How NOT to display your collection of Roman aurei

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by IdesOfMarch01, Sep 1, 2019.

  1. IdesOfMarch01

    IdesOfMarch01 Well-Known Member

    Apparently a necklace owned by Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister.

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  3. Ken Dorney

    Ken Dorney Yea, I'm Cool That Way...

    Rich people. They do the craziest of things!
     
  4. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Hmmm, who has that necklace? I'll pick it up and free all of those coins. Like slabbing but worse!
     
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  5. Ocatarinetabellatchitchix

    Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Well-Known Member

    And what about this patera from the 3rd Century AD made with 16 very rare aurei of :
    Caracalla
    Marcus Aurelius
    Faustina the young (wife of Marcus Aurelius)
    Antoninus Pius
    Geta
    Commodus
    Faustina the older (wife of Antoninus Pius)
    Septimius Severus
    Caracalla
    Antoninus Pius
    Faustina the older
    Antoninus Pius
    Commodus
    Septimius Severus
    Julia Domna (wife of Septimius Severus)
    Hadrian
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  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    I do the same thing to show off. Except, I am poor so I just drill holes through Lincoln cents and string them through some pipe cleaners :p
     
  7. With a provenance and antiquity like that; I would be hard pressed to ever remove the aureii. Even though they're some of the finest I've seen. Into a display box it would go. Amazing piece of jewelry/history.
     
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  8. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Actually I really do like that patera. Anybody know what museum displays it?
     
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  9. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    I agree 100% and would love to own either piece here just as they are: filled with history. Jewelry from the 1800's using coins should not be broken down unless the damage is unrepairable. We have many gold ancients because they did time in jewelry. Their brothers were melted.
     
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  10. Silverlock

    Silverlock Well-Known Member

    Are they actual coins? Given the fine detail of the rest of the object they may just look like embedded coins.
     
  11. They are coins.
     
  12. Ocatarinetabellatchitchix

    Ocatarinetabellatchitchix Well-Known Member

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  13. AncientJoe

    AncientJoe Well-Known Member

    An interesting selection of emperors, and what look like rather nice coins. It would be a travesty to break apart the necklace.
     
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  14. Nap

    Nap Well-Known Member

    There are some similar pieces of jewelry in the Met in NYC. Actually the Met has a lot of ancient coins on display, the last time I was there I was pleasantly surprised
     
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  15. Gavin Richardson

    Gavin Richardson Well-Known Member

    Poor quality photo. But this is what the sexy Saxon is wearing this fall. Gold coins look Byzantine / early medieval. From the British Museum.

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