacon Ray

    Deacon Ray Well-Known Member


    Your write ups are greatly appreciated, @Curtisimo ! I really have nothing to add that compares to your consistently excellent and informative posts. I’m really just a visual person (I’ve made a living as a graphic artist in a US Government printshop for most of my life.) I enjoy designing posters that feature the coins in my collections and leave the detailed historic/numismatic write ups to those, such as yourself and other CTAF members, who are vastly more knowledgable than I.

    I still have your awesome post from 2017 bookmarked: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/th...nd-its-modern-descendent.292881/#post-2679530


     
    Last edited: Sep 30, 2021
  9. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

  10. kirispupis

    kirispupis Well-Known Member

    So far, I've only written up really one coin. I've been working on a write-up for each of my coins from "Alexander and the Era of the Diadochi" (41 coins so far) but right now I only have the introduction. :)

    Here's the coin that I did write up.

    A New Coin and Some Wild Speculation
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  11. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Thanks to all for posting links to your write ups. It seems like I check in with CoinTalk pretty often so I think it is rather surprising that I miss so many good write ups! There were several posted above that I had not read before.

    As such I invite anyone else who wishes to do so to post links to some of your favorite threads from this year.

    You are far to kind my friend. I for one find your threads unique and valuable. You are a very talented graphic artists and I always enjoy seeing what you come up with and I appreciate your skill. :artist::)

    Your collection of biblical and near East coins is a great focus area and I always like seeing your newest examples.

    Not to mention your positivity and generosity are some of the true bright spots of the board. I am glad to see you back posting more lately!
     
  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Hear, hear. 'Tis good to see the good Deacon back amongst us.
     
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  13. ValiantKnight

    ValiantKnight Well-Known Member

  14. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    All wonderful coins and write-ups, @Curtisimo and the rest of you.

    Here are links to some of my own so-called "dissertations" from Q2 and Q3 on coins I "assign a number to," as one of our fellow-members negatively referred to them the other day while inaccurately accusing me of rudeness. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but nobody who finds my posts about Roman Republican coins to be "TLDR" is required to read them. (Also, I don't "assign numbers" to the coins; I'm just trying to keep track of how many RR coins I have.)

    [Photos at links; I don't have time to add them right now -- perhaps tomorrow.]

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-denarius-no-50-c-calpurnius-piso-l-f-frugi.377452/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-nos-51-53-including-first-two-quinarii.378507/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-54.380271/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-55-aeneas-or-catanaean-brothers.380718/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-56-lion-ess-or-hound.381034/

    [3-month gap from early May to early September with no Republican write-ups, even though I already had the next few coins: a case of writer's block!]

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ro...s-nerva-aurelius-cotta-nonius-sufenas.385954/ [58-60]

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ro...s-trio-with-sol-crescent-moon-7-stars.385895/ [61]

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/roman-republican-no-62-the-other-triga-crawford-299-1b.386433/

    I think I accidentally skipped no. 57, so apparently I really have only 61!

    Here are links to some of the other threads I started in Q2 and Q3:

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-roman-provincial-coin-from-hispania.381814/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-...dy-sure-will-be-in-my-top-10-for-2021.381853/ [a Nerva denarius]

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/from-roman-alexandria-trajan-drachm-with-elephant-quadriga.383060/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-an-agathodaemon.383883/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tiberius-bronze-as-pontif-maxim-r3-in-ric-q-re-authenticity.384332/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fa...en-plus-other-empresses-with-children.384702/ [Coins of Faustina II with children]

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my...in-a-solidus-of-honorius-from-ravenna.384856/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/restored-legionary-denarius-of-mark-antony.385694/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-coin-of-octavian.386685/

    https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ar...erk-sale-217-aspendos-wrestler-stater.386807/
     
    Last edited: Oct 1, 2021
  15. Orielensis

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