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<p>[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 4021936, member: 82616"]As most of you know I specialise in the Flavian dynasty. The catalogues I need to attribute my collection are fairly well known - RIC II.1, BMC II, BNC III, and RPC II. I have arranged my collection based on the RIC or RPC catalogue numbers. Imperials by ruler, provincials strictly follow RPC. My Forvm Gallery pretty much reflects my current method. <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=11162" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=11162" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=11162</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The new RIC mixes the precious metals and the bronzes and is strictly chronological. However the BMC catalogue arranges them chronologically by metal, first the precious metal issues and then the bronzes. Curtis Clay is a big proponent of this method, and I see the benefits of doing so.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just to give you an idea of how my collection is arranged and stored, these are the coins currently awaiting a trip to the safe deposit box. They are stored in the same manner there.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1057644[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>How do you all arrange your collections? Any opinions on which is a 'better' method?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David Atherton, post: 4021936, member: 82616"]As most of you know I specialise in the Flavian dynasty. The catalogues I need to attribute my collection are fairly well known - RIC II.1, BMC II, BNC III, and RPC II. I have arranged my collection based on the RIC or RPC catalogue numbers. Imperials by ruler, provincials strictly follow RPC. My Forvm Gallery pretty much reflects my current method. [URL]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/index.php?cat=11162[/URL] The new RIC mixes the precious metals and the bronzes and is strictly chronological. However the BMC catalogue arranges them chronologically by metal, first the precious metal issues and then the bronzes. Curtis Clay is a big proponent of this method, and I see the benefits of doing so. Just to give you an idea of how my collection is arranged and stored, these are the coins currently awaiting a trip to the safe deposit box. They are stored in the same manner there. [ATTACH=full]1057644[/ATTACH] How do you all arrange your collections? Any opinions on which is a 'better' method?[/QUOTE]
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