Ancient coins and very old tags, flips and containers

Hello all. I recently won a coin from Artemide Aste. With it came a very old tin container which I consider almost as intriguing as the coin itself. I always wish 'if only that coin could talk.' Well, the same goes with the container. Please post your coins that came with old tags, flips or containers.


Ruler: Tiberius (Augustus)
Coin: F+ Brass Sestertius
DIVO AVGVSTO SPQR - Augustus seated left on throne, set on ornate triumphal car drawn by four elephants.
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST PM TR POT XXXVII around large SC - Legend surrounding large S C
Mint: Rome (35-36 AD)
Wt./Size/Axis: 22.00g / 33.50mm / 12h
References:
RIC (Tib.) 62
MIR 2, 52-4
BMCRE 108 (Tiberius)
BN 90 (Tiberius)
Cohen 307 (Augustus)
Provenances:
Artemide Aste

 

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Congratulations Gary. I love these coins. Yours, minted during the TRPOT XXXVII year of Tiberius, is much rarer than mine which was minted during TRPOT XXXIIX (subtractive). I love those old attribution tags and the container!



Sestertius, RIC, Vol. I, Tiberius, No. 68, AD 36-37 (35mm, 22.6gm)
BMCRE, Vol. I, Tiberius, No. 125
Cataloged in Wildwinds under Augustus - Sear 1784
Coin obverse depiction: Augustus, radiate, togate, holding laurel branch in r. hand and long sceptre in l., seated on throne, placed on a car, drawn l. by four elephants, each bearing a mahout on its neck. The side of the car is ornamented with shields (?)
Inscription across top in three lines DIVO AVGVSTO SPQR
Coin reverse depiction: Large, centered S C
Inscription clockwise from top: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST PM TR POT XXXIIX

 

Very interesting. Here's probably my most interesting envelope I received with a coin.

 

Great attribution tags Bing!

 

Looks like an old snuff tin.

 

I should've shown the coin. Victorinus, Providentia...

 

Interesting tin and tag!

This coin came with an old collection tag from Dr. Walter Stoecklin, who was an active collector in the early to mid 20th century. It is written in pen and ink -- not a ballpoint. You may read more about the Stoecklin collection here.



Here is the collection tag:



It reads:

Rom Kaiserzeit
Annia Galeria Faustina Mater
Gemahlin d. Antoninus Pius
geb 105, gest. 141
AR denar
Av. Buste r.
DIVA FAVSTINA
Rv. stehende Vesta
AVGVSTA
mit simpulum + Palladium

Which is translated:

Roman Empire
Annia Galeria Faustina, mother
wife of Antoninus Pius
Born 105, died 141
AR denarius
Obv: Bust right
DIVA FAVSTINA
Rev: Vesta standing
AVGVSTA
with simpulum and Palladium

Note no references to catalog number, not even to Cohen. If you're interested, here are some: RIC 368; BMCRE 435-438; Cohen 108; RCV 4587; CRE 153.

 

Excellent @Roman Collector !

 

One of my favorites from the Boston MFA, acquired 1932.


Roman Republic AR denarius(17mm, 3.66g). Publius Cornelius Sulla, moneyer, 151 BC. Head of Roma right in winged helmet; X (mark of value) behind/Victory in galloping biga right, holding whip and reins; P SVLA below horses; ROMA on tablet in exergue. Crawford 205/1; Cornelia 1
Purchased from Kirk Davis at NYINC 2018, 1/12/2018, reportedly ex CNG Triton I group lot(not pictured), ex Boston Museum of Fine Arts collection, accession no. 32.756, donated 1932 by Dr. Malcolm Storer

 

In 1993, Numismatic Fine Arts auctioned a collection of 3500 coins divided into 352 lots. These lots, some individual coins and some large lots, realized between $39 and $800 so it is obvious that any rarities included were not popular or expensive. The lots were sold complete with the envelope and information tag of the collector who often included the envelope of the dealer from whom he had purchased the coin. The collection was formed in Germany between 1890 and 1930. In January, 1994, Victor Failmezger wrote an article on the collection for the Celator magazine (Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 14f). He noted that the collector had made many of his envelopes and tags from scrap paper and card stock. Victor even reconstructed a business card from twelve pieces that had been used on the back side for tags. The coin below is shown with an envelope fashioned from scrap paper still bearing part of a German postage stamp. The tag is from a scrap of green cardboard. Whoever the collector, he chose to spend his limited funds on coins rather than supplies. The tag includes Cohen reference and acquisition date of February 20, 1920.



Constantius II AE2 Centenionalis from the Bavarian Collection (#2799)
Siscia mint, 3rd officina, Cohen 142 (3 francs value)
It is interesting that the collector noted on his envelope the mintmark and field letter information. In fact, the contents of the collection suggested that he believed in collecting these issues by mintmark. Many of the coins from the Bavarian collection that I have seen were in better condition than this one. I believe the collector sought out the best specimen of each variety that he could find or afford but preferred to have an example that was less than perfect to having no coin at all. I bought a few from Victor but wish I had bought more with interesting envelopes even though the coins were not as great. One theory is that the collection was formed by a patient in a hospital with donated coins and no access to supplies. Does anyone else have any of these?

 

I also have a coin and tag from the Stoecklin collection.

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.31 g, 6 h), Rome, 173. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. IMP VI COS III German captive seated left at foot of a trophy. Cohen 300. RIC 280. Well centered and attractively toned. Nearly extremely fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired prior to 1975.
Obolos 9 by Nomos. March 25, 2018

 

The second oldest tag I have is this 46-year-old dealer tag, recording a purchase made in March, 1973:



Here's the coin:

Julia Maesa, Augusta AD 218-225.
Roman Orichalcum Sestertius, 21.28 gm, 29.2 mm.
Rome mint, AD 218-220.
Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: PIETAS AVG SC, Pietas standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding incense box.
Refs: RIC 414; Cohen 31; BMCRE 389; Sear 7763; Thirion 408.

 

Nice coin and good surfaces jamesicus. I'm trying to get all of Tiberius' sestertii. I'm almost there. Thanks.

 

I don't know exactly how old these tags for a coin from the Hildebrecht Hommel Collection are, but some other coins I have with the same provenance note acquisition dates between the 1940s and 1960s.


This Hadrian denarius came with an old handwritten tag, which again, I don't know the exact date of. It does however have an interesting provenance to the Cardinal Joachim Meisner collection. Cardinal Meisner, who was a close friend of Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI, served as Archbishop of Cologne from 1989 to 2014. When he died in 2017 at the age of 83, his private collection of art and antiquities was sold to benefit the Cardinal Meisner Foundation in Cologne.

 

That Hadrian denarius has toning to die for!!

 

Here's another one from the same collection. The toning is more subtle, but I think you'll appreciate the coin.

 

I have a holder of sorts and original paperwork, etc. for a Severus Alexander denarius that was sold as a souvenir in Bath, England - c. 1940s-1960s?





Here is another Bath souvenir, not nearly as nice - a fourree Septimius Severus. I'm guessing the packaging is somewhat later than the first one - c. 1970s-1980s?:





These show up on eBay from time to time but bidders avoid them, probably suspecting museum replicas. As far as I can tell these are genuine ancients.

 

Very neat!

 

There have been so many wonderful postings in this thread but yours is especially great Randy!