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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 25816896, member: 99456"]I have been collecting (on and off) since my childhood - my mother had a collection of Indian Head pennies and a bag of misc coins she had picked up from countries she had lived in or visited that caught my imagination. Most of my collection is from the last 20 years. My primary collection consists of Roman Republican & Imperatorial denarii. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorites from this collection end up on my Gallery (<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic</a>) and <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/" rel="nofollow">Notes Pages</a> along with sub-collections of coins from other time periods. In recent years, the coins that I am looking for, or willing to afford, in the RR collection are few and far between. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>My first ancient coin</b>, a gift from a generous shop owner in Italy who was on my walk home from elementary school of a coin "not good enough to sell" - the wonder in hand of a coin that was almost 1800 years old fueled my interest in history: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/postumus-romano-gallic-emperor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/postumus-romano-gallic-emperor" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/postumus-romano-gallic-emperor</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646760[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>A coin of Roman Republican general, consul and dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla's Uncle Publius (or possibly grandfather):</b> <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646761[/ATTACH]</p><p>I was led East by stories that intersect with the Roman Republic, coins shared by members of this forum and having traveled to Japan, China, India, and north Africa in the last 10-15 years, I have had a growing interest in Asian & Islamic coins that open a window into rulers, peoples and history that were (and are) much less known to me.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>A denarius friendly issue from Traos under Roman control? </b><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/artemis-abydos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/artemis-abydos" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/artemis-abydos</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646762[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>A descendant (great-grand son) of Mark Antony: </b><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/crocodiles-and-romans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/crocodiles-and-romans" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/crocodiles-and-romans</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646763[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Aelius Gallus visits North North Africa:</b> <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-arbia-felix-himyarite-kingdom-starter-kit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-arbia-felix-himyarite-kingdom-starter-kit" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-arbia-felix-himyarite-kingdom-starter-kit</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646764[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Satavahanas (India) contemporary with the time of the Roman Republic (this coin overstruck sometime after 71 AD </b><a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-india-coin-gallery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-india-coin-gallery" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-india-coin-gallery</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646765[/ATTACH]</p><p>and even more remote from the Romans in time, a <b>13th/14th Century Common Era (CE), a tri-lingual coin</b> (Mongolian (Uighur script), Chinese (Phags-Pa script), and Arabic (Kufic script)) an AR 2 Dirham coin of <b>Ilkhanid ruler, Mahmud Ghazan (CE 1295-1304)</b> :<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-bride-from-kublai-khan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-bride-from-kublai-khan" rel="nofollow">https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-bride-from-kublai-khan</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1646766[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I've added a poll to this post to see which of the above coins CT members will find more interesting.<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>When did you start collecting? and What do you collect? share anything that you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 25816896, member: 99456"]I have been collecting (on and off) since my childhood - my mother had a collection of Indian Head pennies and a bag of misc coins she had picked up from countries she had lived in or visited that caught my imagination. Most of my collection is from the last 20 years. My primary collection consists of Roman Republican & Imperatorial denarii. My favorites from this collection end up on my Gallery ([URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic[/URL]) and [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/']Notes Pages[/URL] along with sub-collections of coins from other time periods. In recent years, the coins that I am looking for, or willing to afford, in the RR collection are few and far between. [B]My first ancient coin[/B], a gift from a generous shop owner in Italy who was on my walk home from elementary school of a coin "not good enough to sell" - the wonder in hand of a coin that was almost 1800 years old fueled my interest in history: [URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/postumus-romano-gallic-emperor[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646760[/ATTACH] [B]A coin of Roman Republican general, consul and dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla's Uncle Publius (or possibly grandfather):[/B] [URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/sulla-s-uncle-or-grandfather[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646761[/ATTACH] I was led East by stories that intersect with the Roman Republic, coins shared by members of this forum and having traveled to Japan, China, India, and north Africa in the last 10-15 years, I have had a growing interest in Asian & Islamic coins that open a window into rulers, peoples and history that were (and are) much less known to me. [B]A denarius friendly issue from Traos under Roman control? [/B][URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/artemis-abydos[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646762[/ATTACH] [B]A descendant (great-grand son) of Mark Antony: [/B][URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/crocodiles-and-romans[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646763[/ATTACH] [B]Aelius Gallus visits North North Africa:[/B] [URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-arbia-felix-himyarite-kingdom-starter-kit[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646764[/ATTACH] [B]Satavahanas (India) contemporary with the time of the Roman Republic (this coin overstruck sometime after 71 AD [/B][URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/ancient-india-coin-gallery[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646765[/ATTACH] and even more remote from the Romans in time, a [B]13th/14th Century Common Era (CE), a tri-lingual coin[/B] (Mongolian (Uighur script), Chinese (Phags-Pa script), and Arabic (Kufic script)) an AR 2 Dirham coin of [B]Ilkhanid ruler, Mahmud Ghazan (CE 1295-1304)[/B] :[URL]https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-bride-from-kublai-khan[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1646766[/ATTACH] [B][/B] I've added a poll to this post to see which of the above coins CT members will find more interesting.[B] When did you start collecting? and What do you collect? share anything that you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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