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There has got to be $250K worth of coins on that page. I can only dream of a collection like that. Closer to a million. Some amazing quality high historical value coins are in that collection. The Eid Mar, Colosseum sestertius, Port of Ostia... a very thoughtful and cohesive collection which tells the story of the ancient world. |
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Makes you feel like giving up :(
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I was being a bit conservative, you are probably right. There are some fantastic coins there. I can stare at that page for hours and dream.
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Makes you feel like giving up :( Really? I find it inspiring, although trying to coinstalk his collection is very bad for my bank account  There are a few of his coins which I'm so attached to that I won't be able to be satisfied with a lesser version-- and I can't afford an equal. His Agathokles tetradrachm is on such coin: http://www.colosseocollection.com/p...5f2#h47015f2This general type is available but there are only a few early dies with such incredible artistry. On most of them, Kore looks like a hag. I wouldn't want one of those. Example of HagKore: http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=239423 |
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My pockets are not that deep. Unless I start doing the lottery these coins are forever out of my league. But I don't begrudge anyone having such gorgeous coins, and at least we are able to see them on a website. I wonder if the "red" gold was caused by Vesuvius.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, he has three coins which are from the Boscoreale hoard. Nero, Vespasian, and Tiberius aurei. The reddish toning is suggestive of coming from that hoard and he was able to track the ownership back to the original sale in some instances.
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A brief blurb about the Boscoreale hoard, from Roma Numismatics:
The famous Boscoreale hoard, recovered in 1895, consisted of 109 pieces of gold and silver plate, along with over 1,000 gold aurei. The hoard had belonged to the owners of a wine-producing villa rustica on the south-eastern slopes of Vesuvius near the modern-day village of Boscoreale, hence its name. The hoard was placed in an empty cistern in the wine cellar of the villa when its owners fled before the eruption of AD 79, and while the villa began to be excavated in 1876 the coins remained undisturbed until 1895.
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I find it inspiring  Seeing coins like that shows the beauty of ancient coins and while not be able to afford specimens like those, similar ones are affordable to most (might need some saving up though). |
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Love it, In The Hall of the Mountain King is always nice as well!
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Rest in Peace
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Thanks for posting that. I love JibJab.
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Thank you and happy holidays--TIF.
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Posted 12/19/2014 7:19 pm
