ROLL CALL: What is Your Primary Collecting Interest?

Geez, has your brain petrified? You don't know that it is the Ancients forum until you have already opened it. Give your brain a chance to thaw out.

Chris

PS. Yes, I can be rude to people who act like mummified dummies.

 

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This is exactly why I commented above:

 

Within ancients only:

• Idle thoughts of a 12 Caesars set.
• A dab of Biblical coinage
• 2nd century silver, specifically coins of Antoninus Pius. I really love when I can nab a rarity just because he's such a "common" emperor.

But, pretty much, if it's a coin, and I both like and can afford it, I'll collect it.

 

Like Kees I'm from the Netherlands too, First place: Greek banknotes , many depict ancient greek coins ,greek temples and famous greek persons.
Once showed this note on the PCGS forum and CT member @Mecc started to collect
greek banknotes from then on




second place: ancient greek coins, Alexander III and his Diadochen are my favourites



third place: Imperial Rome
4th place: Roman Republic
5th place: World banknotes with akward / beautifull designs.

1000 Swiss Francs "" Dance Macabre""




6th place: exonumia, Sicily ancient coins , other world coins.

 

I really dabble with the ancients. First I just wanted an ancient coin...got LRB, then decided to clean some and got some uncleaned...then really wanted an Alex Tet...then really wanted a Roman Republican....whither now???

 

Now I've gone and done it. He's crying!

Just out of curiosity, how polite would you continue to be to someone who kept complaining about your products in front of other customers? Yeah, I know. You would turn the other cheek while all your potential customers walked out the door.

Chris

 

I travel to Florida a lot for business. Would love to sit and chat with you old man! And, no, I do not cry.

 

If 'modern' posters are going to be too lazy to consult the forums page to know where they are when reading, they should not be upset when they find a post that does not include them. After all, we are the fourth largest 'group' based on the number of topics (excluding the generic 'coin chat'), and we are approaching the time we will surpass error coins. Time to accept the fact that we are here.

 

OMG...may I touch the hem of your robe...

 

You may sir.

 

I don't actively collect ancients, but I specifically collect coins with the bust of Jesus Christ, or mention of him on them. I have three to my name and two came from a very generous ancients collector. When I settle down a few years from now, I intend to chase more of them.

 

I'm with Parthicus on this.

 

You could always go medieval European:



Or ancient/medieval Asian:

 

Oh, I see the problem. You just need a basic tutorial for using CoinTalk

 

Way to snark, @TIF

 

Actually have a few hammered English kings and sent an Edward I coin I bought from @DysfunctionalVeteran to my sister for Christmas (she thinks we are related). I also have modern and just plain old coins...anything interesting.

 

A unique experience, being only the third Dutchman in a thread!

My first and oldest interest is Sassanian coins, their Parthian predecessors and very much so their many imitations until about 1000 AD.
My second interest is Central Asia from about 100-1300 AD.
My third interest, and very seriously pursued, is the Roman Empire, with extra attention for Greek issues.
Fourth but not least is the oldest coinage from where I'm living: Celtic coins, sceattas and early medieval.

In all this, I love style and nice portraits, be they realistic or barbarous. To me, coins are works of art, not only signs of history.

 

Yeah, let's get rid of "Recent Topics". It serves no purpose for the "Ancient Mariners".

Chris