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<p>[QUOTE="Hispanicus, post: 2466855, member: 72626"]Well everyone, better late than never. My sorting box is a small round hard candy tin about the size of a hockey puck that will hold 6 or 7 coins in flips and is not noticeable if left lying around. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]518124[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This batch represents 6 weeks worth of purchases, which is a higher quantity than I normally acquire for that time frame and was predominantly driven by an unexpected bonus from work. We have an Antoninus Pius Dupondus, Diva Faustina Denarius (my 3rd husband wife combo), Constantius Chlorus, which completes my Tetrachy set, an Egyptian Probus and a Macedonian Interregnum with a hard to resist smiley face shield. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518125[/ATTACH] </p><p>My sorting period varies since I don't just photograph, measure, weigh and attribute pieces in a hurry, or sometimes at all. My approach is about savoring the coins, researching the emperor (or deity) and learning about the region, culture, politics or period. This activity tends to help my understanding of where an individual coin fits within the big picture framework of ancients. At some point I will feel that I've wrapped my brain around an individual coin to a degree where I can move it into the collection and move on to others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hispanicus, post: 2466855, member: 72626"]Well everyone, better late than never. My sorting box is a small round hard candy tin about the size of a hockey puck that will hold 6 or 7 coins in flips and is not noticeable if left lying around. [ATTACH=full]518124[/ATTACH] This batch represents 6 weeks worth of purchases, which is a higher quantity than I normally acquire for that time frame and was predominantly driven by an unexpected bonus from work. We have an Antoninus Pius Dupondus, Diva Faustina Denarius (my 3rd husband wife combo), Constantius Chlorus, which completes my Tetrachy set, an Egyptian Probus and a Macedonian Interregnum with a hard to resist smiley face shield. [ATTACH=full]518125[/ATTACH] My sorting period varies since I don't just photograph, measure, weigh and attribute pieces in a hurry, or sometimes at all. My approach is about savoring the coins, researching the emperor (or deity) and learning about the region, culture, politics or period. This activity tends to help my understanding of where an individual coin fits within the big picture framework of ancients. At some point I will feel that I've wrapped my brain around an individual coin to a degree where I can move it into the collection and move on to others.[/QUOTE]
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