Who’s the Most Culturally Significant Person in your Collection? (According to MIT)

Wow @Alegandron And I already skipped ahead and saw your others. I love them all. Your collection is incredible. Sometimes I fantasize about which ten CT member collections I would like to see all together in one place. Ohhh man. I know your collection is one of them. @TIF is another. I won't assemble the list here but maybe one day I'll get around to actually writing out my fantasy list.

 

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[QUOTE="... How about a 1696 Crown of King William III for Sir Isaac Newton? And three ugly sixpences showing London and the Norwich and Chester branch mints. ... [/QUOTE]

On the basis of that, allow me to offer this. He did not strike the coins but Benjamin Franklin is probably the most culturally significant of the Founders of the Republic. He was a scientist, a diplomat, a statesman. He also was involved (at a remove) with the production of other coins.



I add also, Queen Victoria of the UK and its empire as defining an age. Her ascendency marked the beginning of two generations of peace, prosperity, invention, enterprise, and social change.

 

I will also add that it is perfectly acceptable to add coins of individuals that DIDN'T make the list that you think should have!

Example:

While both his father and brother made the list Domitian ended up getting the snub despite being the last of the Flavians!

I have edited the OP to call for other interesting individuals not included.

I forgot to comment on this piece earlier AA but I think this is one of my favorites in your collection! Beautiful patina.

You have some really fantastic medieval coins Red.

 

Constantine for me. I'm on my phone so I can't post anything...

 

Thank you for the kind comments everyone. And, thank you @LaCointessa ... I just enjoy finding cool coins that speak to me about History. I just do not worry about their condition or the numismatics around them. I know, I am a very odd collector, but I am having a lot of fun!

50) PONTIUS PILATE:

Judaea Pontius Pilate - Prutah IOYLIA KAICAPOC daughter of Caesar Augustus Henin1341 (Julia was Augustus' daughter who got exiled for her zealous romping...)


Judaea Pontius Pilate 26-36 CE - Prutah TIBEPIOY KAICAPOC Lituus Hendin 1342

53) DARIUS III:
Mr FULL-STOP on the Persian Empire... underestimated Philip II's masterplan as executed by Alex III...

Persia Achamenid Type IV Artaxerxes II to Daris III 375-336 BCE AR siglos 15.2mm 5.45g kneeling-running stance right holding daggar and bow incuse BMC 172ff rev


58) PTOLEMY I:

Egypt Ptolemy I Soter Tet Delta bankers marks CELATOR DELTA called out

59 GAIUS MARIUS:

RR Anon AR Quin 81 BCE Apollo celebrating MARIUS GAUL Victory var 2 i Sear 305 Craw 373-1b

61) OTHO:

RI Otho 69 CE BI AR Tet 23mm Egypt Helmeted Roma Emmet 186

63) VITELLIUS:

RI Vitellius 69 CE AR Denarius Pont Max Vesta Seated RIC 107

64) GALBA:

RI GALBA AR Quinarius Lugdunum mint laureate r Victory globe stdng left 15mm 1.5g SCARCE

67) TITUS:

RI Titus 79-81 CE AR Denarius Ceres seated corn ear poppy torch

69) IVAN IV:

RUSSIA Ivan IV The Terrible 1533-1584 AR Denga Moscow mint Horseman riding right brandishing sword - Inscription in lines G&K 59 Rare type

 

I'm happy I posted this thread if for no other reason than I am now even more impressed with your collection that I was before (which I didn't think was possible!)

 

Though I bet when @Alegandron says 40 plus, it's quite a bit plus!

 

Here are a few more


Cato the Younger




Charles VI


Cnut

Chalres VII as Dauphin


Domitian


Edward the Black Prince


Edward I

Edward IV


Eleanor of Aquitaine

 

Another Galba



Henry V


Napoleon


Phillip II


King Stephen

Vespasian


vespasian


vespasian

 

I agree, @Orfew, those should be on the list! I bet you would be the champ for a more sensible list of historical figures.

Here are a few (on the list) that aren't seen on CT so much:

23 Henry VIII


43 Charles Martel. No coin is firmly attributed to him, but this one was issued during his ascendancy, a Merovingian denier of St. Denis, 700-725:


52 Darius III (Alegandron posted one but the photo didn't come through)


54 Guan Yu and
84 Liu Bei
These two guys were closely associated, I think this coin of the Shu kingdom would do for both of them:


60 Kublai Khan


70 Louis the Pious


79 Mehmet II (akce issued in the first year of the renewed Constantinople mint):

 

OK, since we are going super modern here is:
MARIE ANTOINETTE(126): actually her nephew from Germany Franciscus II. The year he minted this silver taler/coin - 1793, she said "let them eat cake"(or maybe not?) and we all know what transpired. The city of Ratison/Regensberg is detailed on the reverse. Had a necklace loop soldered on the top edge that was removed.
I believe also that this dude was THE LAST OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS! so you Roman collectors better get one as a bookend for your collection.

 

We have 65% of them so far! For convenience, here's a list of those still missing, with a couple notes from me in italics:

4 - Charlemagne (17) (want want want!!)
25 - Cyrus the Great (147)
29 - Solon* (161) -- any archaic Athenian coin would do (though probably issued after his departure from Athens)
34 - Clovis I* (223) -- any early Merovingian would do... @panzerman?
36 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (226)
41 - William Wallace* (?) (250)
42 - Vercingetorix* (253)
47 - Romulus Augustulus (273)
51 - Mary I of Scotland (293)
53 - Cao Cao(?) (303) -- @TypeCoin971793?
56 - Pippin the Younger (331)
62 - Hugh Capet of France (353) -- damn, missed one of these in the last CNG eAuction...
65 - Oda Nobunaga (363)
66 - Odoacer (364) -- @ValiantKnight?
68 - Philip II of Spain (378)
71 - Mary I of England (400)
72 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (428)
73 - Tokugawa Ieyasu (429)
76 - Aurelian (445)
77 - Jovian (464)
78 - Alcibiades* (465) -- a standard 5th c. Athenian tet would do the trick. Mine is too ugly!
81 - Theodoric the Great (489) -- again, @ValiantKnight?
82 - Gallienus (490)
83 - Croesus (496)
85 - Philip IV of France (518)
88 - Honorius (544)
89 - Godfrey of Bouillon (546)
91 - William the Conqueror (558) -- @alde?
92 - Decius (561)
93 - Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor (571)
94 - Ashoka (592)
96 - Hamilcar Barca (615) -- @Alegandron, @TIF
97 - Arcadius (623)
98 - Julius Nepos (637) -- and again, @ValiantKnight to the rescue!
99 - Cardinal Richelieu (647)

Still a few on there we can knock off easily.

 

That's fantastic rendering of the city on the reverse, great coin.

 

Thanks Ancient A., just added to that post that that dude was The last of the Holy Roman Emperors!

 

Continuing on...

74) VALERIAN:

RI Valerian I 253-260 CE AR Ant Felicitas stndg Caduceus and Cornucopia

76) AURELIAN:

RI Aurelian 270-275 CE AE Ant Concordia-Milit

77) JOVIAN:

RI Jovian AE3 Sirmium mint VOT V

79) MEHMED II:

Ottoman Turks Sultan Mahmed II 1451-1481 took Constantinople in 1453 Serez mint AR 1.2g

80) CONSTANTIUS CHLORUS:

RI Constantius I Chlorus 293-306 CE DIVO AE Quinarius Thesalonika 317-318 Seated RIC VII 25 R5 RARE

82) GALLIENUS:

RI Gallienus 253-268 CE Ant Milan mint Laetitia

87) MACRINUS:

RI Didumenian and Macrinus 217-218 CE AE28 Markianopolis mint Serapis

88) HONORIUS:

RI Honorius 393-343 AE3 15mm Arcadius and Honorius Stdg

90) CONSTANTIUS II:

RI Constantius II 337-361 CE AE 2 Soldier spearing downed horseman

92) DECIUS:

RI Trajan Decius 249-251 CE AR Ant Dacia draco standard

 

I could be mistaken, but I believe this Wu Zhu was attributed to him. (Not my coin, but I have one like it, albeit unpictured).

The website I stole the image from says it was attributed to Dong Zhou, one of the last rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The problem with Han coins is that they cat Wu Zhus for the entire time, so delineating which emperor cast what is very hard if not impossible to tell. (My wu zhu reference is at home.) Each emperor having their own coin issue was not a tradition practices with regularity until the Tang Dynasty.

 

My last posting, Oh Bored Ones... this has been fun for me...

94) ASHOKA:

India Maurya ser VIB AR Karshapana punchmark 270-175 BC ASHOKA

95) GORDIAN III:

RI Gordian III 238-244 CE AE As 25mm Hercules S-C

97) ARCADIUS:

RI Arcadius AE2 383-408 CE Emp stdg Standard and Globe

100) SEVERUS ALEXANDER:

RI Severus Alexander 222-235 CE AR Denarius laureate Victory stndg


RI Fouree Denarius Severus Alexander with Annona Avg reverse

 

Awesome SA! Thank you for the update and WOW you have some great coins I've never seen before! Here is another we can mark off easily.

No. 76 - Aurelian

I left this one in for two reasons
1. It gives me an excuse to see some classic Athenian Tets.
2. I read somewhere (I think on Forvm) that Alcibiades could theoretically have been depicted on a Kyzikos hekte!

 

Late Eastern Han is good enough for me! Checkmark.

 

Oh, OK. Will a HemiDrachm work?:

78) ALCIBIADES:

Athens Attica 454-404 BCE ARr hemidrachm 16mm 2.08g Athena frontal eye - facing Owl wings closed olive branches COP 70 SG 2528

EDIT: 29 SOLON: Alegandron FAIL