Ancient => Approx how many coins and which "centuries" are your interests?

I wanted to post a poll ...

=> I have now reached "156" ancient coins => this is my split (by century):

600-500 BC = 4 coins
500-400 BC = 14 coins
400-300 BC = 26 coins
300-200 BC = 12 coins
200-100 BC = 19 coins
100-0 BC = 18 coins
0 BC-100AD = 7 coins
100-200 AD = 11 coins
200-300 AD = 26 coins
300-400 AD = 13 coins
400-500 AD = 1 coin
500-600 AD = 1 coin
600-700 AD = 2 coins
OTHER < 1600 = 2 coins

a) approximately how many ancient coins do you have in your collection

b) and if you have time, what are your approximate splits?

 

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Currently about 130.

 

600-500 BC = 0 coins
500-400 BC = 1 coins
400-300 BC = 0 coins
300-200 BC = 0 coins
200-100 BC = 1 coins
100-0 BC = 0 coins
0 BC-100AD = 2 coins
100-200 AD = 2 coins
200-300 AD = 1 coins
Tesserae (1st-3rd AD) = 142 coins (+20ish uncataloged)
Imitations (1st-4th AD) = 30ish coins
300-400 AD = 2 coins
400-500 AD = 0 coins
500-600 AD = 1 coin
600-700 AD = 1 coins
OTHER < 1600 = 0 coins

Can you tell I'm a specialized collector?

 

By the way => you have to check the box and then hit "Vote now" for your vote to register

... oh, and apparently "multiple guesses" are allowed

 

Great thread topic steve :thumb: Here are my stats:

A.) 177. Around 185 if I include Byzantine/medieval.

B.) 600-500 BC: 0 coins
500-400 BC: 0 coins
400-300 BC: 0 coins
300-200 BC: 3 coins
200-100 BC: 0 coins
100-0 BC: 2 coins
0 BC-100 AD: 13 coins
100-200 AD: 9 coins
200-300 AD: 19 coins
300-400 AD: 114 coins
400-500 AD: 20 coins
500-600 AD: 9 coins
600-700 AD: 1 coins
700 AD-1500 AD: 4 coins

 

20ish, still in the cleaning process

 

600-500 BC = 0
500-400 BC = 0
400-300 BC = 0
300-200 BC = 1
200-100 BC = 2
100-0 BC = 4
0 BC-100AD = 12
100-200 AD = 9
200-300 AD = 40
300-400 AD = 46
400-500 AD = 5
500-600 AD = 0
600-700 AD = 1

I never counted them this way before since several era kind of over-lap in certain years. But I see where I have the most coins at.

 

I was mainly a modern collector, last year i branched to Ancients, still collect moderns. i purchased over 200 ancient coin lot, haven't looked back..
bulk of my Ancient collection, 200-400 AD and 900-1200..AD..Trying to get one of each Emperor and there wife's..

 

That's interesting ... and I guess it's probably fairly typical for us slightly less "highly-focused" collectors?

=> I love the fact that I meander all over the board and collect a bit from column A and a bit from column B, but I also think it is very cool that some of you get drawn-in and collect a very "tight" grouping (yup, that's what makes us tick, eh?) ... thank God we don't all want the same coins!!

hey, thanks for participating ... I am finding this thread very interesting (you brothers "Rock"!!)

:high5::cheers::u*meY::cheers::high5:

 

Ummm, well there seems to be a couple of "clusters" forming, but we still need far more votes to determine some really sound results!!

=> so please vote ... vote and leave comments if you want, but "plesae" at least "vote"

Hmmm, I kinda wish that I didn't allow multiple-votes => it definitely smoothes-out the curve!! ... but perhaps it makes it seem like there are more voters, right?

=> VOTE, my ancient brothers, vote!!

 

For my favorite years to collect, its 100-200 AD & 200-300 AD.

 

Great thread! Helps me to focus on new areas of expansion.

36 Ancients; all Roman

200-100 BC = 1
100-0 BC = 0
0 BC-100AD = 2
100-200 AD = 5
200-300 AD = 19
300-400 AD = 9

Most of my coins are in the 200-300 AD range, but my real area of interest is the 100-200 AD range. I'm going to try and knock out a "Five Good Emperors" set. Got three of 'em so far.

 

400-600 AD is my area of interest, followed by 360-400 AD and 600-800 AD. Late Roman/Germanic are what I mainly collect.

 

I have 554 coins, and I do not have it filed in a way that makes it easy to count by century. Here is what I do know:

600-500 BC = 0
500-400 BC = 4
400-300 BC = 15
300-200 BC = 7
200-100 BC = 14
100-0 BC = 53
0 BC-100AD = 62
100-200 AD = 59

The rest are most 3rd and 4th Century. But I also think many of you know my main interest lies in the 200 years between 100BC and 100 AD.

 

Seriously. Count how many?

Its like Steve just doesn't know me at all.

So, assuming I could, what would be included in such a count? Chinese cash? Medieval European, SE Asian? Uncleaned ancients?

 

ahaha => man-up!!

medoraman, my friend => I have zero-idea how old you are, but for whatever reason I assume that you're obviously more experienced in ancient coins than I am, yet you are "probably" younger in age than myself? (but may be wrong?)

=> oh and honestly, I could give a dung-heap how many coins you actually have, but in this scenario, I'm kinda doing a survey (but if you want, you can be that guy) ...

 

600-500 BC = 0 coins
500-400 BC = 0 coins
400-300 BC = 3 coins
300-200 BC = 2 coins
200-100 BC = 0 coins
100-0 BC = 0 coins
0 BC-100AD = 10 coins
100-200 AD = 0 coins
200-300 AD = 2 coins
300-400 AD = 2 coins
400-500 AD = 0 coins
500-600 AD = 0 coins
600-700 AD = 0 coins
OTHER < 1600 = 3 coins

Total: 22 coins

From all across the Ancient World... with most being from the area around Parthia...

 

Wow, you've had an out-standing year, my young friend => my hat is off to you!!


NOTE => but please don't let coins rule your world => make time for sex, drugs and rock-n-roll (well, maybe not too many drugs?)

=> you rock, lilttle brother => keep-up the good coin-work!! (definite candidate for Rookie of the Year!!)

 

Not counting uncleaned, nor medieval chinese or similar, or world or US, maybe 3k? I am light in the 6th thru 3rd century bc, just 5 or so per century, but get into hundreds per century starting second century bc. Heaviest may be first century bc, fourth ad, and seventh century ad for various reasons.

Best guesstimate.

Btw i am 44 but might have doing this a touch longer. I am no boy genius like Bill.

Edit: Just thought about it and i lied. I have a heck of a lot more third century bc than five. Frickin Ptolemies.

 

And I'm off the ban of buying new pieces....

Highest English mark ever for me


Three coin shows in the next two months

First one is Saturday..