Gone Out On A Limb

I read this entire thread ... understood nothing ... and honestly feel humbled to be amongst such knowledge as you folks exhibit on the topic.

I have absolutely zero knowledge regarding ancient coins ... but truly do appreciate the fine detail in the obverse of this coin.

Strokes my imagination to think this might have been made almost 2000 years ago ... and survived to this day.

Perhaps I should learn a bit about these fascinating coins.

David

I think you have expressed the thoughts of most of us when we began collecting Ancients. I like to imagine all the possibilities one of my coins has experienced. It doesn't matter that most of what we imagine never happened. It's the possibilities! And, unlike modern coins that have to be handled with care, most of my coins I hold from time to time always thinking of who else may have held it. I have been alive a few dozen years now. But that is nothing compared to 2000 years of history.

We have all come into this hobby with more or less a vague knowledge of Ancients. Perhaps as little as the name on a coin. Julius Caesar, Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, Hadrian, Commodus just to name a few. In time we have learned the deities, titles, denominations, size, weight, attribution tables, etc, etc. But it all boils down to a love for the history. History in general, but history of each individual coin as well.

Stick around nickelsearcher. We'll get you interested in these coins. And when the bug bites, you'll have to scratch.