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So, after posting a few new ones earlier today, I thought I'd post a few "used-to-own's." Some folks on this board have ribbed me from time to time about how limited the scope of my collection is - you all know who you are, and shame on you. But you're right, I am focusing - obviously. As I've tried to say before, I used to own some Romans (both Republican and Imperial), Greeks, one or two Byzantines, and a variety of antiquities, all long since sold off to help fund my focus on Parthia. Anyway, I found a bunch of pics a few days back, that I didn't recall I even had...hiding on an unused flash drive. These Greek tets were all from my collection. I'm also including here an Egyptian ushabti I owned. I pretty much broke even on the sale of these things, with the exception of the New Style Athenian tet...that one turned a sweet profit. Alexander III:  Antiochos IX Philopator:  Antiochos VIII:  Antiochos VII:  Athenian New Style:  Demetrios I:  Demetrios II Nikator:  Ptolemy II:  Thasos:  And the ushabti:  |
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Very nice coins.
As a note: So far I have not sold a single coin.
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The only thing I can say about these beautiful pieces is  and I wish could have brought some of these from you. Bob have you posted a picture of yourself? If not would you consider doing so? |
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Pillar of the Community
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"Bob have you posted a picture of yourself? If not would you consider doing so?"
Please see the "Picture the Ancient Coin Collector" thread for my reply...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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oh man, I don't think I could sell any of those.
except the statue...ever since that brady bunch episode were they got that cursed tiki I've been worried about those things.
i'd get rid of that fast.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, I never sensed it was cursed...at least I never woke up with a giant spider on me. And I don't surf, so I don't know if it would have led to a wipe-out...
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Egyptian artifacts scare me, maybe because I don't know a lot about their culture or maybe it's because of it being steeped in the occult. It would be my luck that I'd buy a cursed object.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They can be spooky, yes. As you probably know, these ushabti figures were placed in tombs to act as servants to the deceased...
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Italy
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You guys are a superstitious lot ,  I would love to have that thing Bob, it would go nice with a small statue of Minerva that I have . |
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Awesome coins!
I have a couple Egyptian artifacts but mainly Native American artifacts I found on private property including a beautiful stone bowl.
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Pillar of the Community
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You guys have me curious now...I'd love to see the Minerva statuette, Augutus Maximus...is it ancient or a repro? Vermontensium, I hope you'll post that bowl at some point. Perhaps someone should start a "post antiquities" thread. I suspect that at some point in the past there must have been one on this board. I used to have a nice Greek vessel and a low grade kylix, but have no antiquities anymore.
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That would be a cool thread.
I made a "post your native American artifacts" thread a while back in GD but a "share your world artifacts" thread would be very nice!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yea It would, I have artifacts!!
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Belgium
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for me the coins are to beautiful to sell , and like Medieval I have never sold a single coin. It is also a very nice ushabti, saïtic period (7/6 cent BC) I think.In the beginning there were only ushabtis in the kings graves , but from the New Empire on ( from the late 16 cent), they appear also in the graves of the Nobles .In the beginnig just a few ones , later one for every day and an overseer for every week .So there were more than 300 ushabtis , that s why the quality is often so bad ,especialy when made for not to rich people.Hereby a picture of a the upper part of a coffin , 7th century BC , the eyes are in glaspasta and the eyebrowns and the outline of the eyes are copper .It is made of wood ,covered by linnen , then plastered . It is one of the highlights of my collection . Albert  |
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Wow, Albert! That is exceptional...truly museum quality. I am amazed. Usually one sees oil lamps , fibulae, and smaller - often damaged - trinkets of various sorts, in personal collections. Nice things with rich histories, to be sure, but items that would be more at home in museum basements collecting dust than upstairs on display. Congrats on a wonderful acquisition.
Someone should get that thread started...just sayin'.
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Posted 02/13/2015 4:47 pm
