When Coins Were Stored In Paper, Ink From The Well Label, Trebonianus Gallus

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louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 7:17 pm Note the paper shows the imprint of where the coin was stored and you just used an ink well pen to label it. Must have been hard to show off your collection to people. Trebonianus Gallus (251-253 AD). AR Antoninianus Temple Antioch (Antakya). Obv. IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right; three pellets below. Rev. SAECVLVM NOVVM, Roma (?) seated facing on throne within hexastyle temple, holding sceptre. RIC 91. (21 mm, 3.40 g) Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 7:42 pm Fortunate that the note and coin haven't been separated over the past century. Report this Post to the Staff
jimbucks Pillar of the Community United States 4691 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 8:16 pm Then there are the pieces with ink applied directly on the coin (often by museums). Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 9:10 pm At first I thought the cursive script said "part silver, part decadence", but "period [of] decadence" works well too. Thx for posting! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 10:11 pm Spence: This is from another one, I put up a bunch with these paper holder / envelopes / tags coins in the last two days. By the way, powdered drugs were in paper as well, what was not in folded paper packets back in the day it seems... So you can figure out what the collector was meaning with that word....That actually might be his word for the coin type. Like antoninianus.... Notice Spence he just calls these "copper" ... Edited by louisvillekyshop 08/24/2022 10:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 10:39 pm Just some more examples of the handwriting which might help. To understand they were trying to say in the 1800's perhaps... The third image might be a different collector's hand. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 08/24/2022 10:42 pm Ok Spence, this is the word decadence as you suggest. His Domitian has the same "n" for his handwriting. So you were correct. And looking this up, was it really only the late 19th and early 20th century this term were even used for later Roman periods? Seems so: ---->"Roman decadence refers to the popular criticism of the culture of the later Roman Empire's elites, seen also in much of its earlier historiography and 19th and early 20th century art depicting Roman life."<---- Edited by louisvillekyshop 08/24/2022 10:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 08/25/2022 04:56 am Quote: Must have been hard to show off your collection to people. Back then, to show off your coins to other collectors, you either physically took your coins to a coin club, or you took a rubbing of your coin, and mailed them the rubbing. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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