Couldn't help posting this beauty again . . .

Hmmmmm...sounds good to me!

 

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Your OP Diocletian is beautiful and the photography is brilliant. If you own only one ancient coin, one as lovely as this is the one to have. Thank you for sharing it. Attached is one of my argentei, in this case, a Rome issue of Diocletian's co-Augustus, Maximianus (RIC 27b).

 

Have you seen @lordmarcovan 's Eclectic Box of 20 collection? His method is very original. He’s curator of an ever changing numismatic museum.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-july-28-2017.300444/

 

Eh, my personal taste disagrees. I can certainly appreciate nice coins in any condition and I completely understand your viewpoint, but if they don't have it "all there," they're not really for my permanent collection. I'd rather spend the amount that I have on the best coin or medal I can possibly find, but if I had an unlimited budget I would still buy equally top quality coins, just more of them. As it stands my collection is all MS67-69 with only one or two exceptions, and most of the coins are beautifully toned.

 

I've seen it! Lovely pieces and a very interesting method of collecting.

 

Thanks for the info, didn't know that about the central dot in the compass! Not sure why NGC didn't mention the flan crack either, but personally I actually like them, especially on mint state coins like this one. I know they're generally viewed negatively but I find that they give coins character.

 

OMG!!! Incredible coin & pic, well done, a total win!

 

it does look bronze in the pic

 

Ok guys, let's not kid ourselves. OP's coin is ok, but not that impressive. It's not like I'm sitting here and I just can't stop thinking about that coin, and it's not like I would give my right arm and leg just to hold that coin and call it mine...oh, whom am I kidding? I want it so bad! I'm practically green with envy. I need it, I want it!

I'm cuckoo for that OP silver argenteus like Sonny the Cuckoo bird lusting after a bowl of Cocoa Puffs.

 

I can't imagine that that Diocletian argenteus didn't cost you an arm and a leg. I'm presently deciding to invest more in my collection and am looking at various solidi. Sure beats the heck out of late roman bronze, I tell you - though I just picked up an AE30 of Julian II with Securitas Reipub on the reverse - must be the best issue ever in terms of LRB.

 

Thank you! I also suspect it is from the Sisak hoard but don't have an exact provenance for it. I will dig a little deeper sometime. Yep, I work at Atlas and love it there (and yes, it's often difficult to keep my focus on my work instead of on the coins I'm working with! So many great pieces!) I see you've still got three out of four of your purchases from us in your box of 20ish
I am indeed 19. I'll post most of my collection below in a couple of minutes.

 

First coin I ever sent to a TPG, so it has a special place for me. PCGS MS65 1938-D/D Buffalo: First foreign coin I ever bought. PCGS MS67 1727 German States Hamburg 16 Schillings: PCGS MS67 German Empire 1914-A Mark: PCGS MS68 German Empire 1914-A Mark: PCGS SP65 1858 German States Baden Medal Wielandt-Zeitz-289 PCGS SP66 (1900) Japan Medal - Marriage of Crown Prince Yoshihito PCGS MS68 1897 Peru 1/2 Dinero
PCGS MS67+ 1933 Chile Peso PCGS MS67 1867 Brazil 200 Reis

 

PCGS MS67 (ca. 1750) German States Regensburg 1/32 Ducat. Die lines aren't really visible in hand, so appears much smoother and prooflike. PCGS MS67 1881 German States Bavaria Shooting Medal - Peltzer 1472; Hauser 556; Steul 1
PCGS PR66DCAM 1937 Great Britain Crown - only DCAM graded PCGS MS67 1687 Austrian States Salzburg 3 Kreuzer

 

I also have a PCGS PL67-69!! 1907 Maundy Set with wild toning but I need to resubmit it to PCGS for some Trueviews.

 

@Rexford, I assume you prefer all your coins graded then, even ancients?

Impressive either way.

 

Well, thank you for the flattery! Seriously though, most of it I owe to just being in the right place at the right time (namely at my desk at Atlas). Wouldn't be able to do it without their never-ending supply of beautiful coins to cherrypick! But thanks again, it means a lot coming from someone with your experience.

 

For non-ancients, I feel that it has to be certified. For ancients, I'm ambivalent but I like NGC's photography and I honestly don't trust myself enough to keep raw coins without accidentally damaging them by dropping them all over the place.