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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2238091, member: 56859&quot;]Thanks for posting those great pictures!</p><p><br /></p><p>Since starting to collect ancients I&#039;ve only been to one museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, and its display of ancient coins was disappointing... not even picture-worthy.&nbsp; The coins they chose to display were baffling-- not the big names you&#039;d expect-- and they looked like they were dutifully polished every week.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie105" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of coins which were formerly in museums.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_d775e692134d4db1bbf18c1610863c86.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Gallienus</b></p><p>year 13, CE 265/6</p><p>tetradrachm, 21 mm, 9.1 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; AVTKΠΛIKΓAΛΛIHNOCCEB; eagle standing right, holding wreath in beak, palm over shoulder; L IΓ across field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 3806(13), R1</p><p><i>Ex Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 88.203 (accessioned 1888); Benjamin Pierce Cheney Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3b925831cc444f339012e0e9c5f54409.jpg_srb_p_136_152_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Cheney (12 Aug 1815 - 23 July 1895) founded the company that became American Express.&nbsp;&nbsp; He started as a stagecoach driver, gained trust and money, developed some railways, and lost his right arm in a railway accident.&nbsp; He became a director at Wells Fargo and brought about a merger of several companies which became American Express.&nbsp; Initially an express mail service, American Express is now a major credit card company.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="http://www.sunflower.ch/en/moneystory/stories" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sunflower.ch/en/moneystory/stories" rel="nofollow">Money Museum&#039;s website</a> has some interesting videos and coins-- worth a virtual visit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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