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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4271559, member: 110350&quot;]I do keep my ancient coins on display, along with some other coins and medals I still have, and my antiquities collection.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; I live alone, and it makes me happy to be surrounded by things I like.&nbsp; What better reason could I have?&nbsp; Also, my collection of ancient coins is tiny compared to most other members (at least that&#039;s my impression!), so it&#039;s easier to display!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a tour of some of the coins and other objects in my own personal &quot;museum.&quot;&nbsp; (FYI, nothing I&#039;m posting is for sale, so please -- no private messages this time offering to buy my coins!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient Greek coins, Roman Republican coins, and coins of the Roman Empire through Philip II:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087489[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From Trajan Decius going forward, plus bronze asses of Augustus, Tiberius, and Claudius that don&#039;t fit in the first tray:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087492[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My much-depleted collection of British coronation medals and other &quot;royal&quot; historical medals. (Once upon a time, I also had the official silver coronation medals of James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II, Mary of Modena, George II&#039;s Queen Caroline, George III, and Queen Charlotte, as well as the silver coronation medals of Anne, George IV, and William IV, but I sold them a few years back.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087493[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A display case holding most of what remains of my collection of other British historical medals, French art medals, Jewish-themed medals, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087496[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A display case holding some of my antiquities:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087500[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Close-ups of two of the objects in this case:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087501[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Another display case with more antiquities:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087507[/ATTACH]</p><p>Two close-ups of the Mars Ultor bronze figurine on the bottom shelf:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087509[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087510[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A Roman oil lamp:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1087514[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>See next post for more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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