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Valued Member
United States
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I just purchased my very first ancient coin. My bid was very reasonable at $7.50, but the shipping from Spain is somewhat painful ($8.50). I've wanted an ancient example for a quite a while. Details are pretty clear. I guess I'll have to start trying to research what's available about it (AE22 ?). It's a brand new area for me. Anyway, take a look & let me know what you think. Jack 291555327208 |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Welcome aboard! With luck you will become an addled ancients addict like the rest of us ^^
Looks a fair coin for the money, and a good start to collect some Roman bronzes...these are like soft drugs - later you will be craving the crack cocaine of coin collecting the ancient silver!
Good luck :)
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 United States
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 to Ancient coin collecting, and congrats on your first coin. This is a very nice later Roman bronze (LRB). Hope this sparks your interest and you get hooked like the rest of us. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Jack You picked a good seller for your first ancient. Very nice coin, I would be pleased to have it in my collection. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The letters denote the metal type in Latin AE=" aes" bronze AR=" argentum" silver (and silver mixes aka Billon) AV=" aureum" gold. The number following the letter is the diameter of the coin in millimeters (ie AE22= 22mm bronze) Welcome to Ancients!  Edited by CopperCastle
09/11/2015 03:49 am
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Nice first coin  Edited by imperator
09/11/2015 04:43 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4970 Posts |
watch out!  it's a nice coin jack, good first ancient. mine is my avatar. |
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Canada
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Congrats on your first ancient coin. Welcome to a very interesting and addictive specialty.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting choice for a first coin, and certainly not a bad one. A Honorius in that condition for that price is a great buy. Was there something that drew you to that emperor or did you just really like the price?
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Valued Member
 United States
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Chuy - I was drawn to the clarity of the design so that I could try to find out about its history. I thought that I would try to get a piece that I could at least see some detail on it. I also looked at the Seller and saw that he appeared to be an honest guy. And, lastly, I was looking for something affordable (after factoring in the shipping charge). That's pretty much the whole story.
By the way, I've had a "sense" as I've visited among the various CCF forums. I must say that the "Ancients Forum" seems to me the "KINDEST" I've come across. Thank you all for the friendly encouragement. Jack
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United States
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I hope you have had a chance to look over the Sticky section on Books, Downloads, ad Websites. There is a tone of information there along with free books, etc that you can download.
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Valued Member
United States
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See? That's exactly what I'm talking about. Someone with 16,000 posts, obviously a Pro, someone busy, takes the time to lend a helping hand. Thanks so very much. Your wisdom and advice is much appreciated. Jack
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Belgium
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If you want to continue with ancient coins , I can recommand you : Kuenker-Muenchen , Gitbudnaumann , Solidus-Numismatik and Lanz .It are all German firms and you will have a very good choice in all prices.albert
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's to hoping you become a regular face on this side of the forum!
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Valued Member
United States
392 Posts |
NOT getting hooked...NOT, NOT, NOT! However, having said that, I've decided that my next ancient must be a silver coin. I'm on a beginner's budget. Any recommendations? Jack
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How much is a beginners budget?
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Posted 09/11/2015 12:28 am
