2019 goals achieved

At end of 2018, and the beginning of 2019, several members of this Forum listed their collecting and research goals for this year - I did. Some of those participants have posted their progress in accomplishing their goals at various times. Here is my report:

I listed three goals:

1. Celebrate my 90th birthday.
2. Reduce my Ancient (Roman Imperial) coin collection to 20 coins.
3. Rewrite my (non commercial) Ancient coin Web Sites and pages.

Goals Achieved:

1. Today (28 August 2019) is my 90th birthday.
2. Here are those 20 coins: https://jp29.org/twenty.htm
3. Here are those rewritten Web sites & pages: https://jp29.org/coinindex.htm

James

 

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Happy birthday jamesicus, hope you are having a great day and I admire your numismatic achievements and your desire to tick all the boxes.

 

Thank you very much for the Birthday wishes @Ancient Aussie. It was very kind of you to say those nice things.

James

 

Happy Birthday James, always a pleasure to read your posts.

 

Happy 90th birthday and many many more!

 

Happy 90th birthday! Your coins and website are a good read!

 

Happy birthday, and may you have many more! Also, congratulations on meeting your goals. I've bookmarked your site for when I have some time to browse.

 

Wow, Happy Birthday, James! To my mind, all three of your achievements are impressive. I'd be happy (eventually) to accomplish even one of those. At the very least, I'm aiming to keep your Carausius with me until my 90th birthday.

CARAUSIUS
AE Antoninianus. 3.65g, 22.9mm. "C" mint (Camulodunum/Clausentum), circa AD 286-293. RIC V 335. O: IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG; Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: PAX AVGGG, Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter; S-P across fields, C in exergue.
Ex James '@jamesicus' Pickering Collection; ex J.S. Vogelaar Collection

 

Happy birthday!

 

Happy birthday.
I fear I lack the self discipline to choose only 20 of my coins
so I admire yours

 

Happy 90th, @jamesicus ! Fantastic that you met your goals!

I really appreciate all your posts and the super information that you bring to the threads! Your generosity sharing coins and knowledge is wonderful.

And, of course, your calligraphy is amazing to read.

Thank you for joining us!

Best
Brian

 

Happy Birthday! Great that you also achieved your other goals. I didn't know your website but it looks interesting.

 

Happy Birthday! 90 is quite an achievement.
Unfortunately I can't open the link for your coins now. I am looking forward to seeing them when I get home though.

 

Happy 90th birthday. Here is one of my favourite poems to mark the day.

The Naming Of Cats by T. S. Eliot

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

 

Excellent selection on the 20 that you kept... And HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

 

Birthday greetings from Germany!

 

Happy Birthday, James!!! And congrats on achieving your goals! In your honor, I'm grateful to be able to have an Ex @jamesicus in my collection...

LONDON TETRARCHIC
Galerius as Caesar, Ruled 293-305 AD
AE follis, Struck 296-303 AD, London Mint
Obverse: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, Laureate and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: GENIO POPV–LI ROMANI, Genius standing, facing left, head surmounted by a modius, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera in right hand and cornucopia in left arm; no exergue..
References: RIC VI 15 (London); CT (Cloke & Toone) 2.01.015. Cloke & Toone combine RIC 15 and 21 into one catalogue number due to the presence of continuous variation in bust size; there are not really two distinct bust types as RIC would have it. This falls clearly within the “coarse” style of C&T 2.01.
Size: 27.6mm, 10.08g
Ex: James Pickering Romano-Britannic Collection, acquired from Victor Clark, ex Freeman and Sear.

 

I guess I'm late, but I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a healthy 91st year ahead.

 

Happy Birthday @jamesicus - 90 is certainly a great milestone to reach. Kudos to you sir!