My Ongoing One From Every Century Set

That will be an interesting set to put together. Very nice coins so far.

Thank you all for the interest! I got the idea from folks on this board.

I definitly have much research ahead of me. I always shied away from ancients because I thought they were ALL crazy expensive. Boy did I have a misunderstanding there.

The interesting thing, to me, about this set is that I could put this together 100 times and get 100 completely different sets. Lol

Nine more to go!

6th Century BC: Miletos 1/12th Stater


5th Century BC: Mysia Kyzikos


4th Century BC: Alexander the GreatDrachm, Lifetime. Abydos mint

3rd Century BC:

2nd Century BC:

1st Century BC:

1st Century AD: Wang Mang Cash



2nd Century: Trajan Quadrans, she Wolf crouching left. (RIC 694)

3rd Century: Maximus Thrax Denarius


4th Century: Valentenian I, AE3 Securitas Republicae, Thessalonica mint

5th Century: Sassanian
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6th Century:

7th Century:

8th Century:

9th Century:

10th Century:

11th Century: Emperor Shen Tsung Bronze 10 Cash


12th Century:

13th Century: 1258 Southern Sung Dynasty Cash


14th Century: Shah Tughluq, Delhi Sultanate, 6 Gani

15th Century: Ming Dynasty Emperor Cheng Tsu Bronze 1 Cash

16th Century: Ivan IV "The terrible, 1 Denga, Moscow mint

17th Century: Gustavus Adolphus, Livonia, Billon solidus

18th Century: Kanei Tsuho 4 Mon, 21 Waves (Hartill# 4.251)

19th Century: India Myosore Sultan Tifu Gold Fanam

20th Century: 1945-D US Admin of the Philippines 20 Centavo

21st Century:

@Half, how are you selecting the coin for each century? Something of historical significance, or just what happens to be available, or something in-between?

Been a long time since the last update. Five more to go!

6th Century BC: Miletos 1/12th Stater


5th Century BC: Mysia Kyzikos


4th Century BC: Alexander the GreatDrachm, Lifetime. Abydos mint

3rd Century BC: Æ21 Kingdom Macedon Antigonos II Gonatas Rv Pan Trophy 6.99 gr 18-21mm 277-39 BC


2nd Century BC:

1st Century BC:

1st Century AD: Wang Mang Cash



2nd Century: Trajan Quadrans, she Wolf crouching left. (RIC 694)

3rd Century: Maximus Thrax Denarius


4th Century: Valentenian I, AE3 Securitas Republicae, Thessalonica mint

5th Century: Sassanian


6th Century: JUSTIN II Bronze Pentanummium AD 565-574 Monogram of Justin/Large E

7th Century: Follis Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine 10.58 gram 30-2mm AD 610-41

8th Century:

9th Century:

10th Century: Byzantine of Constantine VII ( AD 913 to 959 )

11th Century: Emperor Shen Tsung Bronze 10 Cash


12th Century: Bela II Silver Denar. 1131-1141. Cross/Cross within concentric circles.

13th Century: 1258 Southern Sung Dynasty Cash


14th Century: Shah Tughluq, Delhi Sultanate, 6 Gani

15th Century: Ming Dynasty Emperor Cheng Tsu Bronze 1 Cash

16th Century: Ivan IV "The terrible, 1 Denga, Moscow mint

17th Century: Gustavus Adolphus, Livonia, Billon solidus

18th Century: Kanei Tsuho 4 Mon, 21 Waves (Hartill# 4.251)

19th Century: India Myosore Sultan Tifu Gold Fanam

20th Century: 1945-D US Admin of the Philippines 20 Centavo

21st Century:

Congratulations so far, and best wishes on further endeavors. You are doing better than I am!

2nd and 1st cent BC can be filled with Greek, Celtic, Roman Republic Roman Colonial Chinese or Indian coins,
8th and 9th cent AD can be filled with Byzantine, Islamic, Chinese or Indian coins. European coins of this period harder to find.

Next step is to expand by filling appropriate centuries with coins of other cultures of the same period.
That is another form of OFEC: One From Every Culture.

Along the way, you will end up attaining a good indicative general knowledge of World history, covering the last 26 centuries. You will also probably end up with a nice numismatic library, with supporting books on World history and geography.

Although my collection is mainly in silver, I have attempted to have all three coinage metals represented.

The remaining BC's will be fun to seek but, I would think, hard to decide on.