Roman Republic: silver denarius of moneyer L. Furius Brocchus; Ceres and curule chair, ca. 63 BC

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by lordmarcovan, May 20, 2018.

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How interesting/appealing do you find this coin, whether or not you're an expert? (1=worst, 10=best)

  1. 10

    7 vote(s)
    17.1%

  2. 9

    11 vote(s)
    26.8%

  3. 8

    13 vote(s)
    31.7%

  4. 7

    7 vote(s)
    17.1%

  5. 6

    1 vote(s)
    2.4%

  6. 5

    2 vote(s)
    4.9%

  7. 4

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  8. 3

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  9. 2

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  10. 1

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    I'm also a fan of the polls as I think they are a unique feature of CT that I try and use whenever it even remotely makes sense... it also helps keep the lurkers feeling involved ;) I'm not sure why this kind of poll would be off-putting to anyone.

    Maybe we should do a CT poll on whether or not we like polls :eek::p:troll:
     
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  3. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    Beautiful Coin @lordmarcovan

    My Curule Chair is a Crassipes from 84 BCE and was given to me a couple years ago from my Secret Sanalia @Mikey Zee . I am really missing his posts.

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    RR P Furius Crassipes 84 BC AR Denarius 19mm 3.84g Rome Turreted head Cybele right foot upward Curule chair Cr 356-1a Syd 735 Furia 20
     

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  4. Curtisimo

    Curtisimo the Great(ish)

    Nice denarius Brian.

    I actually talked to Mikey about a week ago and he said to tell you all he is doing well and says hi. He said he misses reading everyone's posts and plans to be back on CT more soon :)
     
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Glad to hear it. I was all like, "Wait, what? Wassup with Mikey Zee?"
     
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    "Lurker outreach" is indeed another useful aspect to polls. Not everyone who visits a page takes the time to comment. The advent of the "Like" button on these modern message boards demonstrates that. Looking at the ratio of "Likes" to actual replies (at least in my case) indicates that most folks take only a quick peek and move on. But if I had some more engaging and/or personal commentary in these posts, perhaps it would stimulate conversation more, as I think @TIF was suggesting. I'll work on that.

    Back on the old-school message board sites from the first decade of the 21st century, one had no way of knowing if anybody had even looked at a post if they didn't comment. Now at least the lurkers or more taciturn folk have a one-click method of providing at least some form of feedback.

    To those of you who have collection websites- do you get much feedback from your comment sections and such?
     
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  7. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    I only get a smattering and half of those comments are from CT users. For me, the value in having a standalone website is that I have a gallery I control, where I can view my coins any time without having to search, and where I can tweak images and presentations, and where I can easily copy and paste to social media such as CT. It's certainly no replacement for the fun and interaction of CoinTalk.

    If you are interested in seeing how your website is used, by whom, and all kinds of data, another advantage of having your own website is that you can have Google Analytics keep track of all kinds of minutiae (a free service). At first it was fun to look through this data but I haven't done so in the last couple of years because it doesn't really impact the purpose of the website.

    Here are some Analytics screenshots for my site.

    Geographic location of people who have visited the site:
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    Overview of visitors by geography:
    Screen Shot 2018-05-21 at 9.36.01 AM.png

    Analytics data I've found most interesting and potentially useful: landing page, how users subsequently navigated through the site, time spent on each page, exit page, referring website (how the viewers finding the website), type of mobile device used, and more.

    I just looked at the type of browser data. Chrome accounts for 75%, followed by Firefox and then Safari, with Microsoft used by only 4% of viewers! Wow. I know MS is reviled by many but only 4%? I wonder if that reflects the internet at large or if it is something specific to this coin website. I've excluded hits from my own computer (I use Chrome).

    I haven't "monetized" my website so much of the value of Analytics is lost on me.
     
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  8. PlanoSteve

    PlanoSteve Well-Known Member

    LordM, love the polls.....voted "9" again, as I usually do, just in case.....but it's really a "10" all day long. :happy:

    Perfectly toned....and the reverse, oddly enough, reminds me of my old smoker....ah that thing (RIP) made some fine brisket & ribs..:D
     
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Thanks for sharing that. If I do have a website, I would want a small "For Sale" section- not so much that I'd expect to make much money off it, but as a place to list my extras and such. CollectiveCoin, where I host the galleries for most of my collections nowadays, does offer the option of listing a coin for sale, and an email goes out from CC every day with the newly listed coins for each day, so one gets a one-time promotion. Like the CoinTalk "For Sale" section here, I've sold very little through CC, but it's nice to have that option. I find that most of my successful sales still take place over on Collectors Universe (where I have a 17-year network), or eBay (where one gets international exposure).

    So the purpose of such a website would be primarily for showcasing. I've visited yours at least a couple of times, @TIF, as you will have noted from the comments. That's not always the case with other collector's sites, though. I must confess that for someone who's very much into showcasing his own collections and stories, I've not got the greatest attention span when it comes to reading about other people's collections. I suppose that's mostly just human nature, but I've long been flattered by the detailed feedback given my own collection by others here and on CU, since they did not have to take the time to do that.
     
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  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Hey, @TIF and others- I have begun working on the (slightly more personal, detailed) writeups in the second posts of the coins. If you'd indulge me with a bit more of your time, let me know what you think of this format.
     
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  11. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Excellent!
     
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  12. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    :)

    So that's what I have in mind for the rest of them, once I've caught up on the work.
     
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  13. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    My educational site: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/
    and sale site: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html
    are about an unsophisticated as can be. The only usage data I can view is the number of hits to each page in the last two weeks. If I think to check it before I post a link to a particular page, I can look later and if that number has gone up I infer that it got views.
     
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