I recently finally got myself 2x2 coin boxes to house my collection, along with some Saflips that I desperately needed. Coins in the boxes are organized by either culture or nation (Greeks, Roman Republic. Roman Empire, Islamic, etc.). I then thought I'd come up with some way to differentiate the start and end of each group within the boxes. So, with the help of Word and a bit of Photoshop I designed the following. They seem simple but getting the margins and spacing and the size of the words exactly how I wanted them got a bit annoying, and the chi-rho pictures had no color so I had to add the colors in, but they were worth it. They are (or at least are going to be) a little taller than the flips so that they stick out, kind of like file folder tabs. I've completed four so far, and I'll post the others when I complete them. (I know the founding date for the Republic is wrong. Its been corrected already in the master copy) 395 AD is the last time the two halves of the empire were ruled by a single emperor (Theodosius I). The "Eastern Roman Empire" coinage ends in 491 AD (Zeno). I have a separate section for Byzantine coins starting with Anastasius.
Very nice way to separate your collection. I still haven't gotten there yet with my small collection, but thanks for giving me some ideas for when I get to the volume necessary to make it worthwhile separating cultures/empires.
Nice. Easy way to separate the histories. Only because I have several issues from these time periods, I kinda subdivide your Roman Republic into: - Pre-Denarius issues as 753-211 BCE; - Denarius Reform to the Gracchii, perhaps 211-123 BCE; - and late Republic/Breakdown of the Republic/Imperatorial to Augustus as roughly 123-27 BCE. These seem distinct periods of Roman History and culture. Additionally, Within each group are cool subclasses of major wars, enemies of Rome, Italia issues, Imperatorials, etc, etc. each with rich diversity of history and coinage. I do this because I enjoy exploring what made a specific people unique to have moved from a "barbarous" agrarian society to the World Empire they became. There were several small entities that grew into empires, but Rome's was only the only World Empire, and it lasted thousands of years.
Very nice @ValiantKnight! May be you can include Anastasius until his first reform in 498 AD, cause coins are of Roman standard yet (gold solidi, and only little bronze nummi)
Very interesting organizational approaches guys----somehow I suspect my nephew/heir will make all those finer adjustments while I haphazardly continue collecting LOL
Awesome Jeff, i'm giving a talk on Roman time line at my club this Wed. so hope you don't mind i'm going to steal these headers. i'm going to fill in coins that i own through out the years. i don't have any older Republic coins so i'll start with a couple Greek coins 500-400 B.C. and use my 100ish B.C. Republic coins to start Roman. What are you going to use for the last part of the Western Empire, say 500- 1400 AD. i don't have many coins for this time frame, Constans ll 641-668 AD. Leo Vl the wise 886 912 AD. The anonymous of Christ 900- 1070 and( not Byzantine) Venice Zeno coin from 1253- 1268 AD and Italian States Milian 1395- 1402 AD. sneak these two in.
Thanks all! You have a valid point but I figured I'd keep Anastasius nummi in Byzantine since they are Sear (SB) as opposed to RIC. If my Republican collection ever becomes even a fraction as varied as the collections of many of you (very doubtful), I might do something like this (I only have like 6 or 7 Republicans and a few of those aren't in great shape) Hey cool with me! For the Byzantine Empire I am planning on putting the Byzantine double-headed eagle. I can let you use the unfinished ones that you might need as well, but they have no photos yet so you'd have to choose your own.
