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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24717980, member: 26430"]Nice group of Severan Denarii! The Geta has a nearly complete obv. border -- a big plus on Roman Imperials (aside from being attractive, means they're well-centered  & evenly struck on a broad flan). I'll post some coins separately, but, re: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-latest-ancient.394263/page-23#post-24717966" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/post-your-latest-ancient.394263/page-23#post-24717966">the NGC tag (shown in the other thread)</a> -- this is not a knock on your coin at all, just some thoughts it provoked: The Geta is listed by NGC as "SPQR Collection." I don't have many (maybe a dozen, give or take), but most of my NGC-encapsulated coins (and even one ICG) also list some kind of provenance. For "SPQR Collection" & some others I've seen, though, I can't find any information about the collections besides NGC tags & their later sales. NGC only adds certain provenances with supporting evidence (i.e., in the case of old collections, plate coins, or published hoards, you have to show them the publications). But sometimes they let people create their own collections for the labels. Such as the "Parliament Collection" on Athens Tetradrachms. When no other info exists, though, I always wonder if it was really a "Collection," as opposed to someone's inventory, who just buys a bunch of coins to encapsulate & resell. Which then leads to the questions, when, how, and why does it matter if a coin was in a prior collection? A coin's "object biography" is actually quite important to me, and I always want to know about its prior collections & publications, and what that coin has meant to previous owners or viewers or readers. So I get frustrated when I can't learn anything more! Thankfully we at least know that it is now in the "Expat Collection," and the Geta exemplar in their Severan Dynasty set![/QUOTE]

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