Goodbye 2014, 2015 goals

Congrats on the goals accomplished! I don't know if I should try and set goals for my self or not

 

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I'm putting together a very elaborate set of goals for myself, but I don't think I'll bore the forum with them. Not that posting goals is inherently boring, mind you, but mine are probably too tedious.

 

something more than Hadrian??

 

Now that's an interesting goal Oki.

 

just kidding ofcource
however i like BC bronces
so maybe every now and then....

 

To have fewer coins at this time next year than I do today???

 

I hope to add one of these in 2015 for my one of each collection.

 

as do i (get a nabatean), a planed to get one in 2014 but it just didn't happen.

 

My goals this year are not extravagant. Due to self-imposed budgetary constraints (the gf and I want to go on a vacation) coins will be few and fair between. I am hoping to just find appealing coins that fit in my collection at an affordable price.

 

I know this is the Ancient forum, but I usually post here because other forums lack the passion and knowledge found in this one. Anyway, not to get this thread off Ancients too much, I plan to spend much a lot of my time reading the primary sources and studying the numismatics from the late Stuart England/Britain to early Hanoverian Britain.



This pamphlet "No Queen: or, No General. An Argument, Proving the Necessity Her Majesty was in, as well for the Safety of Her Person as of Her Authority, to Displace the D[uke] of M[arl]borough" by Daniel Defoe (1712) warns Britain that John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (and ancestor of Winston Churchill) may be trying to increase his power and influence, or even to usurp power.



John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, is depicted above. He was the talented, but controversial general of the resilient, but ever-suffering Queen Anne:



The nice thing is that, like Ancient coins, much of the numismatic material from this period is relatively inexpensive. Unlike Ancient periods, however, original pamphlets, newspapers, and books from this period are available and reasonably priced...and in English.

Nevertheless, by having studied Ancient history for the last few decades, I can better appreciate the allusion of this pamphlet below from 1682 written as an attack on James II who was eventually usurped by his daughters Mary II and later, Anne:



guy

 

Those written works are pretty neat. Wouldnt mind getting an old book or pamphlet from around that time, doesn't have to be anything numismatic either.

 

Man, I love old books as well (my wife collects 'em) ... yup, they're just as cool as coins!!

 

in old books you can find sometimes a find, i know someone who found an old banknote in it.

 

Great books, Steve.

To complete the detour (and get back to Ancient coins), here's an early book on Ancient coins (edition from 1727):





This book was originally written in 1705 by John Arbuthnot, a Scottish physician, Fellow of the Royal Society, friend of the writers Johnathan Swift and Alexander Pope, and loyal Tory member of Queen Anne's court.



Arbuthnot, one of Queen Anne's physicians, wrote poignantly to Swift about the long-suffering Queen's premature, but merciful death, "I believe sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death was to her."

Good stuff, indeed...and it is related to Ancient coins.


guy