Edessa Posted March 25 · Supporter Share Posted March 25 I am going to pretend that it's April 1st. So perhaps the orb and circle were the emblems of the Legionary Ski Corps serving in the Alps. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-monolith- Posted Sunday at 04:52 PM · Member Share Posted Sunday at 04:52 PM (edited) Ugggggghhhhhh the never ending backlog of coins to catalog. I'm pretty good about processing my coins (verify coins received, move to archival flips, attribute, and catalogue into collection). However I still need to verify the sizes and weights, photograph, print coin flips and insert into my binders for all 500+ of them. I currently have two baggies of denarii and antoninianiani that I purchased in December 2022 which still need to be processed and several boxes to organize. Edited Sunday at 04:52 PM by -monolith- 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliodromus Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM · Member Share Posted Sunday at 05:33 PM Ah, the "inbox" ... Not too much there for me at the moment. The nearest coin in the baggie is a random $10 "snack" - a campgate with an unlisted-for-mint diadem type, and the others in flips are part of my very slow reorg of moving coins from flips+albums to those 2x2 manilla envelopes + whitman storage boxes. Bonus chunk of petrified wood and ceramic cat in the background! There was a time, for a few years after moving houses, when I'd let incoming coins accumulate and then had an "inbox" of a couple of hundred coins needing to be onboarded - photographed, and filed, which was a bit daunting. Never again! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hrefn Posted Sunday at 06:36 PM · Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 06:36 PM I have purchased 36 coins so far this year, which roughly averaged is about one per week. There is never a backlog of coins to be recorded and catalogued. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted Sunday at 09:25 PM · Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 09:25 PM I've got a bit of a backlog. Somehow I've found myself binging on sestertii the past few months, if you can imagine it. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd century, ranging from C to R2. I've got a few in the mail right now, looking forward to having them in hand! Part of my wait is also due to the fact that I am currently waiting on a custom ordered piece of glass: I want to make a new dedicated axial lighting photography setup. So, no more photography until that comes! I've also got a very special coin which I haven't posted yet but am planning to soon...I wanted to hold off until I had finished the little article/writeup I've been working on for the past few weeks. 😉 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted Sunday at 11:47 PM · Supporter Share Posted Sunday at 11:47 PM Working on dates. One pile I think I can figure out, the other pile the date is missing. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted Sunday at 11:59 PM · Member Share Posted Sunday at 11:59 PM 10 minutes ago, Edessa said: Working on dates. One pile I think I can figure out, the other pile the date is missing. What are they, in general? I can see that they are silver, but that's about all I can figure out, from the photo. The carpet looks interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted Monday at 12:14 AM · Supporter Share Posted Monday at 12:14 AM Actually, the background is a placemat. The coins are the six-pointed star type dirhams of al-Zahir Ghazi, Album 834.7. Almost all came from eBay, many from the hoard that Dr. Lanz sold on eBay back about 12 years ago. I believe most are the Crusader imitations, but it looks as if you have to be able to read the dates to tell the imitations from the originals. Just FYI, there is a special section on Zeno.ru that catalogs much of the Lanz hoard. Why did I buy so many of the same type? Only Zeus knows. I must have an affliction. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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