I saw on TIF her website her amazing collection, and I noticed that the coins were also shown on a map. And in my opinion this is great because it really gives you an overall look where all the coins come from. After a while if you have a lot of coins in your collection you lose count of this. It would even be more great if we would all know the find spot of the coins, I think it would have a lot of historical value. Now I have done the same with my Greek coins, and I think it worked out pretty well: https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/Coin_collection/Greekcoins I for example didn't realise the Ancient cities of Kolophon and Ephesos were so close together. I also just realised I have no Greek coins from Central Greece and Magna Graecia . What a shame, time to make a change to that in the next auctions! If you have any maps with your coins share them here! Also, out of my own interest, post your coins where you know the find spot was. Would be very interesting to see an Athenian tetradrachm found somewhere in Sicily.
Very cool and it's neat that it's interactive! I had made a static "antique-looking" map of the Spain area with markers for the coins I was listing for my Roman Hispania grouping post, found here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unexpected-groupings-appearing-in-my-collection.320061/ Edit: And to throw in a coin to show, I recently picked up a counterpart coin to the Augustus Turiaso AE As with Legionary Eagle's head c/m mentioned in that post (image below).... ...a Tiberius Turiaso mint AE As, also with a matching Legionary Eagle's head c/m. Tiberius, AE As 14 - 37 AD, Turiaso Mint Mn. Sulp. Lucan and M. Semp. Front. as duoviri Obverse: TI CAESAR AVG F AVGVSTVS IMP, laureate bust right, legionary Eagle Head countermark. Reverse: MAN SVLP LVCAN M SEMP FRONT MVN TVRIASO, II VIR within wreath. Reference: RPC 413
This Tiberius denarius was fund in the Quidenham hoard of 2014. It is believed that the area was at least a temporary settlement for queen Boudica just before the Iceni revolt of 60-61 CE. Tiberius ‘Tribute Penny’.AD16-37. Silver denarius. 17mm. 3.48g. RCV 1763 RIC 26 bold head, clear Livia. Found Quidenham hoard, Norfolk, 2014. Recorded as Coin #22, NMS-480CEEunder the portable antiquities scheme. Purchased from Chris Rudd Numismatics July 23, 2018.
Awesome @Pavlos Here is a thread describing how I'm now storing & viewing my physical coins: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fa...-ancient-coin-collection.307107/#post-2929609 Yes, the maps can get crowded but it's all fun eh?
I made this map several years ago, but my new site will use Google earth. This coin was purchased from a seller in the middle east that sold mostly fresh finds. Can't prove it but Athens was under siege by the Antigonids in 287 and loot could been taken back to Turkey or Syria.
That's a cool interactive map @Pavlos ! I realized I could instantly know if a coin was from Thasos but then I wasn't sure where in the heck Thasos was! I've been trying to beef up on my geography ever since, with mixed results. I can find Thasos on a map now, so I guess I'm doing better.
